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EPISODE · Apr 25, 2026 · 21 MIN

Leaked Emails Show "Millionaire Tax" Just Step For WA Dems to Tax EVERYONE

from News For Reasonable People · host Sean Reynolds

Newly uncovered emails expose a deliberate scheme by Washington Democrats to bypass voters and impose a statewide income tax. The plan, spearheaded by State Senator Jamie Pedersen, involved crafting the so-called "millionaires tax" specifically to trigger a legal challenge. The unredacted correspondence reveals lawmakers coordinated with the Attorney General's office to design a law that would force the State Supreme Court to reconsider its 1933 ruling that defines income as property, effectively banning a progressive income tax in Washington. Critics are calling this a shocking abuse of power, an attempt to legislate from the bench and ignore decades of voter precedent. This controversy raises serious questions about transparency and whether the state is on the verge of opening the floodgates to new, broad-based taxes without the consent of the governed.

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