The Legislative Week in Preview

New bill looks to clear path for state universal health care

Senate Democrats took an early step in setting our state on a path toward socialized medicine last week. Democrats introduced legislation to commission a workgroup tasked with studying a universal health care system that included a taxpayer funded option. Some Senate Democrats have even said Gov. Inslee’s public option doesn’t go far enough.

The Democrats join the dogpile.  The tax burden for state run health care is expected to be crushing. The irresistible lure of power over our paltry lives proves too much for the "Democratic" gang in the Legislature.  As a bonus to goose-stepping leftists, we the People lose our right to chose with whom we associate when we need health care.

State AG threatens legal action over Trump emergency declaration

Because campaigning never stops for Bob Ferguson, the state Attorney General announced he was planning to sue the President yet again. Ferguson said he would consider legal action should President Trump declare a state of emergency – which happened on Friday. “If Washington is harmed, my office will take appropriate steps to block this unlawful action, just as we’ve blocked more than a dozen illegal and unconstitutional policies of this president,” Ferguson said.

Fergone seems to think guarding the national border is not a suitable role for the President. 

Washington attorney general fires back at sheriffs over I-1639 enforcement

Taking a rare break from campaigning, Ferguson wrote that county sheriffs refusing to enforce Washington new gun laws could be liable. “The taxpayers of your city or county assume the financial risk of your decision to impose your personal views over the law,” he wrote. So far twelve sheriffs have said they would not have said they would not enforce the new gun regulation law passed last year by voters. 

We should note that Ferguson is happy to remain silent when it comes to the illegality of heroin injection sites.

Amazon: Canceled New York jobs likely to go elsewhere; company will ‘continue to evaluate’ growth in Seattle

Far left policies have serious economic consequences and the people of New York experienced that first hand last week when Amazon announced they would no longer move forward with bringing 25,000 jobs to NYC  ---  Thousands of good paying jobs lost because of liberal politics. 

“I believe the head tax debate here in Seattle had a little something to do with laying the foundation for these conversations that happened in New York,” said Seattle Councilmember Lisa Herbold. To top it all off, Amazon announced they have no near term plan for future growth in Seattle.