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Democrats are already talking about lowering the threshold.

The Washington Policy Center and the Buckeye Institute, they just ran the numbers, and they found that for every dollar this tax sends to the state capital, Washington's economy loses close to two.

By 2036, it loses 250.

In year one, 7,800 jobs vanish.

This week on Inside Olympia, electricity and natural gas rates are on the rise in Washington, and ratepayers are feeling the pinch.

How much of a factor are the state's climate policies? And what will it take to build an affordable, reliable, and green grid for the future? On the program, former state senator Reuven Carlyle, and Todd Myers of the Washington Policy Center.

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From the TVW studio, it's Inside Olympia with host Austin Jenkins.

Next month, we will interview Brian Riberic, who is the chair of the Utilities and Transportation Commission, which has the final say over rate increases for investor-owned utilities like Avista and Puget Sound Energy.

This week, we examine the impact of two major environmental laws on Washington's energy future, the 2019 Clean Energy Transition Act and the 2021 Climate Commitment Act.

In our second half, we'll talk with Todd Myers, vice president of research at the free market Washington Policy Center.

But joining me first is former Democratic state senator Reuven Carlyle, the lead sponsor and architect of those two landmark environmental laws.

This story was written by Donald Kimble with Washington Policy Center.

Judicial races are not always the most prominent events during the political season, but they are some of the most important.

This year, five of the nine Washington State Supreme Court seats are up for election, and in order to highlight these key races, Washington Policy Center partnered with the William D. Ruckelshaus Center to host a series of debates between the candidates running for the different positions.

You can view these debates at our website, wasupremecourtvote.com, and read info about each candidate.

All candidates agreed to debate but one, and so for that race, we recorded an interview with Judge David Stevens, which is also available to view there.

Donald Kimble is the communications manager, Tech Exchange editor at the Washington Policy Center

For every dollar the state collects, Washington would reduce $2.50 less.

According to a new study, this is from the Washington Policy Center and the Buckeye Institute.

The new report, Washington Tax Gamble, an ev- uh, evaluation of Washington's income tax hike, finds that Washington's 9.9% income tax on savings above a million dollars, that's Senate Bill 6346, would bring in money [coughs] To the state, but leave Washington with fewer jobs, less economic growth, and less business investment than it would have without the tax.

The economic damage is estimated by the report is based solely on the current threshold of the tax.

The report shows that the state revenue estimates leaves out, which is how people and businesses once react once a new tax is in place.

The advocates are focused on what the state would collect, but ignoring the damage, that four point nine billion reduction in economic activity and resulting thousands of fewer jobs this income tax would cause.

This comes from Stephen Hadding, president and CEO of Washington Policy Center.

He says, "You won't read that on the pa- Bi-Public In-Investment Impact Disclosure Statement, but you should." The report, Washington's Tax Gamble, was written by economists for the Buckeye Institute in partnership with Washington Policy Center.

It's definitely difficult to do business here in Seattle, especially with the taxes, the city bureaucracy, and all the problems that we have with the drugs and theft.

If you're Mayor Wilson or Governor Ferguson, behind closed doors, how worried should you be about this? Or is it just not that big of a deal? Washington Policy Center's Ryan Frost says Starbucks lowered their tax burden by $12,000 per year for every employee in Nashville compared to Seattle.

Frost also says Washington is on par to lose up to 750 million in tax revenue over two decades, assuming a 3% annual growth for the company in Tennessee.

Seattle has just such a higher tax burden th- than Nashville does.

This story was written by Ryan Frost and David Boas with Washington Policy Center.

Washington would have six thousand one hundred fewer jobs and one thousand four hundred fewer new businesses annually.

Washington's economic growth will slow.

Consumer spending would be three point six billion dollars lower in twenty twenty-eight.

Business investment would be three point one billion dollars lower in twenty twenty-eight.

For every one dollar the state collects, Washington would produce up to two dollars and fifty cents less, according to a new study from Washington Policy Center and the Buckeye Institute.

The new report, Washington Tax Gamble, an evaluation of Washington's income tax hike, finds that Washington's nine point nine percent income tax on earnings above one million dollars, Senate Bill six three four six, would bring in money for the state but leave Washington with fewer jobs, less economic growth, and less business investment than it would have had without the tax.

The economic damage estimated by the report is based solely on the current threshold of the tax.