Empress Speaks By Shatease Barrington

12/07/2025

10/28/2025

Statement from Empress Speaks / GBEI PMA on WA Measure 8201

I voted NO on 8201 — not because I oppose care for elders or people with disabilities, but because I refuse to gamble their survival on the stock market.

On paper, 8201 sounds like progress: allowing Washington’s Long-Term Care Fund to “grow” through broader investments. But in reality, it exposes a vital public trust — one meant to protect our most vulnerable — to the same market instability that destroys lives when it crashes.

We’ve seen what happens when systems built for people become playgrounds for profit.
All it takes is one wrong move, one manipulated downturn, one “unforeseen” event — and the entire fund could collapse, leaving elders and disabled residents with nothing. That’s not care. That’s a casino with human stakes.

I believe in sustainability without speculation — in protecting life, not leveraging it.
My PMA and Trust Network were created to insulate families from systems that treat security like a stock option. If the state truly values our seniors and disabled community, it should secure their benefits in protected, non-volatile accounts, not dangle them in front of Wall Street.

So, my “NO” is not resistance — it’s responsibility.
I stand for ethical stewardship, long-term stability, and compassion that isn’t for sale.

— Empress Speaks
GBEI PMA | Empress Speaks Trust Network | For the Protection of People, Not Portfolios

03/22/2025

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