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Rian Watt

Rian Watt

Oct 7, 2026

11:16
Just to set the table, why should voters vote no and keep this new income tax? You have 90 seconds.
11:24
Sure.
11:25
Well, first of all, thank you for having me, and good evening to everyone here.
11:28
The case for a no vote on Initiative 645 is, is pretty simple.
11:32
This initiative is an attempt by some of the richest people in our state, people making, by definition, over $83,000 a month, to cut $13 billion from K-12 education, from healthcare, and from higher education, and to do it all to give some of the richest folks in our state a massive tax break.
11:51
And those cuts aren't abstract.
11:53
You know, we know what they would mean.

7 MINS LATER

18:57
Would you support lowering the tax floor eventually to lower income brackets?

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