On one hand, Kampe said on KLTV:
“We have to start with spending within our means... and that has to be absolute. No taxes. The people have spoken loudly about increases (of) the taxes to use that as a means of balancing the budget… whatever means we have, that’s what we’re going to do."
I BELIEVE that means he doesn't support any tax increases as a means to balance the state budget. Hard to say, exactly.
On the other hand, Kampe admitted to supporting I-1098 (The state income tax initiative), most recently on Sep 28 at the Clark College Association of Higher Education Forum, an obviously unconstitutional effort to engage in class warfare as a way to turn out the vote... an effort to increases taxes that is supposed to increase revenue to the state coffers by $2 billion more... per year... than the state gets now.
It wouldn't, of course. Too many other states don't have an income tax, and if you can earn 200K here, you can probably do it anywhere.
If you pledge not to raise taxes... how can you support an initiative that, well, raises taxes?
One wonders. And as always, Mr. Kampe is welcome to come here and explain it.
Cross posted at 18th District View.
2 comments:
So what you're saying is that Kampe is just a maintenance of the tax and spend status quo that got us here? Where's Rivers on the income tax?
Rivers is, as I understand it, completely opposed to any income tax at the state or lower level.
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