This is Leadership? Unbelievable!!!

 


Two very important Washington State House of Representative committees are not meeting during the legislature’s Committee Assembly Days.  Every year, legislators meet in September to discuss issues which have emerged since the regular session ended and to highlight priorities for the next year’s session. Yet, with significant legislative action needed to fix a state budget that is facing an $8.8 billion shortfall in projected revenue, it is revealing that Democrat House “leadership” has chosen not to convene either the House Appropriations or House Finance committee, while most other House committees are currently meeting.  These two committees are responsible for the spending cuts or tax increases required to balance the budget.  The glaring absence from the Assembly Days schedule of these important budget-related committees demonstrates the lengths the Democrats are willing to go before the election in concealing their extreme plans to raise taxes to keep the budget full.  Rumors are now spreading in Olympia that Governor Jay Inslee and Democrat legislative leaders may call a special session to repair the budget – but not until November, after the general election.   By waiting until after November 3rd to provide solutions to the state’s financial problems, the Democrats aim to remove the public’s voice from the decision-making process.  If Governor Inslee and legislative Democrats believe that the best way to fill the state budget is to raise taxes on Washington citizens (who are currently facing severe financial insecurity), then do it before the election and defend it to the voters.  Hiding their intentions until after the elections shows that even the Democrats know their objectives are unpopular with Washington State voters.  (Washington State Legislature Committee Schedule)

Washington State has run a cash deficit nearly every day in September.  This is what is known as “breaking thew law”, with Jay Inslee and his fellow legislative Democrats evidently taking their taste for laws from their friends in the CHAZ. State law requires the governor to either make across-the-board cuts (as Gov. Chris Gregoire did during the last recession) or call the legislature into special session if any fund (like the general fund) is running a deficit. Yet, as the recent apple maggot episode has proven, Governor Inslee does not really believe Washington State laws apply to him. (WPC for Government Reform Facebook page, Washington Policy Center, and Daily Caller)

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