No way.
We’ve clearly shown that 2/3 of voters oppose higher taxes (it’s even higher if you subtract Seattle’s pro-tax voters). That supermajority of voters will never accept Inslee’s $51.2 billion in higher taxes. They’re not gonna green-light new carbon taxes (they rejected a carbon tax last November) or income taxes (they’ve rejected an income tax 9 times) or taxes on bottled water (they rejected that tax in 2010) or other business and customer taxes.
No way.
But inflaming that anti-tax sentiment is Sound Transit’s $54 billion tax hike that’s hitting taxpayers like a hurricane. Sales taxes way past 10% now, massive property tax increases, and skyrocketing car tab bills due to a dishonest, artificially-inflated vehicle valuation schedule THAT THE VOTERS HAVE TWICE REPEALED AND REJECTED.
Despite all that, Inslee and the Democrats are saying “We don’t care how angry you are or how overtaxed you are, we gotta take $51.2 billion more BECAUSE IT’S FOR THE CHILDREN.”
No way.
I’ve often written about “government’s insatiable tax appetite.” No doubt there are some who think that’s hyperbole, an exaggeration. But really, how can anyone possibly afford Sound Transit’s $54 billion tax increase AND Inslee and the Democrats’ $51.2 billion tax increase? And remember, those taxes are ON TOP OF all the other taxes and fees the government already takes from all of us.
