State Dems unveil targeted tax breaks, but say broad relief isn’t sustainable

When Democrats in the state House and Senate released their supplemental budget proposals this week with nearly $6 billion in additional spending — and on the heels of yet another better-than-expected revenue forecast — one issue floated to the top for Republicans.

Gov. Inslee lays out his $62 billion supplemental budget proposal for 2022

“There’s no tax relief in this budget,” said Republican state Senator Linda Wilson.

“We have inflation that’s at a 40-year high, the cost of everything is high,” she continued. “It’s creating financial issues for all of our people in Washington. Everything, the cost of gas and food and housing and electricity are up. There was

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