by Tim Eyman | Jun 20, 2017
To win the 45th and to massively raise taxes, Democrat legislators going nuclear Democrats have decided to go nuclear: they won’t pass a budget, won’t fix skyrocketing car tab taxes, won’t fix the supreme court’s devastating Hirst decision...
by Tim Eyman | Jun 15, 2017
Tell ’em to stop: Democrats’ tax obsession is dragging out legislative session Not only are the crazies on Seattle’s City Council barreling toward a new income tax, Democrats in Olympia are too. Even with Inslee admitting defeat on a new capital...
by Tim Eyman | Jun 12, 2017
RIGHT NOW tell Democrat legislators: “We won’t accept tax increases this year” Even with Inslee taking capital gains taxes and business taxes off the table, House and Senate Democrats are so tax-obsessed that in final budget negotiations, they are...
by Tim Eyman | Jun 6, 2017
Why special session? Democrats want an income tax, Republicans don’t Published in today’s Everett Herald: Voters have repeatedly rejected state income tax proposals By Tim Eyman, Everett Herald, Tue Jun 6th, 2017 I strongly disagree with letter writer...
by Tim Eyman | Jun 1, 2017
Special sessions: we don’t care how long it takes, we only care about … The media is constantly whining and complaining and bemoaning special sessions. The stated and unstated message is “hurry up, so we in the media can write the final story and...
by Tim Eyman | May 31, 2017
Democrats refuse to stop Sound Transit from ripping us off on car tab taxes Taxpayers are getting ripped off by Sound Transit. Car tab taxes have skyrocketed for each and every vehicle owner and, for many months, the people have been pounding politicians in the...
by Tim Eyman | May 25, 2017
HUGE VICTORY: Republicans’ no-new-taxes stance forces Inslee to back down Even with Inslee taking capital gains taxes and business taxes off the table, House and Senate Democrats are so tax-obsessed that in final budget negotiations, they are still insisting on...
by Tim Eyman | May 18, 2017
Speaker Frank Chopp orders his puppet, Reykdal w/ OSPI, to delay until next Wed Two days ago, we reported that former House member Chris Reykdal, the new Superintendent of Public Instruction, was going to put out a “compromise” tax proposal yesterday. He...
by Tim Eyman | May 16, 2017
Tomorrow’s OSPI tax plan: Democrat Chris Reykdal’s tax schemes even worse … House and Senate Republicans are unified in pursuing a no-new-taxes budget. Inslee’s tax-hiking plan is a non-starter and completely crazy. The House Democrats’...
by Tim Eyman | May 11, 2017
Tell Senate Republicans that all of us support their no-new-taxes position Inslee and House and Senate Democrats are waiting around for the Republicans to throw up their hands and say “You guys win, let’s all vote to raise a bunch of taxes.” ...
by Tim Eyman | May 4, 2017
Why raising taxes isn’t necessary — WA Policy Center tells it like it is This is really well done and very informative: No need to raise taxes for McCleary By Liv Finne, Washington Policy Center The public outcry against Sound Transit’s unfair and...
by Tim Eyman | May 2, 2017
Why special session? Democrats’ demand for higher taxes From day one of this year’s legislative session, Republicans had a no-new-taxes plan. They introduced it, fought for it, and passed it. They are insisting on two basic principles: * No new taxes ...
by Tim Eyman | Apr 27, 2017
Tell Senate Republicans you support their no-new-taxes position Inslee and the Democrats are obsessed with raising taxes. But House and Senate Republicans are unified against the Dems’ tax-hiking agenda. Yesterday there was a Senate hearing on the...
by Tim Eyman | Apr 27, 2017
GOOD SIGN: Republican legislators are being attacked for all the right reasons In the legislative process, being attacked means you’re being effective. When your critics are mad at you, you know you’re doing something right. Attacks are a badge...
by Tim Eyman | Apr 19, 2017
Tell Democrats to stop, stop, stop obsessing about raising taxes In the Legislature, there’s no such thing as an anti-tax Democrat. When it comes to raising taxes, there’s no such thing as a moderate Democrat or a conservative Democrat. ...
by Tim Eyman | Apr 17, 2017
Eyman aggressively defends 1% property tax cap in Sunday’s Everett Herald 1% property tax cap doing what voters wanted By Tim Eyman, Everett Herald, Sunday, April 16th, 2017, http://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/eyman-1-property-tax-cap-doing-what-voters-wanted/...
by Tim Eyman | Apr 11, 2017
WATCH VIDEO: Car tab tax rip-off continues under Democrats’ pretend plan Yesterday, I spent 6 hours in traffic driving from Mukilteo to Olympia and back so I could testify for 2 minutes (talk about rigged — these weekday hearings during work hours make it...
by Tim Eyman | Apr 7, 2017
WATCH VIDEO: Republican Cary Condotta is a superstar Wow! Yesterday I shared a transcript of what Cary Condotta said about the House Democrats tax package. The response was overwhelming. This guy is a real rock star. So we’re bringing him back for a...
by Tim Eyman | Apr 6, 2017
Exasperated Republican legislator rips Democrats’ tax hikes Is anyone in Olympia listening to us, the taxpayers of Washington state? I ask that question a lot when it comes to all our emails to legislators and all my trips to the Legislature to testify...
by Tim Eyman | Apr 4, 2017
WATCH VIDEO: Eyman in Olympia testifying against Democrats’ income tax scheme Another 4 am departure from Mukilteo for another early morning hearing in Olympia. Horrible traffic, tons of delays, all that just so I could speak for 2 minutes (is it any wonder...
by Tim Eyman | Mar 30, 2017
Tell the Senate Majority Coalition Caucus to stand with taxpayers Inslee and Democrats are obsessed. Their proposed tax-hiking schemes are hurtful and destructive and completely unnecessary. Despite a huge surge in revenue from our existing tax structure, the...
by Tim Eyman | Mar 28, 2017
WATCH VIDEO: Eyman ridicules bill to obliterate 1% property tax cap — House Democrats’ budget takes away voter approval requirement for property tax increases No taxpayers is safe while the Democrats are in Olympia. House Bill 2006 completely obliterates...
by Tim Eyman | Mar 24, 2017
WATCH VIDEO: Eyman tears into Sound Transit’s board over inflated car tab taxes Wearing jeans and a $30 car tabs t-shirt and carrying an Initiative 695 campaign sign, here’s the testimony I gave yesterday to the Sound Transit Board: If you...
by Tim Eyman | Mar 23, 2017
Watch video of Eyman ridiculing Inslee — the guy’s a joke 7 hours driving to and from Mukilteo to Olympia on Tuesday, and I get just 60 seconds to testify before the Senate Ways & Means committee members and make my point. Ugh! Here’s...
by Tim Eyman | Mar 22, 2017
Inslee embarrasses himself yesterday – another high octane day for me in Olympia Here’s how my day went yesterday: drove to and from Olympia through horrendous traffic both ways, testified at a 1:30 pm hearing where I spoke out against a horrible...
by Tim Eyman | Mar 17, 2017
Democrats furious: $600 million in more revenue obliterates need to raise taxes In bad times, Democrats demand tax increases. In good times, Democrats demand tax increases. Democrats are a broken record. Yesterday it was announced there’s been a huge...
by Tim Eyman | Mar 10, 2017
EVEN SCARIER: rants by Seattle socialist no different than Democrats in Olympia Out of 98 house members, only 10 are elected by Seattle voters. Out of 49 senators, only 5 are elected by Seattle voters. So why are swing district Democrats...
by Tim Eyman | Mar 6, 2017
Democrats in Olympia are blocking fix for artificially-inflated car tab taxes Car tab taxes are skyrocketing because the government is saying your $10,000 car is worth $22,000 — it’s totally dishonest. There’s a fix to this obscene injustice but...
by Tim Eyman | Mar 4, 2017
Tell legislators “NO MORE TAXES” because Sound Transit’s $54 billion took it all 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...
by Tim Eyman | Mar 3, 2017
Truly scary: raving lunacy of socialist no different than Inslee There’s a socialist on the Seattle City Council — her name is Kwama Sawant (ya, I know, all of ’em are socialists in practice but she actually identifies as socialist). After...
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