WA Income tax is now law

"Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday made his most audacious asault yet on the state's taxpayers, signing into law an income tax disguised as a capital gains tax disguised as an excise tax."  -- Freedom Foundation

Governor Inslee and the Democrats have passed an income tax (WAGov notice).

The total tax cost is projected to be $5,772,000,000 over the next ten years.  That is equivalent to $757.98 in additional tax for every person in the state.  Most people realize this is just a foot in the door -- The Democrats will seek to tax everyone's income.

But Washington state's constitution declares income tax to be illegal (Article 3, Section 1).  An income tax seemed stupid to the framers;  income tax is a tax on personal industriousness.

The exact income tax the legislature passed is on gains from investment -- what the left derides as "unearned income."  But investment is done in society at large. When one person invests, every participant wins when the project gets a profit. 

Clearly the Democrats in the legislature don't get it.  Instead, they malign others and put their own addiction to taxing/spending ahead of the prosperity of all the people of Washington State.

The Freedom Foundation has already filed an action against the legislature to stop the income tax (press release).   They are glad to get a donation to help with the fight.  Donate link

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These are the Washington state senators who voted to enact an income tax:

WA Sen. Steve Conway (D), (360) 786-7656, steve.conway@leg.wa.gov
WA Sen. Karen Keiser (D), (360) 786-7664, Karen.Keiser@leg.wa.gov
WA Sen. Sam Hunt (D), (360) 786-7642, Sam.Hunt@leg.wa.gov
WA Sen. Jeannie Darneille (D), (360) 786-7652, DARNEILL_JE@leg.wa.gov
WA Sen. Bob Hasegawa (D), (360) 786-7616, bob.hasegawa@leg.wa.gov
WA Sen. Christine Rolfes (D), (360) 786-7644, christine.rolfes@leg.wa.gov
WA Sen. Jamie Pedersen (D), (360) 786-7628, jamie.pedersen@leg.wa.gov
WA Sen. Marko Liias (D), (360) 786-7640, Marko.Liias@leg.wa.gov
WA Sen. Reuven Carlyle (D), (360) 786-7670, Reuven.Carlyle@leg.wa.gov
WA Sen. Derek Stanford (D), (360) 786-7600, Derek.Stanford@leg.wa.gov
WA Sen. Andy Billig (D), (360) 786-7604, andy.billig@leg.wa.gov
WA Sen. David Frockt (D), (360) 786-7690, David.Frockt@leg.wa.gov
WA Sen. Annette Cleveland (D), (360) 786-7696, Annette.Cleveland@leg.wa.gov
WA Sen. June Robinson (D), (360) 786-7674, june.robinson@leg.wa.gov
WA Sen. Patty Kuderer (D), (360) 786-7694, patty.kuderer@leg.wa.gov
WA Sen. Lisa Wellman (D), (360) 786-7641, Lisa.Wellman@leg.wa.gov
WA Sen. Rebecca Saldaña (D), (360) 786-7688, rebecca.saldana@leg.wa.gov
WA Sen. Manka Dhingra (D), (360) 786-7672, Manka.Dhingra@leg.wa.gov
WA Sen. Mona Das (D), (360) 786-7692, DAS_MO@leg.wa.gov
WA Sen. Joe Nguyen (D), (360) 786-7667, NGUYEN_JO@leg.wa.gov
WA Sen. Jesse Salomon (D), (360) 786-7662, SALOMON_JE@leg.wa.gov
WA Sen. Claire Wilson (D), (360) 786-7658, WILSON_CL@leg.wa.gov
WA Sen. Emily Randall (D), (360) 786-7650, RANDALL_EM@leg.wa.gov
WA Sen. Liz Lovelett (D), (360) 786-7678, Liz.Lovelett@leg.wa.gov
WA Sen. T'wina Nobles (D), (360) 786-7654, T'wina.Nobles@leg.wa.gov 

Impolite suggests you vote against them.