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Olympia’s spending spree has created a tax tsunami that’s crushing working families and small businesses. Democrats are not fixing our affordability crisis because they are causing it. Layers of taxes are driving up the cost of everything from rent to groceries.
While claiming their state income-tax scheme will put money “in the pockets of Washingtonians,” we’ve already seen Democrats float a lower threshold — as low as $135,000 — which will affect our voters, living in expensive King County, the most.
• 3rd-highest gas tax in the nation — going up to 56.5¢ per gallon starting this summer.
• Climate Commitment Act: a hidden tax currently adding an additional 56¢ per gallon and inflating grocery and utility costs.
• New in 2025 “sales tax on services” on online ads, web services, and live events — another blow to small business.
• Death tax kicking in at $3 million, with the top rate tied for the highest in the nation. Driving the middle class and successful out of our state or face the loss of family legacy.
• Property taxes keep climbing, with Democrats seeking to remove the 1% cap protecting homeowners — forcing seniors out of their homes unfairly.
• Adding the “millionaires tax” with the claim of fixing our “regressive” tax code while refusing to lower the most regressive tax — our sales tax.
Washington was once one of the nation’s fastest-growing economies. Today, rising taxes and heavy-handed regulations are pushing employers and investors away. A capital-gains tax, last year’s record-high estate-tax rate, and a new income tax — now the fifth-highest in the country — have already driven leaders like Jeff Bezos and Howard Schultz to relocate, while companies such as Amazon and Starbucks are shifting jobs out of state.
The results speak for themselves. Washington has fallen from 6th best to 6th worst in tax competitiveness, ranks 48th in cost of doing business, and holds the lowest five-year small-business survival rate in the nation — 41.1% compared with the national average of 51.6%.
It’s a clear message: our policies are chasing out opportunity and crippling the small-business engine that fuels local jobs and growth.
Our plan respects workers, rewards effort, and builds the future:
• Every year Republican legislators present a balanced budget without cutting essential services or raising job-killing taxes. Democrats ignore it.
• Work with federal programs to bring funding and encourage investment in Washington State.
• Restore a business environment that supports technology including AI innovation, keeping our marketplace competitive and stimulating job growth.
• Subsidize trade-school and apprenticeship training for graduates and displaced tech and other workers.
• Audit Climate Commitment tax to measure its impact on consumer prices and ensure funds achieve meaningful results.
• Fix senior property-tax relief by raising qualifying income and simplifying access.
• Investigate fraud, waste, and abuse in government spending.
“Let’s make Washington affordable again — for workers,
small businesses, and families.”