THREAD: In a series of video clips, the Executive lays out his vision for a fair tax system ► http://bit.ly/2ElR4hn pic.twitter.com/eEyUOToLKL
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Washington has not fundamentally changed its tax structure since the Depression. Back then, we had a resource-based economy, it was fish and timber and a few wooden planes. All of that has changed now. Radically. Except for the tax structure.
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Our economy is your shiny remodeled house with the knob & tube wiring that your contractor decided to just leave there. You can't run your hair dryer & your clothes dryer at the same time – you can't educate your kids & pave your road at the same time – without blowing a fuse.
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The combination of legislative inaction and rapid economic change have created a tax system that has not kept up with the times. ►https://vimeo.com/254954085
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My vision is a tax system that is fair, that is simple, that is stable, that is good for creating the kinds of jobs our kids are going to need and that meets the needs of the public. ►https://vimeo.com/254958427
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The Legislature solved the statewide school funding shortfall by handing the bill to King County. ►https://vimeo.com/254959755
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Let's use this moment to open the conversation, to re-examine what we're doing and how we're doing it, and to usher in a new era. ►https://vimeo.com/254962620
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See the complete story here, including the full video ► http://bit.ly/2ElR4hn
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