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Records Show WA Officials Plotted to Overturn Income Tax Ban
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Nearly 1,000 pages of public records expose coordinated efforts between Washington's attorney general's office and Democratic lawmakers to force the state Supreme Court to reconsider its 1933 Culliton decision banning progressive income taxes. Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen and AG staff strategized on crafting SB 6346's millionaire's tax specifically to challenge constitutional precedent, with internal communications revealing the true intent behind the 9.9% levy on high earners. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/records-reveal-wa-millionaires-tax-is-meant-to-legalize-progressive-income-tax/ #WashingtonState #IncomeTax #MillionairesTax #Politics #ConstitutionalLaw #TaxPolicy #ClarkCounty #Government #LegalChallenge #ProgressiveTax