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Cleaning up that mess in The Spokesman Review
When you sneeze, you should cover your mouth – it’s because germs spread scattershot when people sneeze or cough. But what do you do when someone sneezes or coughs directly on you? All you can do is clean up the best you can and hope nothing sticks.
It’s a similar phenomenon when someone puts smears and attacks in print. Generally, the scattershot attacks are reserved for blogs or ideologically driven sites – in my experience, newspapers usually demand columns address specific news, policy or events. And personal attacks are frowned on. But recently a column emerged that left WPC in the position of being victim to a printed sneeze – a scattershot attack prescribing false motivations, hateful intentions, and distortions that we must do our best to wipe off and clean up to avoid having any of the offending matter stick.
Read the entire blogWhich long-term-care insurance plans qualify for a payroll tax exemption?
Many people are writing me wondering what kind of long-term care insurance plans qualify to receive an exemption from a state payroll tax starting in January. Here's what the Washington state Office of the Insurance Commissioner said today in an advertisement of sorts for the state's new long-term care program:
- "We cannot determine if a long-term care policy meets the exemption criteria for the WA Cares Fund. If you already have a long-term care policy and you want to find out if it qualifies you for an exemption, you should contact your insurer. This includes military veterans and people who have an out-of-state long-term care policy. When the exemption period starts on Oct. 1, the state Employment Security Department will review applications and determine if policies qualify."
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Don’t forget tax relief while providing government employee pay raises
On the same day the Governor ordered state employees (and others) to be vaccinated or face employment termination, state employee unions announced Inslee has agreed to re-open their 2021-23 contracts to negotiate pay raises. If government employees are going to receive pay raises, a sales tax cut should be on the table too. It has long been past the time for Washingtonians to receive a broad-based tax cut.
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