This is what the Democrats are doing with YOUR MONEY!

This is what the Democrats are doing with YOUR MONEY!

May 10, 2025

Instead of controlling spending, state Democrats hit working families in Washington with the largest tax increase in state history.

⚠️HB 2049 | Property tax spikes: 55% increase of local school district property tax levy authority.
⚠️SB 5801 | Gas and transportation taxes: Increases in gas taxes, additional license fees, and more.
⚠️HB 2081 | Business tax increases: Across the board business tax increases and additional punitive business tax surcharges on certain industries.
⚠️SB 5814 | Sales tax expansion: Applies sales tax to critical business services including temporary staffing, digital services, security services, and applies tobacco taxes to nicotine products.
⚠️SB 5813 | Capital gains income and death taxes: Increases tax rates for the capital gains and estate taxes.
⚠️HB 2077 | Tesla tax: Punitive excise taxes on the sale or banking of zero-emission credits held by Tesla.
⚠️SB 5794 | Eliminating tax incentives: Eliminates tax preferences for gold and bullion, low-income energy credits, and storage spaces.
⚠️SB 5390 | Discover Pass: 50% hike in the cost of a Discover Pass.
⚠️SB 5583 | Hunting and fishing licenses: 38% fee increase for a hunting and fishing license.
⚠️SB 5083 | Insurance premiums: Shifts health care costs from state employees to working families ($1,400 per year/family of four).
⚠️HB 2061 | Concession fees: 10% tax on duty-free stores.
⚠️SB 5786 | Liquor license fees: Significant increases in the cost of liquor licenses for grocers, restaurants, bars, and more.
⚠️HB 1858 | Document recording fees: Applies document recording fees to substitutions or assignments of deeds of trust.
⚠️HB 1488 | Another property tax increase: Conservation district property tax increase.
⚠️HB 2015 | Another sales tax increase: Local sales and use tax increase.
⚠️HB 1392 | Another insurance premium increase: Additional taxes on private health insurance.
⚠️HB 2003 | Another fishing license increase: Enhanced fee on salmon fishing.

How Democrats will tax you: https://houserepublicans.wa.gov/how-democrats-will-tax-you/