Washington State Is Getting It Wrong on Long-term Care

“If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.” 

— Catherine Aird 

Taxpayer-funded safety nets should be reserved for people in need, not widened for people not in need. But Washington state lawmakers have decided otherwise when it comes to long-term care. 

In a partisan move, the 2019 Washington state Legislature passed a law to start a new social program that is meant to be funded by a payroll tax of 58 cents on every $100 a worker makes. 

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