Watch the Washington budget

Where is the money spent?

Fiscal.WA.gov is a new site that has various breakouts of spending.

What taxes are we paying?

This is much more difficult. Evergreen Freedom Foundation is working on a visibility site. They will put in on line on April 15 - TaxSleuth.com.

Put taxes and spending togeter -- Christine Gregoire* has put us in a mess. When times were good she spent more than we had. But now she says it's not her fault. Fool. She is asking us where to cut spending. And she give us the opportunity to ask for tax increases. Christine's How Would You Balance the Budget?

The Legislature's session is 105 days long. See 105 Days.

* We stopped calling female governors "Governor" when Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska was nominated last August.