How long do taxpayers intend to be victims of our representatives? As soon as we pass an initiative for tax relief our elected officials repeal, water down and ignore our constitutional right to tax ourselves fairly and they try to get some judge to throw it out.
How dare representatives challenge our votes in court!
I say there is only one solution. Clean house! Vote every one of these tax-hungry officials out of office and give future representatives warning not to repeat taxing citizens of Washington into poverty.
We successfully removed the tax on food. I count 15 taxes on the utilities; sewer/water, heat, electricity, telephone and gasoline! These are the bare bones everyone needs.
To re-elect any of the present “so-called” representatives of the people, no matter which party, is electing to be taxed to hell and back. After all, isn’t that just what they have been doing year after year after year since elected? Yes!
Tim Eyman has been our avenue holding the line on some taxes, but we can’t keep initiatives going indefinitely. Politicians just shift taxes onto another service or cancel our initiatives in two years. If you recognize a name, do not vote that person back in.
Everett
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