“We’re asking those who have done so well to chip in a bit more… this makes the system just a little bit more fair.” – Jay Inslee during a press conference for the 2019-21 budget plan for … [Read more...]
Lie exposed: State is rolling in money, tax hikes not needed
In December, Gov. Jay Inslee called for big tax increases in his supplemental budget proposal. No one was terribly surprised, even though Inslee campaigned in 2012 on a no-new-taxes pledge and did not … [Read more...]
Which tax increase did Inslee choose? It starts with “c” and ends in “arbon”
No surprise: There’s a carbon tax in there. Gov. Jay Inslee rolled out his 2018 supplemental budget proposal last week – what is supposed to be the mid-course correction in the two-year budget cycle. … [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...]
State has more money – but Dems still setting up tax increase
You would think that state lawmakers would like seeing quarterly revenue reports predicting more money for government. For the last four years, the state’s revenue arc has been on an upward trend, … [Read more...]
Lessons from the election: Maybe higher taxes aren’t the answer
Outcomes were definitely mixed on Tuesday for those who care about economic growth and efficient government. Republicans did capture complete control in D.C. (except for that oft-pesky 60-vote … [Read more...]
Democrats would love a state income tax – but don’t want you to know about it before election
It has been well documented by Shift how much Washington State Democrats love pushing for a state income tax, whether its introducing the multiple bills to create one every legislative session calling … [Read more...]
Democrats and dark money – match made in hypocrisy heaven
The Seattle Times features a front page story today on so-called “gray money”, or campaign contributions which flow from one political committee to another in an attempt to obscure the real source of … [Read more...]
Labor lays it out – carbon tax bad, doesn’t raise enough taxes
Shift has reported extensively on the intra-mural battle that is Initiative 732. On the Left is a self-proclaimed “stand-up economist” pushing a carbon tax, to increase the cost of energy for everyone … [Read more...]
Income tax is back…on ballot
Jay Inslee and his fellow Democrat Party officials have been persistent in trying to find a way to create a state income tax, ranging from Inslee’s 2015 proposal to tax capital gains to the various … [Read more...]
Liberals just can’t help themselves – they really want a state income tax
Democrats seem to have an addiction in Washington State. They just can’t seem to help themselves when it comes to a state income tax. Jay Inslee proposed one on capital gains two years ago (even after … [Read more...]
3 times Democrats blatantly ignore voters’ will
Last week, we reported on a sketchy poll commissioned by the Northwest Progressive Institute (NPI), which tries to justify liberals’ never-ending battle to make it as easy as possible to raise … [Read more...]