Adam Kline
37th District, Seattle
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Statement from Sen. Adam Kline on the passage of an all-cuts budget 4/25/2009
OLYMPIA—
The Legislature today gave final approval of a $31.4 billion budget that did not increase general revenues but made deep cuts to education, health care and social services. Following is the statement from Sen. Adam Kline on the budget approved today.“I believe that this budget is fair only in one narrow sense of the word: that it hurts many different groups of people more or less equally. It is not sustainable, in that it relies on almost $3 billion in federal stimulus aid, funds that we can’t expect to see again next year. It is not adequate, particularly in the healthcare field. In higher education, it creates a barrier to the sons and daughters of working families, whose parents hope like all parents for their children to rise higher—and thus it abdicates the role of higher education as the Great Equalizer. Even in K-12 education, our paramount duty, it falls far short of the mark for children in Seattle’s already-underfunded schools.
Video: Sen. Kline on felon voting rights 4/13/2009
Blog: Finally, the Legislature discusses an income tax 4/7/2009
By: Sen. Adam Kline
I’m surprised and delighted that the option of instituting an income tax is finally getting serious consideration in the Senate. I’ve been working to convince my colleagues ever since I arrived at the Legislature twelve years ago that we need to reduce our sales tax and institute an income tax. I’ve written about my support of an income tax here and in several of my past newsletters, which you can find here.
Video: Adam Kline Weekly Update - April 3 4/3/2009
Blog: The budget cuts life-saving programs 4/2/2009
By: Sen. Adam Kline
Our historic revenue shortfall threatens programs that offer life-saving safety-nets for thousands across our state. (In Budget Impossible, part 3 I discuss some of the causes and consequences of the shortfall, as well as possible ways to address our revenue crisis.)
Adam Kline - Weekly Update - March 27 3/30/2009
Sen. Kline reflects on March Town Hall 3/30/2009
Video Update - Senator Adam Kline on the Budget 3/26/2009
Blog: The Worker Privacy Act 3/26/2009
By: Sen. Adam Kline
Blog: Budget Impossible, Part 3 3/24/2009
By: Sen. Adam Kline
In my first two posts on this blog back in mid-January (Budget Impossible and Budget Impossible, Part 2), I wrote about the depth of our current budget crisis, how we arrived in this horrendous situation, and a few actions the legislature can take to get us through this recession without completely shredding our social safety net and other public programs upon which we all depend.