Don Brunell - Washington’s big disconnect

Business owners across our state don’t understand why elected officials are raising taxes and adding costs when employers are struggling to keep stores open, factories running and people working.

They feel there is a “disconnect” between politicians and the people who send them to Olympia and Washington, D.C.

They’re frustrated with the federal spending spree and the tax increases that will inevitably follow. They can’t comprehend the logic of running up our nation’s debt with little thought of how to repay it. If shop owners along Main Street don’t pay their loans, they’re out of business, bu...