Democrat State Representatives in Washington voted down lowering taxes for many families today when they voted against Representative Drew Stokesbary's amendment to SHB 1843. To help put the vote … [Read more...]
Goldmark shows true colors with final blow to taxpayers on his way out
The arrogance of elected officials who don’t have to face the voters again is well documented. One need look no further than the record-breaking tax increases Jay Inslee proposed after he got … [Read more...]
Jay’s lump of coal #5: Tax the foreigners (from Canada)!
As we head into the final weekend of the year, Shift is wrapping up our series on the lumps of coal which Jay Inslee put into our stockings at Christmas. Today’s highlight is on a relatively small tax … [Read more...]
Inslee’s Lump of Coal #4: Let’s sock it to small businesses
Jay Inslee has big (spending) plans for the next two-year budget - a 21% increase is his wish list for more big-government state spending starting in July. As Shift has covered this week, Inslee wants … [Read more...]
Lump #3 of Inslee coal in your stocking: A BIG gas/carbon tax
Shift has been using this last week of the year to prepare readers for the debates coming in 2017, by pointing out what we can expect after seeing the lumps of coal that Jay Inslee put in our … [Read more...]
Lump #2 of Inslee coal in your stocking: A new state income tax
Shift is using the last week of 2016 to review the lumps of coal which Jay Inslee put in the stockings of Washington taxpayers at Christmas, in the form of his big-government, tax-and-spend … [Read more...]
A lump of Inslee coal in your stocking: A “bold” budget to fund bigger gov’t
For such a “green” governor, one might think that Jay Inslee would avoid some energy sources. But based on what Washington taxpayers found in their stockings - “hung by the chimney with care” - on … [Read more...]
For some liberals crime isn’t the problem – jails are the problem
Shift wrote earlier this week about the surprise protest at a Monday event dedicated to declaring Washington a “hate free zone.” Seems that some activists are very upset by the idea that the city … [Read more...]
Inslee tax hike push gaining national attention
Jay Inslee has often sought a national stage for his far-left ideas, from the environmental policy book/screed he “wrote” while in Congress that no one will buy, to the grandstanding Shift highlighted … [Read more...]
Media verdict in – Inslee tax hikes going nowhere, but at least he tried
Evidently mainstream media editorialists have decided that they will need access to newly re-elected Governor Jay Inslee. So, even though he spent months on the campaign trail saying he wouldn’t raise … [Read more...]
Campaign must be over – Inslee breaking tax promises again
Jay Inslee has made a habit out of campaigning against tax increases before elections, and then breaking those promises after the voters in Seattle elect him (he has lost the vote in 2012 and 2016 in … [Read more...]
King County Council establishes quota system for legislators
The King County Council decided that appointing state legislators using a quota system was better than following the recommendations of local elected representatives for selecting replacement … [Read more...]