Blogs Feb 6, 2012 at 4:08 pm

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I mean look at all those green jobs the gub'ment created in Seattle, all five of them. 'training' folks to squirt foam.

Btw how's Inslee going to pay for all this since he, too, doesn't support an income tax?
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He's been in Congress (the real one, in Washington, DC) and all of sudden he's concerned with jobs?

What has Rep. Rip Van Inslee been doing the past decade?
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The problem is most voters will understand what McKenna's saying, and they won't understand what Inslee's saying. Dems will just never get messaging: don't take 5,483 words to say what 25 words will say more forcefully. Get ELECTED first; then get wonkish.
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There's a Democrat running for governor?! Great! I thought it was just McKenna in the race or something, phew.

Anyway, since all people want from politicians is for them to push the Magic Jobs Button, that's what Inslee should say he's doing, literally. "If elected, I will push the Magic Jobs Button, and I will push it harder, faster, and more repeatedly than my opponent." Bam. Start measuring for new drapes, the office is yours.
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@3, you mean even bookish, tech savvy frappuccino sippers don't like wonk?
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3 - that would be cool. If only.
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So, he said nothing about an income tax on high incomes? ~2/3 of Americans believe that raising taxes on the wealthy and corporations should be at the top of any pols list. Aren't many Washingtonians paying a greater share of their revenue in regressive taxes than Romney?
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@7: We had ballot initiative 1098 that failed with 1/3 for. Been there done that, not gonna happen.
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With most poor & middle class Washingtonians paying way more state taxes than they should be, the only way a new tax could ever pass is if it offset the crippling regressive taxes we currently have in place. Even then it's doubtful.
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@8 Certainly not going to happen as long as we let anti-tax zealots alone frame the issue. How do we get from large majorities in favor of raising taxes on the wealthy to the 1098 rout? Total lack of political leadership has to count for something in this absurd scenario. But hey, instead of pointing out that Washington's middle to low incomes are getting creamed by regressive taxes, let's raise the sale tax some more ...

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