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The Taxes Politicians Are Trying to Hide from You | Todd Myers

WPC's Vice President for Research Todd Myers outlines what to expect this week in the legislature and what to expect from WPC. Make your voice heard during this session by going to our Take Action page: https://washingtonpolicy.org/takeaction 00:00 - Introduction 00:20 - Education tax-credit scholarships 03:17 - Income-tax deal behind closed doors 04:10 - Tax promises broken 05:10 - Hidden tire fee and gag rule 07:00 - Payroll tax masked as “not on workers” 08:00 - REET hike without a vote 08:44 - Affordable-housing tax exemption 09:38 - Grocery regulation + government-run stores 11:09 - Nuclear tax breaks with union strings 12:20 - More doctors, fewer barriers 14:21 - 32-hour workweek mandate 15:20 - Child welfare failures 16:20 - Energy reliability warning + pennies bill Bills mentioned in this video: HJM 4013, to urge Gov. Ferguson to opt Washington into the federal K–12 tax-credit scholarship program so families can access scholarships without state cost: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?B... SB 6231, to repeal the sales-tax exemption for refurbishing existing computer data centers, ending a prior tax promise: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?B... SB 6228, to repeal the B&O tax preference for warehousing and reselling prescription drugs, ending a prior tax promise: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?B... HB 2421, to ban 6PPD in tires but add a mitigation fee while prohibiting sellers from disclosing or itemizing it to customers: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?B... HB 2100, to impose a payroll tax on employers for employees over $125,000 while claiming it can’t be passed to workers via paycheck deductions: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?B... SB 6211, to standardize local REET under GMA in a way that removes voter approval for certain REET increases: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?B... HB 2227, to create a tax exemption for sales of qualified affordable housing to boost supply by reducing taxes: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?B... SB 6147, to require certain grocery stores to give six months’ notice before closing and follow a mandated process instead of reducing costs: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?B... HB 2313, to allow cities to create government-run grocery stores, including using eminent domain to take property for them: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?B... HB 2608, to extend clean-energy tax breaks to nuclear but condition them on union and prevailing-wage style requirements: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?B... SB 5185, to make it easier for international medical students to practice medicine in Washington by reducing barriers: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?B... HB 2611, to cut the standard workweek from 40 to 32 hours and require overtime beyond that, reducing flexibility and likely take-home pay for many: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?B... HB 2660, to expand court-ordered conditions in child welfare hearings in response to rising critical incidents and child fatalities and near fatalities: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?B... SB 6230, to eliminate pennies in cash transactions by requiring sales-tax rounding rules, up or down to the nearest $0.05: https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary/?B... Visit our homepage for the latest Washington news: https://washingtonpolicy.org Follow us on our social platforms! Facebook: / washington.policy.center | X: https://x.com/wapolicycenter | Instagram: / washingtonpolicy | TikTok: / washingtonpolicy