Senate

Between 3 and 5 per cent of the members of Parliament, and 6 per cent of the senators: the parliamentarians with a background in business represent a tiny minority. An IREF study shows the contrast with four other countries where economic legislation is handled by people who know what it means. In France, the elected representatives are chiefly interested in tax money.

The Washington state Senate approved a tax package that would raise $890 million over the next sixteen months. The tax package includes a temporary three-tenths-of-a-cent sales tax increase plus increased…