Jason Mercier with Mountain States Policy Center shared the following posts:
- https://www.mountainstatespolicy.org/post/pretty-little-income-tax-lies-why-washington-s-proposed-millionaire-tax-is-olympia-s-trojan-horse
- https://www.mountainstatespolicy.org/post/seven-questions-for-lawmakers-proposing-an-income-tax-for-washington-state
He also pointed out:
On September 13, 1960 the state Supreme Court issued a unanimous one page ruling with this sage advice: Don’t ask the Court to reverse its numerous income tax rulings, amend the constitution:
“The argument is again pressed upon us that these cases were wrongly decided. The court is unwilling, however, to recede from the position announced in its repeated decisions.
Among other things, the attorney general urges that the result should now be different because the state is confronted with a financial crisis. If so, the constitution may be amended by vote of the people. Such a constitutional amendment was rejected by popular vote in 1934.”
And this final note from Jason:
It takes 33 votes to advance a constitutional amendment in the WA Senate. In a universe where [Democrats] cared about honoring court precedent the income tax would have failed by 6 votes.