Deficit-Ridden Washington State Debates New Tax

Jan. 6, 2010 - PRLog -- Washington state has a $2.6 billion deficit with skyrocketing bankruptcies, high unemployment and a soaring demand for food stamps, but lawmakers want a new income tax. That’s a proposal Seattle Biz Coach Terry Corbell calls unproductive.

“Changing the state’s Constitution to implement an income tax will worsen Washington state’s economic climate for business and job creation,” says Mr. Corbell who criticizes the proposal in his Biz Coach column.

“Per capita, Washington’s budget crisis is much more serious than California with a $21 billion deficit,” he adds. “What the income-tax bill sponsors really need to do is to work to eliminate the documented waste in state government to balance the budget.”

Two state senators recently pre-filed their bills for a 60-day legislative session that starts Jan. 11.

“Government, instead of doing what every Washington family and business are doing to survive within the constraints of existing dollars, wants to amend the state’s Constitution to hit state residents with more taxes and spending,”

His analysis: http://www.bizcoachinfo.com/archives/2372.

As The New York Times referred to him in "Been There... Done That... Here's How", Mr. Corbell has more than 30 years experience as a profit professional and business-performance consultant. He has provided confidential full-service business solutions for Northwest companies ranging from technology to professional service firms, and for the public sector since 1992.

Especially timely in this economic downturn, he provides a nine-point financial turnaround program, on a pay-for-performance basis, for a small retainer and just one percent of the net-profit increase.

His Web site provides free performance-enhancing strategies – proven solutions for maximum profit (developed and hosted by Solid Technology, a Portland, OR firm).

To connect with Mr. Corbell at LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/terrycorbell.

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Biz Coach Terry Corbell is a business-performance consultant and profit professional. As a longtime media columnist, he publishes performance-enhancing strategies at The Biz Coach: http://www.bizcoachinfo.com, Proven Solutions for Maximum Profits.