It appears that Jay Inslee is moving closer to unilaterally imposing a huge gas tax on Washingtonians, evidently believing that is the “moral” thing to do.
Inslee’s radical environmental supporters have been making the case for over a year that his election was a “mandate” on “combating climate disruption”, which would be a surprise to voters, as his 2012 election was anything but a mandate given his reluctance to take a position on many issues – remember his “focus like a laser beam” mantra?
The size of Inslee’s gas tax scheme has been estimated at over $1 per gallon by the state’s own consultants. Evidently destroying Washington State’s economic competitiveness with a huge new tax is “morally” OK to Inslee, as long as his campaign-funding environmental buddies approve.
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