House Speaker-designate Laurie Jinkins says implementing a capital gains income tax is "a really good approach"
Incoming State House Speaker Laurie Jinkins (D-Tacoma) has a long and greedy record of fighting for higher taxes -- so it’s no surprise that she’s ready to pass a capital gains income tax next legislative session. Note that income taxes are the most economically destructive taxes there are.
She claimed to Seattle Morning News host Dave Ross that implementing a capital gains income tax would not require a change in our state’s constitution. When asked about what voters think about sneaking in a state income tax, Jinkins claimed she is “not sure we know exactly broadly what people think about that.”
She apparently is forgetting that voters have voted down a state income tax ten times. We're taxed enough already.
From the early release of thousands of prisoners to untimely inmate deaths, scandal has plagued Washington State Corrections under Jay Inslee’s incompetent leadership
As Senator Mike Padden (R-Spokane Valley) pointed out earlier this month, “Instead of working to correct these issues, Governor Inslee has been putting up roadblocks and actively halting the progress of those of us who are offering solutions.” Republican state leaders are determined to hold Inslee accountable.
Former Bothell Mayor Joshua Freed – a Republican – announced his candidacy for Washington state governor
If elected, Freed promises to clean up Jay Inslee’s mess by tackling problems the governor refuses to address. Specifically, Freed points to the growing homelessness stressing our cities, a dangerous lack of government transparency, and Democrats’ relentless push for a state income tax.
The Washington State Supreme Court ruled unanimously to reverse an appeals court decision that blocked a 2015 public records request placed by the Freedom Foundation
The Freedom Foundation’s request sought records concerning union organization efforts by several University of Washington’s faculty members. Justice Debra Stephens noted, “The Court of Appeals erred by applying the ‘scope of employment’ test to determine whether the records at issue in this case…” Their victory is a strong rebuke of powerful government employee unions seeking to work in secrecy.
Seattle’s City Council cannot merely watch as other far-left city councils enact extreme leftist legislation – it must respond in kind
They're dopes.
When Berkley, California banned natural-gas lines from new homes, Seattle Councilmember Mike O’Brien came up with a plan of his own. O’Brien plans to introduce legislation that would prohibit natural gas in new buildings in Seattle. O’Brien’s legislation comes as the council considers another proposal to tax home-heating oil.
IRONY ALERT: O’Brien admitted he has natural gas in his house because it is really great for cooking. And on the faux compassion front, heating oil is used disproportionately by the poorer and elderly in older houses. So the council will jack up heating costs on those least likely to be able to afford it so they can virtue signal to their extreme political allies.
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