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October 13, 2010

Eyman, businesses back tax roadblock

  • Initiative 1053 would make state tax increases more difficult to impose by forcing the Legislature to get a two-thirds majority vote.
    • By CURT WOODWARD
    Associated Press Writer

    OLYMPIA — Initiative activist Tim Eyman's latest smaller-government campaign is straight from the greatest hits collection: requiring a two-thirds supermajority for the Legislature to raise taxes.

    The concept has been supported by Washington voters multiple times in ballot measures over the years. It also has been suspended by state lawmakers when tight budgets push them to raise taxes, as majority Democrats did earlier this year.


     
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