In the dead of night, the last day of the State legislature, the State Democrats passed 11 NEW TAXES to the tune of $27 BILLION over the next 10 years, with little or no public input.
Here’s a breakdown of the new taxes.
* New payroll taxes (HB 1087): $8,036,110,541
* New property sales taxes (REET – SB 5998): $1,747,300,000
* New fuel taxes (MTCA – SB 5993): $2,760,000,000
* New taxes on bank customers (SB 6016): $367,900,000
* New taxes on bank customers (HB 2167): $1,035,700,000
* New taxes on border business customers (SB 5997): $311,759,000
* New taxes on travel agent customers (SB 6004): $30,100,000
* New taxes on vaping customers (HB 1873): $207,135,000
* New taxes on online buyers (SB 5581): $1,039,261,000
* New taxes on service business customers (SB 2158): $3,097,600,000
* New property taxes (SB 5313): $8,661,000,000
Total: $27,293,865,541
These are all the tax hikes I-1648 will kill off if passed. Initiative 1648 is the “Sunsets/Expires all 2019 Tax Hikes” Initiative sponsored by Tim Eyman’s group and the citizens of Washington.
Initiative 1648 — “Term Limits on New Taxes” — sunsets/expires all tax hikes not approved by voters at the ballot box. For tax hikes imposed in 2019, the initiative requires they expire on December 5. For tax hikes imposed in 2020 and thereafter, the initiative puts a one-year time limit on them. The “single subject” of I-1648 is putting term limits on legislatively imposed tax increases.
Initiative 1648 needs 320,000 signatures by July 5 to qualify for the ballot.
BALLOT TITLE:
Initiative Measure No. 1648 concerns state taxes. This measure would require state tax increases to expire after one year unless approved by a majority vote of the people, and immediately terminate any tax increases imposed in 2019 without such approval. Should this measure be enacted into law?
The Washington State Republican Party (WSRP) passed the following in support of the Initiative:
Resolution in Support of Signature Gathering for I-1648
WHEREAS, the Party has consistently supported initiatives that make it tougher to raise taxes,
WHEREAS, during the 2019 legislative session, Governor Inslee and the Democrats imposed,
despite unified opposition from Republican legislators, 11 tax increases (costing taxpayers
$27 billion over the next 10 years) with extremely limited public participation or public
scrutiny,
BE IT RESOLVED: that the Washington State Republican Party supports term limits on new
taxes and calls on voters across the state of Washington to sign petitions and gather
signatures for Initiative 1648 before the July 5 deadline.
WHEREAS, the Party has consistently supported initiatives that make it tougher to raise taxes,
WHEREAS, during the 2019 legislative session, Governor Inslee and the Democrats imposed,
despite unified opposition from Republican legislators, 11 tax increases (costing taxpayers
$27 billion over the next 10 years) with extremely limited public participation or public
scrutiny,
BE IT RESOLVED: that the Washington State Republican Party supports term limits on new
taxes and calls on voters across the state of Washington to sign petitions and gather
signatures for Initiative 1648 before the July 5 deadline.
To learn more about the initiative or to download petitions, visit www.givethemnothing.com.
You can sign or pick up initiatives at
Clallam County Republican Party headquarters, 509 S. Lincoln, Port Angeles or
at The Master Locksmith, 445 W. Washington, Sequim, WA.
