Washington state has certainly one of if not essentially the most regressive tax buildings within the nation, whereas satirically we’re thought of to be a blue state. Politicians advocate for piecemeal strategies to make corrections to the system, which doesn’t usher in sufficient income to run the applications that residents discover necessary. Among the cuts are a travesty.
As an alternative of piecemeal stabs at correcting these shortfalls, it’s time to have a look at wiping the slate clear and beginning over and doing it proper. I suggest a invoice from our lawmakers to type a committee, appointed by the governor, to take a 12 months to evaluate our financial wants and completely look at all taxes and costs within the state in any respect ranges of presidency, with the thought of constructing sweeping suggestions to proper the ship and create a good, uniformly and steeply graduated tax and price construction, with ratios.
This will likely embrace amending our Structure and voting on a number of legal guidelines and contingencies on the state and native ranges in 2027. The overwhelming majority shouldn’t find yourself paying extra.
Within the meantime, let’s piecemeal by 2026 and “tax the millionaires!”
Jeanie Bein, Bellingham
