The guy's a clueless SOB if you ask me. Washington already has THE most regressive tax structure in the nation, why the hell would that jackass want to make it even MORE regressive????

What we need is abolish that ridiculous burden on small business, the B&O tax, slash the state portions of the sales tax and property tax and institute a personal and corporate income tax--the latter two could then be written off our federal income tax sheets.

The personal and corporate income taxes could then be redistributed throughout the 39 counties to help fill in the educational budget gaps.

The WA state constitution also mandates that the Dept. of Natural Resources (DNR) use revenues from state lands be used to pay for K-12 education. DNR leases state land, resources and mineral rights out to private corporations for a mere pittance of what they're worth. We should ensure that we (the taxpayers) are getting top dollar for every resource we lease, rather than sweetheart deals for the corporate buddies of political fatcats in Olympia. This should more than make up for the educational budget shortfalls our school districts experience annually.