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- Medical marijuana patients denied a spot on transplant list
  Posted by Jeff from Seattle Times
  When dying patients need a transplant, should it be held against them if they've used dope with a doctor's blessing? "Most transplant centers struggle with issues of how to deal with people who are known to use marijuana, whether or not it's with a doctor's prescription," said Dr. Robert Sade, director of the Institute of Human Values in Health Care at the Medical University of South Carolina. "Marijuana, unlike alcohol, has no direct effect on the liver. It is however a concern ... in that it's a potential indicator of an addictive personality."
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- Microsoft Told to Pay Tax on Licence Fee (in India, not Washington)
  Posted by Jeff from Yro.slashdot
  The company, which sells its software in India through a circuitous route involving several group companies, had maintained that its deal with the customers is a sale and no royalty payment is involved. It is this position that has now been rejected. What nailed the issue, however, was an expression in the end-user agreement that says "the product is licensed, not sold". Tax authorities cited this and said if the software is licensed, there has to be a royalty involved.
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- Sound Transit ridership rose 12.5% in 2007
  Posted by Jon from Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  Sound Transit saw ridership increase 12.5 percent in 2007, compared with a national increase of about 2 percent, according to the American Public Transportation Association, an international organization representing the transit industry.
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- Legislature OKs bill to put state-grown food in schools
  Posted by Jon from Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  Senate Bill 6483 relaxes food-purchasing regulations to allow schools and state-run institutions to buy fresh produce and meats from Washington farmers -- even if locally grown products cost a little more than their processed or canned counterparts.
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- High-tech giants seeking massive tax break
  Posted by Jeff from Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  Microsoft and a handful of other tech giants are quietly securing a state tax break that could be worth more than $1 billion through legislation forged amid corporate threats and an interstate bidding war for computer server farms that have become the backbone of the Internet.
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- Idealog: Top Reader Excuses for Microsoft's Tax Avoidance
  Posted by Jeff from Idealog.US
  After my editorial suggesting Washington State close the loophole on Microsoft's tax avoidance schemes was published by Crosscut and linked by Slashdot (Creative Capitalism Gets Microsoft a $528M Tax Break), readers posted more than 542 comments, many defending Microsoft's practices. I am always struck by the arguments people use to defend corporate entities that dodge taxes, so I decided to summarize and respond to the most common arguments.
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- Microsoft's $528 million Washington tax break
  Posted by Jeff from crosscut.com
  When I heard that Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates had invoked the phrase "creative capitalism" at last month's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, it reminded me how Microsoft avoids paying taxes on Washington-made software by selling it through Nevada.
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Jeff comments on:
Microsoft's $528 million Washington tax break

You are misunderstanding – this is about Washington B & O taxes on corporations, not income taxes.

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9:31 pm 4/02/08
Jeff comments on:
High-tech giants seeking massive tax break

Check out my rebuttal to Top Reader Excuses for Microsoft’s Tax Avoidance here.

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11:06 am 2/12/08
edseccocpa comments on:
Microsoft's $528 million Washington tax break

Your concern that Microsoft is avoiding paying income taxes to the State of Washington is based on the erroneous belief that there is an income tax in Washington. Please check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_income_tax

I really don’t know what you’re belly aching about.

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9:53 am 2/04/08
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83 convicted felons freed as state exceeds jail limit

Last I checked conservatives don’t like to pay for taxes for building enough prisons…

But part of the problem is that conservatives want to lock up everyone even for minor drug crimes that could be better treated in specialized treatment programs. What a waste of taxpayer money.

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3:50 pm 2/27/07
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State sends a message, smoker gets $8,000 bill

Techincally, avoiding use taxes by buying online is tax evasion. The law is pretty clear. I wouldn’t be that disappointed if they start enforcing it.

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1:53 pm 2/17/07
Jon comments on:
Gregoire wants public financing of Washington Court races

Could be a great step on the long road to get big money out of politics. Cheers to Gregoire for knowing how to move the ball downfield.

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9:44 pm 12/20/06
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Spanaway man first arrest under state's new bestiality law

Enumclaw horse sex death was Seattle Times Most Read Story Ever

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4:32 pm 10/20/06

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