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Tues, July 23, 2019
To:
Our thousands of supporters throughout the state
(cc'd to the media, house & senate members, and Governor, and other candidates for office)
From:
Tim Eyman
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In 2007, 2010, 2012, and 2015, voters overwhelmingly approved initiatives that included the following statutory requirement: any time Olympia unilaterally raises taxes and blocks the people from voting, then the voters get to vote on each tax increase with what's called a Tax Advisory Vote. Voters vote on each tax increase individually. And to inform voters, printed in the voters pamphlet for each tax increase is a list of all the legislators, their full names, their party affiliation, the city or town they live at, office email address, office phone number and how they voted on that particular tax increase.
In other words, when legislators take more of our money, we get to learn how much they took and which legislators took it.
Tax advisory votes serve as a tax increase report card.
Because Inslee and the Democrats went bonkers raising taxes this year, the November ballot is gonna be long and the voters pamphlet is gonna be thick:
1st thing on the ballot and in the voters pamphlet:
Initiative 976 (brings back our $30 vehicle tabs by repealing various taxes and fees imposed on vehicles).
Referendum 88 (affirmative action).
And then we'll vote on each tax increase with:
Tax Advisory Vote #20
Tax Advisory Vote #21
Tax Advisory Vote #22
Tax Advisory Vote #23
Tax Advisory Vote #24
Tax Advisory Vote #25
Tax Advisory Vote #26
Tax Advisory Vote #27
Tax Advisory Vote #28
Tax Advisory Vote #29
Tax Advisory Vote #30
Tax Advisory Vote #31
After that, voters will vote on local issues and candidates.
How much did the Democrats' take from us? Over $27 billion! How much will it cost to print the 12 Tax Advisory Votes on the ballot and include 2 pages of information for each Tax Advisory Vote in the voters pamphlet? About .000115% of the amount they took from us.
If the Democrats had balanced the budget by prioritizing spending and using existing revenue including the massive $3.5 billion tax surplus, there wouldn't be any tax advisory votes. If the Democrats hadn't taken nearly $4000 from every man, woman, and child, there wouldn't be any tax advisory votes this year. If the Democrats had referred their tax increases to the ballot for the voters to decide, there wouldn't be any tax advisory votes. So the ballot will be long and the voters pamphlet will be thick because the Democrats raised so many taxes and didn't let us vote on any of them.
Voters will vote this November and we will see how the vote goes. Our votes are non-binding.
We are collecting signatures right now for Initiative 1082 (#Round2) which gives the voters the opportunity for a binding vote on the Democrats' tax increases. It expires this year's new taxes and expires future new taxes after one year. I-1082's "term limits on taxes" only apply to legislatively imposed tax increases. Voter approved tax hikes are exempt.
So when Olympia takes our money with title-only bills, without hearings, with chained doors, in the dead of night, on the final weekend, then I-1082 requires their tax increases to expire one year later. But when they ask our permission at the ballot box, the duration of the tax increase can be for as long as the voters authorize.
I-1082 puts those dirty dog politicians in Olympia on a short leash when they take our money without asking.
With your help and your support over the next 6 months, I know we can qualify #Round2.
GET A BUNCH OF PETITIONS
AND DIVE RIGHT IN
The new petition for I-1082 is now available at our website: https://permanentoffense.com/petition-download/ and at #Round2, our new Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/2411449699098398/
Print up a ton of petitions and distribute them far and wide. It's best if you download and print the petitions locally without my involvement (I'm still scrambling to catch up with last week's avalanche of petition requests!).
But hey, if you need help, it's easy: just tell me how many petition sheets you want and where you live: 30tabs@gmail.com or GiveThemNothing.com and I'll get ya taken care of. Please push and promote getting signatures at summer events.
JOIN OUR NEW FACEBOOK GROUP:
www.facebook.com/groups/2411449699098398/
#Round2 is a community of heroic citizens who are committed to letting the voters vote on Initiative 1082 (Term Limits on Taxes, Round 2). Invite your friends to join. Print and distribute petitions. Sign a petition. Collect sigs. Find and post signing locations. It's a great group.
HELP FUND OUR SIGNATURE DRIVE SO
VOTERS CAN VOTE ON #Round2
Last year, Karen and I sold off our family's retirement fund and loaned $500,000 to kick-start the signature drive for our $30 Tabs Initiative. It qualified. But sorry, we don't have a second retirement fund for #Round2. 😊
Financial support is critical to making this effort a success.
To contribute, do it online: https://permanentoffense.com/donate/ or mail-in your donation: https://tinyurl.com/Mail-in-donation-form
Thank you so much for supporting this critical effort. With your help, I know we can make it this time.
I have faith. I have hope. How 'bout you?
I love you all.
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Here's the reason we've been so successful over the years: persistence.
We never give up.
We keep fighting until we prevail. But we can't do it alone. We need everyone's help.
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To expire the 11 tax hikes imposed by the 2019 session and save taxpayers $27 billion, support us so we can get enough signatures by the December 31 deadline. Please send us a donation for $10, $25, $50, $100, $250, $500, $1000, $2500, $5000 or more (there are no limits on how much can be given). You can go to our website right now and make a secure online contribution by PayPal or credit card. OR, you can print this form (https://tinyurl.com/Mail-in-donation-form), fill it out, and return it with a check or credit card information.
We've done so many amazing things over the past 22 years, but that's only been possible thanks to successful benefactors like you. Help us help taxpayers by qualifying Initiative 1082 for a public vote.
Please DONATE TODAY (https://permanentoffense.com/donate)
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Tim Eyman
Fighting for Taxpayers for 22 years,
425-590-9363, cell: 509-991-5295
30tabs@gmail.com
https://permanentoffense.com/
P.S. There are thousands of politicians, bureaucrats, lobbyists, and special interest groups working each and every day to raise your taxes. Shouldn't there be at least one person, one team, one organization that fights to lower your taxes? Please help us so we can continue our successful efforts on behalf of taxpayers.
"Nothing ventured, nothing gained." Benjamin Franklin
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