Democrat budget increase taxes and kick backs

Gas tax bills could give us $4-$5/gallon gas like California

If Olympia Democrats get their way, some Washingtonians could see gas prices eclipse $5 per gallon due to Inslee’s energy tax. “In California, gas has gone over $4 a gallon, and is approaching $5 a gallon in some places because of the low-carbon fuel standard,” wrote Dori Monson. He contends that if Democrats pass Inslee’s low carbon fuel standard, our gas prices will follow the same path as California’s.

The Democrats act ashamed of this.  They are going to remove tax information from the pump. Posting the information was required by House Bill 1633, but the Democrat Party controlled Senate Transportation Committee has decided not to move the bill through committee. The Democrats are not interested in an informed public.

Legislature's government union-protection kick back scheme moves forward

Late last week Senate Democrats advanced a bill that would make it extremely difficult for public employees to choose not to be a member of a government union — even if the union supported causes to which they were fundamentally opposed. The Democrats passed this bill even though they knew it violated the Constitution. It's a payback for campaign support.

The bill attempts to undercut a U.S. Supreme Court decision that found it unconstitutional to require public employees who are not members of the union to pay fees to that union. During debate on the Senate Floor, Senator King said the bill would allow threats, bullying and intimidation towards people deciding whether to join a union or not.

Legislature eliminates statute of limitations for child sex crimes

The House and Senate delivered a bill to extend the statute of limitations for felony sex offenses to Inslee’s desk. He of course was off campaigning on the other side of the country when this historic bill passed. “This is the most important move the legislature has made for victims in the last 20 years, easily,” said Mary Ellen Stone, who has been executive director of the King County Sexual Assault Resource Center for four decades.  “It recognizes that there are many barriers to coming forward and reporting, and that time limits are not in the best interest of justice or the victim.”

Don’t allow inequitable school levies

“If the levy were to pass,  it would kill a plan the Legislature hammered out in 2017 in response to the Supreme Court’s 2012 McCleary decision.” The Seattle Times editorial board did not mince words when it described Senate Democrat’s attempt to undue education funding progress post McCleary. “I have to believe my Democrat colleagues on the budget committee know in their hearts that this goes completely against the lessons that should have been learned from the McCleary court ruling in 2012,” wrote Senator John Braun.

Budget updates

You don’t have to be an accountant to see that Washington state has a huge surplus of revenue. Because of a strong economy, Washington is set to see billions in additional revenue – more than enough to invest in special education and mental health treatment. In short, the last thing we need is new taxes. Perhaps Democrats didn’t get the memo, packing their budget proposals full of new, unnecessary taxes. The Democrats' budget strategy is that new taxes (and the misery they cause) are pure enjoyment.

A Capital Gains Tax Can Not Improve Budget Sustainability

The Washington Research Council published a brief outlining a few, of the many, problems with the Democrats’ capital gains income tax. For starters, the capital gains income tax “would be highly volatile,” the report points out. Democrats say they want to use this highly unpredictable revenue source to help fund education.

The Research Council’s report mentioned another important detail. The Democrat’s key tax proposal violates Washington State's constitution (Article 7)

Jay Inslee couldn’t answer easy question he based his entire campaign on

Last week, Useless Inslee spent even more days out of the state campaigning to occupy the White House. This time he took time off of work to appear on national television and appeared to struggle to answer questions related to the single issue he’s running on. “I thought I had the answers to every question and I don’t have (an) answer to that,” Inslee responded when asked how can we fix our broken recycling system.