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04-17-2008, 02:05 PM
http://washingtonpolicyblog.typepad.com/washington_policy_center_/2008/04/rossis-transpor.html
As near as I can tell, the plan will fully fund all of the state's major transportation projects without raising taxes.
It also presents a major shift on how taxes and core public services are treated. Typically, existing taxes are used to expand discretionary programs while the basic and core services deteriorate until a crisis forces the political will to raise taxes. We saw this type of crisis management with the Chehalis floods and the steel electric ferries.
This plan suggests a return to funding basic services with existing taxes.
This would certainly be refreshing news if true, and 180 degrees about from the way things are headed right now...
Developing...
As near as I can tell, the plan will fully fund all of the state's major transportation projects without raising taxes.
It also presents a major shift on how taxes and core public services are treated. Typically, existing taxes are used to expand discretionary programs while the basic and core services deteriorate until a crisis forces the political will to raise taxes. We saw this type of crisis management with the Chehalis floods and the steel electric ferries.
This plan suggests a return to funding basic services with existing taxes.
This would certainly be refreshing news if true, and 180 degrees about from the way things are headed right now...
Developing...