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“We’ve been saying all along that this is the plain language of the constitution that the framers did not mean for tax measures to be subject to referendum,” said Sen. Jamie Pedersen (D-Seattle), who sponsored the tax. “They are of course subject to an initiative, we assume that the ‘millionaires tax’ is going to wind up on the ballot and the people will get to decide.” Continue reading at KUOW. (Ted S. Warren)
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