EPISODE · May 20, 2026
Workers' Paychecks and Olympia's Tax Choices
Elizabeth New (Hovde) of the Washington Policy Center argues that Washington lawmakers had real options for tax relief — a sales-tax cut, payroll-tax limits, lower fuel costs — and chose none of them. Instead, they signed a 9.9% income tax and let payroll taxes keep climbing. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/opinion-workers-needed-tax-relief-but-olympia-gave-them-something-else/ #IncomeTax #WashingtonState #TaxPolicy #WorkerRights #Olympia #WACares #PaidLeave #Opinion #ClarkCounty #WashingtonPolicyCenter
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Elizabeth New (Hovde) of the Washington Policy Center argues that Washington lawmakers had real options for tax relief — a sales-tax cut, payroll-tax limits, lower fuel costs — and chose none of them. Instead, they signed a 9.9% income tax and let payroll taxes keep climbing. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/opinion-workers-needed-tax-relief-but-olympia-gave-them-something-else/ #IncomeTax #WashingtonState #TaxPolicy #WorkerRights #Olympia #WACares #PaidLeave #Opinion #ClarkCounty #WashingtonPolicyCenter
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