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Podcast: News For Reasonable People
Episode: $16 BILLION DEFICIT: Taxpayer Money WASTED While Washington's Tax-and-Spend FIASCO Drives Out Bezos
Description: Washington lawmakers face a staggering $16 billion deficit, and their solution? The same tired playbook: tax and spend, then tax some more. Watch as Democratic legislators scramble to squeeze more money from businesses and wealthy residents—the very people who built the state's economy—while refusing to cut their pet projects and 'Mickey Mouse little programs.' Meanwhile, high-profile residents like Jeff Bezos are already fleeing to tax-friendly states, taking their innovation and job creation with them. Is anyone surprised that Washington is following California's catastrophic economic model? When will politicians realize you can't tax your way to prosperity while driv...