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TrainingCartoonist30 t1_ivn9zps wrote

Reply to comment by KevinCarbonara in WA election results 2022: Seattle, King County, U.S. Congress and more - watch this page, starting at 8pm by MondayCrosswords

Those stupid advisory votes are worded so poorly I'm convinced that many people don't know what a yes or no means. Cost money for gov't spending? What? Every time I see those I wonder what the people who voted to put advisory votes on the ballot were on.

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Eminem_McFlurry t1_ivnpvf5 wrote

Exactly fucking this. We elected representatives to figure this shit out for us. Giving it back to the people, with that wording, makes it sound like our elected officials went rogue or whatever.

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tdogg241 t1_ivonq7j wrote

Thank renowned shoplifter Tim Eyman and his grifter initiatives for advisory notes.

So glad that chud is too busy with court to fuck with our democracy further.

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smegdawg t1_ivp69xr wrote

>The legislature increased without a vote of the people, the tax on aircraft fuel from 11 cents to 18 cents per gallon, costing $14 million in its first ten years, for government spending.

For WA most of the time you can just cross this line out of the text and then re-read it to not get your head tongue tied.

Personally I don't think the bolded word should be there either as it reads as if it is costing the state this amount. A more accurate phrase would be "Generating $14 million in tax revenue..."

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TrainingCartoonist30 t1_ivq3p2o wrote

Right, exactly. The wording is designed to confuse people into thinking that it's unnecessary government spending. It's bad policy and embarrassing to have on our ballots.

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KevinCarbonara t1_ivnlk72 wrote

I wonder if that's part of it. I know there's been a big push against property taxes because people are upset that their houses are declining in value after buying at the ATH, but jet fuel? come on

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