OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A dozen demonstrators have arrived in Olympia after a five-day march from Auburn to protest budget cuts and raise awareness of their human impact.
The original 12 walked the entire 50 miles, but the final crowd on the Capitol steps Monday numbered around 75.
The protesters are calling for an end to corporate tax exemptions, which they say have caused the state’s current revenue problem.
At the rally, participants carried signs reading “Make deadbeat corporations pay!” and denouncing large banks as “tax dodgers” who need to “pay their fair share.”
Similar complaints drew thousands of labor union members to Olympia a week and a half ago. Protesters say the deep cuts to social services and education in the 2011-2013 budget proposals could be mitigated by closing tax loopholes.
