July 13, 2020


Governor Jay Inslee’s strategy to deal with the emerging state budget crisis is to keep handing out pay raises to state employees and keep refusing to cut a budget that has grown 20% over its predecessor, all while hoping for a federal bailout and waiting until after the election to increase taxes even more on Washington citizens.  Instead of being responsible and calling for a legislative special session to align our state spending with new budget realities of slower growth in revenues, Governor Inslee and Democrat legislative leaders want to keep spending money to create an opportunity to create new taxes (hello, state income tax), despite the financial insecurities of Washington taxpayers.  (Shift)

Because of the historic failure of Governor Jay Inslee’s Employment Security Department, state legislators’ offices have been overwhelmed with constituent calls asking for assistance to receive their promised benefits.  The governor pays lip service to the financial suffering of Washington State residents disappointed by his administration by saying “their frustration is real, sincere, and deep, and something I share.” Meanwhile, Inslee who was already the 6th highest paid governor in the country, is “sharing” in their frustration by taking a $6,000 annual (non-merit-based) pay raise, which kicked in July 1st. (The Divide with Brandi Kruse)

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