Re: “Democrats’ income tax plan must include overhaul of entire code” (Feb. 8, Opinion):
The editorial is spot on and sobering. State spending has practically doubled in 10 years even supposing the inhabitants of the state has solely elevated by about 1 million since 2016.
We do want a greater strategy to fund the wants of Washington state moderately than counting on the more and more regressive tax system at the moment in place that impedes development, innovation and job creation. Nonetheless, earlier than any of this could happen, state spending must be introduced underneath management.
The Democratic Get together, which has had a longstanding stranglehold on state authorities, must take a protracted look within the mirror concerning these points moderately than trot out the same old villains when discussing affordability.
Mario D. Forte, Tacoma
