Typical Loser Tactic - Blame Other For Your Own Failures


Source:  ShiftWA.org

Governor Jay Inslee’s hypocrisy on political violence. “Nearly all Democrats (including Governor Inslee) were silent while rioters attempted to lock people inside the Seattle East Precinct before setting the building on fire and when someone (the stepson of a former Democrat legislator) bashed the helmet-clad head of a police officer with a baseball bat. For these same people to demand ‘soul searching’ of others who condemned violence while it was actually taking place is hypocrisy in its purest form.” (Shift Article)

Incredibly, Governor Inslee has joined a partisan effort by a small group of Democrat governors demanding more immunization doses from the federal government, despite Washington State ranking near the bottom for vaccinating residents with the initial shipments it has already received.  Inslee signed onto a letter, sent by seven other Democrat governors, insisting that they receive the doses the federal government is holding for the necessary second shot.  This is Inslee’s latest attempt to deflect attention (let alone any accountability) for the many failures of his administration during the COVID-19 pandemic. The state received more than 350,000 doses from the federal government in mid-December (and now over 518,000 doses total), yet Governor Inslee’s administration has only administered 121,000 doses (23.4%) and ranks near the bottom (39th) of states’ efforts to dispense the vaccine. Apparently, some those state employees Governor Inslee gave pay raises to last  July, have since spent more time figuring out who to blame for their incompetence, than in developing a working plan to administer the vaccine. We should note that seven of the eight governors (from California, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Washington, and Wisconsin) who signed onto the letter lead states that are near the bottom of the list for dispersing the vaccine. So, at least Inslee is comfortable among these failed peers. (The Hill, Shift, and Bloomberg)

The Washington State Senate Ways & Means Committee will be holding its first public hearing on Governor Inslee’s unconstitutional state income tax (on capital gains) next Thursday, January 14th, at 4:00 PM.  As Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center states, it is extremely easy to register to provide remote testimony on this bill (SB 5096). (Washington Policy Center, Washington Legislature Remote Testimony Registration, and Washington Legislature Bill Summary)

Not only is Governor Inslee’s state income tax (on capital gains) unconstitutional, it is also an unreliable source of revenue to fund education or any other government program.  In a Tri-City Herald op-ed, the Tax Foundation points out that during economic downturns revenue from individuals’ capital gains plummets. During the 2007 – 2009 “great recession,” capital gains plunged 71%. Capital gains dropped 46% post 9/11, and 55% during the 1987 economic downturn.  The Tax Foundation states that, “Nationwide, they (capital gains tax revenues) are the single largest culprit behind state revenue forecasting errors.” But, given Inslee’s fondness for being wrong, this isn’t such a bad thing to him. (Tri-City Herald).

 

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