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2024-08-20 Home Front: Politix
Democrat Gov Jay Inslee accused of attempting to bribe Washington voters into saving his gas tax with taxpayer slush fund
[POSTMILLENNIAL] Governor Jay Inslee
...Governor of Washington state, failed candidate for the 2020 Dem presidential campaign, mainly because nobody outside the state and some inside had ever heard of him. He complained, complained, complained that the Trump administration wasn't doing enough to help the state, then returned an Army field hospital and 400 ventilators that didn't get used...
and local Democrats
...every time you hear the phrase white people, white supremacy, white anything but paint, you're listening to a Democrat. Ask him/her/it to reimagine something for you; they do that a lot, though not well. They can hear a dog whistle a mile or two away. They invented the spoils system and Tammany Hall, and inspired the addition of the word (Thomas) Nasty to the English language. They want to stop continental drift and repeal the law of unintended side effects...
are being accused of using taxpayer funds in an attempt to bribe Washingtonians into voting against a bill that would repeal his disastrous Climate Commitment Act (CCA). Initiative 2117 would repeal the CCA, which has jacked the price of gas and utilities, as well as goods that are brought in via truck.

Inslee and fellow Democrats previously lied and falsely claimed that the increases would be mere pennies or even make gas cheaper. Instead, Washington had the highest gas prices in the US after the bill's passage, which jacked gas prices by approximately $.50 a gallon. When Inslee's economists tried to warn him, the economist was forced out of his job.

Let's Go Washington launched a campaign to repeal the tax, which has failed to lower carbon emissions. After collecting the required number of signatures, I-2117 will now go to the voters in November.

Inslee is now touting a $200 utility rebate for low-income households in an attempt to bribe voters to vote not to repeal the CCA and now, thanks to the CCA, has a $150 million slush fund of taxpayer funds to pay for it.

Todd Myers, Vice President for Research at the Washington Policy Center, told The Ari Hoffman Show on Talk Radio 570 KVI, "I've referred to it as bribing people with their own money because this money didn't exist until we started taxing people, increasing taxes on gasoline, natural gas and other energy." Myers added that according to the prices in 2023 for the average two-car family ''they paid, just in natural gas and gasoline, an extra about $630.''
Posted by Fred 2024-08-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ]  Top

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