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WA Capitol Occupiers: "close corporate tax loopholes, rather than cut back health care, social services, education" http://ow.ly/4vrVI
By Queenie Wong
Seattle Times Olympia bureau
Demonstrators representing dozens of interests squatted in the dome of the Washington State Capitol demanding an end to budget cuts Wednesday.
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About six dozen demonstrators planned on staying the night at the state Capitol.
Protest inside Washington State Capitol
OLYMPIA — A rally to urge state lawmakers to close corporate tax loopholes, rather than cut back health care, social services and education, started with hundreds of protesters, then turned into a sleepover for about six dozen in the state Capitol Wednesday night.
"Our goal today was to disrupt business as usual because obviously we've marched and rallied, and we're still seeing more and more cuts," said Fatima Morales, a spokeswoman for the Washington Community Action Network, which helped bring together more than three dozen advocacy groups."
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