Statewide Levy-lid bill passes (look for tax increases)
Posted 04-29-2019 at 01:51 PM by Jane917
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Originally Posted by texasdiver
The state is constrained in its ability to raise revenue in any kind of progressive manner by the constitutional prohibition on an income tax. Without that, there isn't much they can do for education except mess around with business and sales taxes and force some redistribution of property taxes. But those half-measures will only take you so far.
Washington actually has the least progressive tax structure in the entire nation by some measures. You can't solve this problem without tackling that larger issue. So I expect we will once again simply put up with rising inequity until someone sues the state again.
Washington actually has the least progressive tax structure in the entire nation by some measures. You can't solve this problem without tackling that larger issue. So I expect we will once again simply put up with rising inequity until someone sues the state again.
Jane
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