Recent comments in /f/Washington

BeaverInTheForest t1_ja6s2uk wrote

More than likely, there are things you can do to improve your forest health. Have you reached out to your local county extension or DNR Small Forest Landowner Office? There are a ton of excellent resources and many are free or offer cost-share or even dividend opportunities. I encourage you to reach out!

4

Effective-Floor400 t1_ja6por7 wrote

I got $9651 back on taxes and am getting $900 back here. I only made $25,000 last year.. they essentially gave me back an additional $10,000 in income. A 40% boost to my current income. I worked 3 months of the year. Took the rest of the year off. Wanted to spend time with my kids. 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

2

Effective-Floor400 t1_ja6ph22 wrote

No, that effectively helps people who spend more money…. what about us who don’t earn enough to spend any money? Food isn’t taxed. Most of my bills are barely taxed if at all. This credit is to help the lower incomes. Your idea wouldn’t help us at all.

1

galacticwonderer t1_ja6lm5c wrote

There is a truly fantastic podcast called the timber wars put out by oregons local public radio. It explains everything from the scientists side, the lawyers side, the loggers side, and the politicians side. In it you learn about the tussle for old growth forest. It’s really valuable ecologically and economically. They plant trees after cutting them down but forests don’t recover, it’s a whole ecosystem of different trees at different growth stages. All sorts of stuff relying on all sorts of stuff that takes a lot of time to come into existence. Wild fires already threaten these habitats.

2