Supporters say that's a scare tactic, their answer to almost every credible challenge. Read the proposed law. That's what it says. Most insidiously, I-695 kills the transportation package voters approved a year ago. Vote for I-695 and learn to love your traffic jam, because more are on the way.
Supporters ask people to lie back, meditate, take a chance and join the nationwide fad.
They never tell you this proposal is the most extreme car-tab measure in the country. Several other states have approved car-tab reductions, but most of those roll back the tax gradually over a few years. Washington's initiative would be very disruptive in terms of its impact on state and local governments. In addition to being a wealth transfer, this initiative alters the way government operates by using the Trojan Horse of cheaper license tabs. Further than Colorado, a state that decided to require a public vote on tax increases.