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There were so many complaints and comments on how to do this properly and our elected legislature chose to completely ignore them.
The reason they didn't flinch is exactly the same reason why every incumbent will be back in the exact same seat in next years session.
Seems like they've got a strong precedent:
A 1933 ruling in the Culliton v. Chase case established that income should be taxed the same as property in Washington state, and all property must be taxed uniformly at a rate of 1%. In the past, this ruling has prevented any graduated income tax from being established in the state, and it was the same ruling that struck down a Seattle income tax on earners who make over $250,000 a year in 2019.