We Must Never Tax Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatories
Washington's finances are a mess. Very likely, the state needs both spending cuts and a revenue infusion. And we need to do something quick.
So I say, let's go ahead and eliminate tax credits for working families. Let's delete the paid family leave benefits. After all, those things don't affect the ordinary people of Washington. But whatever we do, we must never close the tax loophole on sales of tangible personal property related to a building or structure that is an integral part of a laser interferometer gravitational wave observatory. Not in these tough economic times.
I mean, I can see the merits of overriding a citizen's initiative to reduce classroom sizes. And I can see abrogating contracts with state employees. Anyway, those hardly have any meaning for working folks. But it is strictly off limits to consider eliminating the tax exemption on sales of carbon and similar substances that become an ingredient or component of anodes or cathodes used in producing aluminum for sale. That's unthinkable.
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