This is What Out-of-Control Unions Are Doing to WA

 


Source: ShiftWA.org

Government employee unions are now selfishly insisting that there be no cuts in state government spending despite the billions in lost tax revenues.  While many Washington State residents faced financial insecurity during the past seven months, state government employees did not lose any income, and in fact, were given more money and more time off by Governor Inslee.   With no spending cuts, the unions seek to balance the Washington budget through a tax increase on state residents.  And if anyone disagrees with the union bosses on this, they will immediately be called a “racist” by the union bosses. (Shift)

A Seattle Times editorial states, “The governor and other state policymakers must quickly commit to extending employers relief (over future increases in unemployment taxes), even if the details are yet to come.”  With the state estimated to pay out five times as much unemployment benefits in 2020 as it did in 2019 ($5.1 billion compared to $1.01 billion), the Times asserts the burden to replenish the state funds cannot be placed solely on businesses which are currently struggling to survive.  Estimates are that the annual burden on employer could be as high as $3,400 per employee, which would result in more layoffs and closed businesses.  Lawmakers need to quickly establish solutions as business owners are now determining the course they need to take in order to survive the next couple of years.  This is yet another issue Governor Inslee and the Democrat legislators have chosen to ignore due to their stubborn refusal to call a special session of the legislature (because their solution to the state’s many financial problems is to wait until after the election to raise taxes on residents who already are facing financial insecurity). (Seattle Times)

A new study reveals that the number of “prescribed burnings” has decreased in Washington State’s forests even as support for the technique has grown.  The method burns the brush and downed trees, which often fuel rapidly spreading fires. The failure of the current state leaders to implement successful forest management practices leads to the likelihood of more major fires taking place in the future. We can only hope that when Governor Inslee visits towns devastated by future wildfires he could have prevented, he doesn’t bring them more maggot-infested apples. (Crosscut)


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