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  More communtiy service/less jail time for nonviolent offenders.

  I suggest offenders of nonviolent and less serious crimes are given a choice of massive amounts of community service or a larger sentence/fines. The less people we have in jail means less tax money. The more people we have working on community projects means a healthier community. Basically it’s counterproductive to have someone just sit in a jail cell for selling pot, while they could be heavily engaged in helping ...more »

  I suggest offenders of nonviolent and less serious crimes are given a choice of massive amounts of community service or a larger sentence/fines. The less people we have in jail means less tax money. The more people we have working on community projects means a healthier community. Basically it’s counterproductive to have someone just sit in a jail cell for selling pot, while they could be heavily engaged in helping the community..

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  Submitted by steve 2 years ago

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  Create a budget

  Create a budget using the amount of money that the state received in the previous year. This way the state knows exactly how much funds it has and it bases the budget on this. If the state recieved less money than what it expected then the state should cut progams. All programs would get the same cut across the board.

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  Submitted by D H 2 years ago

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  Put people to work building tomorrow's infrastructure

  Pretty simple idea. There is a lot to be done in many different areas. I think the oil-age will near certainly be over 50 years from now due to new technology.

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  Submitted by Ron Covert 2 years ago

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  thieves

  one of the things you can do is stop letting contractors rip off city and state departments, eample 14st bridge in south park they estimate a hundred million well the bridge is made out of steel and concrete not computer chips not gold not uranium etc these contarctors are gouging they charge for everything they may pay an employee 25 dollars an hour but are charging you 200 to 500 dollars per for there labor so essential ...more »

  one of the things you can do is stop letting contractors rip off city and state departments, eample 14st bridge in south park they estimate a hundred million well the bridge is made out of steel and concrete not computer chips not gold not uranium etc these contarctors are gouging they charge for everything they may pay an employee 25 dollars an hour but are charging you 200 to 500 dollars per for there labor so essential you all the employees wages plus a huge profit and they charge you for everthing materials gas whatever they can think of and its parbally triple if not more do this send one of upper managemnet to a concrete company and say hey i need ten yards of concrete in my back yard i am making a patio etc whatever so they give him the price per yard and they deliver to no look at that price compared to what the contarcotrs are going to charge you a a yard o concrete and its the same with anything else they charge you for its going to be triple if not more like i said they will probally chharge anywhere from 150 dollars or more per employee per to the bill when in reality they will pay most of the workers anywhere from 10 to 35 dollars an hour depending on the skill level thats what they pay everday like a guy that just shovels dirt or sweeps up tehy may pay 15 to 25 dollars an hour but will charge you 150 t0 250 dollars per hour per person get my drift now its like they put in some trafiic lights up in north seattle at some corner they charged like 25'000 per light,,,, get it its a light its a tall pole with light on it the material for the if i mad it myself maybe 1thousand dollars so get my drift ? there is the reason why your over budget and thats just one thing there are many others but you have let people get so comfortable its unbelivable oh we buy this we build this but hey no money so what do you do you try and tax more with ever dropping the taxes again its constant obvisously you are only concerned with the people around you a governor should take into account for future generations but that is not being down at all ther are so many good ideas out ther ebut obvisouly the lobbyist have the upper hand and contarctors who can buy favors or give them

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  Submitted by mike akers 2 years ago

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  Fund state obligations

  Develop a plan to get current on budget obligations such as pension plans. The economy has reset. The state must fund it obligations.

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  Submitted by Susan Goding 2 years ago

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  Raise taxes on wealthy corporations

  It seems logical that if we are in a financial crisis we should raise taxes somewhere. What are the richest entities in the state? Who does all of this infrastructure built at taxpayer expense benefit? The answer is corporations. When they make huge profits, it rarely goes to the benefit of the majority of employees. The executives have the choice on what to do with the profits and they choose to reward themselves. ...more »

  It seems logical that if we are in a financial crisis we should raise taxes somewhere. What are the richest entities in the state? Who does all of this infrastructure built at taxpayer expense benefit?

  The answer is corporations.

  When they make huge profits, it rarely goes to the benefit of the majority of employees. The executives have the choice on what to do with the profits and they choose to reward themselves. I have seen that they use "the economy" as a scapegoat for freezing wages, then proceed to give themselves bonuses and stipends as they company has increased financial gains.

  It is incomprehensible that a state which contains large corporations--such as Boeing, Epoch Pharmaceuticals, Starbucks, Nordstrom, Alaska Air, Weyerhaeuser, Microsoft, Fluke, Interwest Bancorp, Puget Sound Energy, Sterling Financial, Cascade Financial, Columbia Banking System, Washington Federal, ProCyte, Mosaix, Cypress Bioscience, Pegasus Gold, Price/Costco, Safeco, and Visio to name a few--can be in a financial crisis.

  It is incomprehensible that a State which counts the second wealthiest person on the face of the Earth among it's citizens can be in a financial crisis.

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  Submitted by Ron Covert 2 years ago

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  Breastmilk for babies (and toddlers)

  My suggestion is to work towards all babies being breastfed from the start. Breastfeeding is more economical and environmental than formula feeding. There are also scores of studies that are still documenting the long term health (and social) benefits of breastfeeding.

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  Submitted by Monica L 2 years ago

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  Sustainable Economic Stimulus Grant.

  Sustainable Economic Stimulus Grant. Encourage the development of sustainable economic models via restrictive grants. For example, hold a statewide recipe contest to foster the development of a portfolio of food products which primarily contain agriculture grown here in Washington (ala Aplets and Cotlets). Subsequently, solicit business plan submissions to develop, manufacture, and market these products on a local ...more »

  Sustainable Economic Stimulus Grant.

  Encourage the development of sustainable economic models via restrictive grants. For example, hold a statewide recipe contest to foster the development of a portfolio of food products which primarily contain agriculture grown here in Washington (ala Aplets and Cotlets). Subsequently, solicit business plan submissions to develop, manufacture, and market these products on a local and/or national level. A restricted grant would then be offered to fund the enterprise, with restrictive caveats pertaining to the company's state of domicile (Washington), transfer of ownership, manufacturing restrictions (made in Washington) and so forth.

  Some might scoff at the idea of a public / private partnership. However, this isn't much different than a broadly focused revitalization loan or other incentive based initiatives focused on creating and/or keeping jobs in our state. Nor is it the idea above radically different than a co-op model.

  Thank you.

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  Submitted by Craig Parsons 2 years ago

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  Raise the minimum wage

  For forty years we have suffered because of "Supply Side Economics" We can see now the folly of that. It is past time to engage in "Demand Side Economics". The best way to jump start an economy is to increase the purchasing power of it's citizenry, particularly in a state that relies heavily on sales taxes to fund essential programs and infrastructure.

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  Submitted by sam carpenter 2 years ago

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  Reduce the work day; promote family values

  How about reducing the 8 hour work day to 6 hours (and still be fulltime)? Life is short. I would like to see us return to family values by spending more time with our children, spouses and families. Why should the French and Danish have a higher quality of life than us? If we had more time to live (and not just work) we would have more time contribute to the economy.

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  Submitted by Steve Bell 2 years ago

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  Create Jobs

  Make it illegal for gas stations to allow Pump it yourself. Oregon does not have self serve gas stations and it creates/ allows jobs for people.

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  Submitted by Michael Kenmir 2 years ago

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