The PNW Is No Longer The Magnet It Used To Be!


Source:  ShiftWA.org

Golly gee, I wonder why this is!

U-Haul statistics reveal that people are leaving Washington State in droves.  For years Washington has been one of the top five states where people are moving to, according to U-Haul rentals, yet recent reports show this trend has quickly reversed itself.  After extreme liberal officials have dramatically increased their economic attacks on major employers and the state’s largest city condoned continuous political violence from liberal thugs (which has still never been condemned by the state’s Democrat politicians), Washington state dropped 31 slots down to 36th in the places where U-Haul trucks are driven to.  It is notable that the top three states where people are moving to (Tennessee, Texas, and Florida) do not have a state income tax.  As Washington Policy Center’s Paul Guppy notes, “Washington state has the same advantage, which is likely the single greatest reason our state hasn’t seen even more people move away.” (Washington Policy Center)

Representative Noel Frame (D – Seattle) has received two strong negative hits in her attempt to (illegally) have state government steal more money from people she doesn’t like (i.e. private sector job creators) with her wealth tax.   The first hit to Representative Frame’s HB 1406 comes from the Washington State Department of Revenue’s fiscal analysis which stated, “There is some litigation risk that the courts would invalidate the wealth tax on the grounds that it is a property tax that conflicts” with the Washington State Constitution.  The second is that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos (the primary target of Frame’s greedy bill) might not actually be a resident of Washington State, and thus not subject to the tax, by the time it would take effect.  Even Frame admitted that this is a “notable” fact. (Cornfield Report, Washington Legislature Bill Summary, Department of Revenue Fiscal Note, and Noel Frame Twitter)

Joining many international, national, and local health experts, the Director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said teachers do not need to be immunized for schools to reopen.  Dr. Rochelle Walensky stated, “There is increasing data to suggest that schools can safely reopen,” and that “safe reopening does not suggest that teachers need to be vaccinated in order to reopen safely.” Meanwhile, the Washington Education Association and its local affiliates continue to demand that all teachers and staff must be vaccinated before schools can reopen, despite overwhelming medical and scientific data proving their argument has no factual support. (Seattle Times/Bloomberg)

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