Budgets explode spending while ignoring broad-based tax relief

OLYMPIA–If Washington was ever going to see a broad-based sales tax cut, this was the year. Now that the House and Senate have released their 2022 supplemental budget proposals, however, we know that the current makeup of the legislature is incapable of providing meaningful tax relief no matter the fiscal outlook or claims of concern about the tax burden on low to moderate-income Washingtonians.

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