When your governor is not only stupid, but a psychotic liar.

This moron ran on a campaign platform of not raising taxes.  His budget, as DOA as it is, raises taxes $1.2 billion.

Inslee has never been confused with being the brightest bulb on the tree,.  If McKenna hadn't been such a RINO moron who ran an utterly incomprehensible leftist campaign, there's a good chance Inslee would have been out of politics, instead of being a despicable liar on this issue.

His claim that he "kept is pledge" is as honest as the scumbag mayor of Vancouver claiming that he opposed tolls.

Inslee: Budget's no new taxes keeps pledge

Some say governor stretched campaign promises

Elaine Thompson

Gov. Jay Inslee

By MIKE BAKER, Associated Press

Sunday, March 31, 2013

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Gov. Jay Inslee says he's following through on his "no new taxes" campaign pledge.

Others disagree.

In unveiling a budget plan last week that would increase government spending by 10 percent, Inslee proposed to make temporary taxes permanent and to limit tax exemptions on everything from automobile trade-ins to bottled water.

"I am doing today exactly -- exactly -- what I said I was going to do," Inslee said in his news conference Thursday.

While voters are left to judge whether Inslee is following the specifics of his campaign promises, it's clear the tone of his message has changed. Here's a look at Inslee's campaign statements compared to his comments last week:

• TAXES: Faced with a court order to increase education funding, candidate Inslee said last year the state didn't need new taxes.

"I would veto anything that heads the wrong direction, and the wrong direction is new taxes in the state of Washington," he said.

Instead, Inslee said in the final campaign debate last year that the money would largely come from growing the state's economy -- and revenues. He talked about an "Inslee for jobs" sign before concluding: "That pretty much encapsulates my program to make sure that we finance education."

The state's economy has been rebounding and the unemployment rate is down. Even without changes in state tax law, the state is already expected to bring in $1.9 billion more dollars in the next budget -- a 6 percent increase.

Inslee, however, argued last week that those revenues aren't sufficient and proposed $1.2 billion in additional revenue from tax changes. He also proposed to make temporary tax increases -- enacted amid the worst parts of the recession -- permanent.

Randy Pepple, the campaign manager for former GOP gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna, said extending taxes is a tax increase since the taxes would be lower without action. He said it was clear that Inslee was misleading voters all along.

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