During the time that Washington state has grown to have the most unequal tax structure in the nation, providing a tax haven to big business and billionaires while instituting and repeatedly renewing and extending hundreds of corporate tax breaks,
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while also doubling down on regressive taxes likes sales, use, property, and vehicle taxes, which disproportionately fall on working people and people living on fixed incomes:
- Democrats have controlled the governor’s mansion 30 out of 30 years
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- Democrats have controlled the Senate 20 out of 30 years
- Democrats have controlled the House 23 out of 30 years
- Democrats have controlled all three centers of government power (“trifectas”) for 15 of those 30 years
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- Democrats have controlled at least two of the three centers of government power for 28 out of 30 years.
We need a new party of, by, and for working people, a party that will not represent wealthy interests but fight for ordinary people and be rooted in social movements.
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