REDMOND, WA – In response to Governor Ferguson ignoring the will of the people and signing an unconstitutional income tax into state law, Let’s Go Washington (LGW) founder, Brian Heywood, issued the following statement.
“Today, Let’s Go Washington is filing a referendum to repeal Governor Ferguson’s income tax. We are filing this referendum to repeal Governor Ferguson’s unconstitutional income tax because unlike King Bob, we believe that the framers of our state’s constitution meant it when they wrote that ‘all political power is inherent in the people and governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed’. Our state constitution is the law of the land and not a suggestion that the legislature and the Governor can ignore on a whim.
The capital gains tax, estate tax, and now the income tax is driving entrepreneurs, businesses, and employees away from the state. This hastily drafted, poorly written and unconstitutional income tax forces thousands of small businesses to scramble to understand how much more they’ll be forced to pay in taxes.
They loudly preached affordability, then dropped an income tax on all Washingtonians. Let’s Go Washington remains dedicated to fixing what’s broken in Olympia.”