The Ballot Warning That Could Kill the Income Tax Repeal
An anonymous watchdog account on X called MintyHawk went viral this weekend walking through the statute behind the ballot warning attached to Washington's income tax repeal initiative.
Before the initiative fight ever started, the 2022 legislature built a system that requires the Attorney General to print a sentence on the ballot warning voters that repeal will "decrease funding" for schools, colleges, and healthcare — a warning about revenue the state hasn't collected yet. The first dollar from this income tax arrives in 2029. Charlie Harger on the perfect game the legislature is throwing, and why yelling at the judge is yelling at the wrong target.
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