On 4-17-25, The Seattle Times penned an article that delt with the legislators end of session dilemma with increasing needs for additional taxation and tapping the property taxes as a source of increased income. Most commenters were more concerned with blaming tax increases as a totally Democratic majority obsession, and on that date the Enlightened Prisoner responded thus:
Ah yes, finger pointing is so constructive. It saves so much time delving into being informed. And lest we forget, the demand for government services is not the private domain enjoyed by members of a single political party. In a party dominated legislator, of course it's the majority party that must step up with solutions to revenue inadequacies.
But the minority party instead of joining with bipartisan agreeable contributions showing legislative acumen just play a blame game for headlines that reflect their disdain for opponents instead of political compromise. The idea that politics is about power is wrong. Politics is about running a government for mutually beneficial services and finding the compromise to make them fair and just. Having a political party controlled by a populist who dismantles opposition with forced dictate was the situation faced by our early colonies that resulted in the War of Independence. And today's governmental situation seems to indicate a need for that history to be revisited.
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