Gordon Forgey: Say what? Legislators propose forming state bank

The state faces a continuing financial crisis, and only our elected leaders can get us out of the jam they have put us in.

We have waited a long time for them to find some solutions to the problem.

At long last, they have come up with an answer, and it is brilliant.

Just create their own bank.

Imagine.

The state of Washington running its own bank.

For years, state leaders have been trying to balance the budget. What was a $5 billion dollar deficit is now a $1.4 billion deficit.

Without ever really approaching the roots of the problem and the causes of the deficit, they have wheedled the defici...