Using data and projections compiled by the Washington State Office of Financial Management, Freedom Foundation aggregated bills introduced in the 2008 legislative session in order to determine the total increased taxes and fees proposed by each individual legislator, as primary or co-sponsor, would bring to taxpayers over a ten-year period.
Freedom Foundation used data and projections from the Washington State Office of Financial Management to compile bills introduced during the 2008 legislative session, with the goal of determining the collective tax and fee increases proposed by legislators as primary or co-sponsors over a decade.