How we can help those with the least: I-1098 is a start
There is no universal cure for poverty, but there are ways to provide the kind of help that allows people to feed their children, or keep working. One place to start is supporting Initiative 1098, adding an income tax on the wealthiest 1.2 percent of Washington households that would generate money for education and health care.
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Seattle Times staff columnist
Marieka Klawitter
Marieka Klawitter has less help and more work than she did before the Great Recession, but she's not complaining.
Klawitter, an economist who studies policies that affect work and income, is more concerned about people who don't have a job to complain about.
Most people are feeling some economic hurt, but this is a particularly difficult time for poor people. It could