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In a democracy, where the people are the sovereign, we collectively choose to raise the funds to collectively do things together that we can't do alone.

And together with our neighbors we decide whether to raise the funds to educate our children or to pave our roads or to keep our communities safe. I think we can all agree on this point. Taxes should be fair.

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.

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.