Death by a thousand tax increases
SEATTLE — The 2009-2011 supplemental budget recently enacted by the state legislature, which increases taxes by $800 million, does not deal a fatal blow to any particular industry. Instead, legislators this year decided on the “death by a thousand cuts” approach to raising taxes. Unfortunately, much of the tax increase falls directly on consumers and the business community, big and small.
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