The Spokesman Review: Economy Finally Recovering–for the 1 %

Washington’s tax fairness problem is old news – every year, new analyses emerge that rank Washington near the bottom on measures of fairness. That’s based on the state’s reliance on the sales tax, which hits the poor the hardest. A report issued this month by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy ranked Washington at the top of its “Terrible 10” states; the poorest fifth of the population here pays 16.8 percent of its income; the wealthiest fifth pays 2.4 percent.

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