Legislature should cut bureaucrat wages

When Jay Inslee took the job as governor in 2013, the state’s annual operating budget was approximately $38.4 billion. After 12 years of the Inslee administration, the state is now spending almost twice as much per year, $75.5 billion.

Yet, despite this massive increase in state spending, legislators are claiming that they will need another $10-12 billion over the next 4 years to balance the state’s checkbook.

The state does not have a revenue problem, it has a spending problem.

Democrat Sen. Jamie Pederson said lawmakers may start to “explore’ new revenue sources such as a Wealth Tax. This is...