Income tax votes, through the years …
Tax Day post #2: As Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown and others talk up the idea of a public vote on a flat-rate income tax on high-wage earners (say, $250k or $500k a year, or double that for joint filers), the state Elections Division has posted a recap of the five times that Washington voters have faced income tax ballot measures. The story starts back in 1932, during the Great Depression, with a statewide vote that overwhelmingly … well click here to find out more.