Inslee leaves us more taxes

Series: Guest Column | Story 40

When Jay Inslee first successfully ran for governor in 2012, he told Washington voters – and here’s the quote – he “would veto anything that heads the wrong direction, and the wrong direction is new taxes in the state of Washington.”

Once Inslee took office, his pledge to not raise taxes was quickly broken. In fact, our outgoing guv has routinely called for tax hikes of one type or another. For years, I’ve said Inslee “never met a tax increase he didn’t like.”

Now, with his final term as governor ending in less than a month, Inslee this week dropped one more tax bomb on Washingtonians as he re...

 

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