Reykdal's Budget Claims vs. Washington's Own Data
Washington Policy Center's Ryan Frost examines three statistics Superintendent Chris Reykdal cited on Facebook to argue the state's tax structure, not spending, drives budget problems. Using OFM's own figures, Frost finds real tax burden per resident rose roughly 44% since 2004, the state wage bill…
Income Tax Disclosure Statement: Facts or Electioneering?
Washington Policy Center's Ryan Frost and David Boze argue the Attorney General's public investment disclosure statement for the state income tax repeal misleads voters by citing impacts on schools and healthcare that the tax does not fund and has no appropriation to support. The income tax earmark…
Judge's Own Words Reveal Bias in WA Income Tax Disclosure
Ryan Frost of the Washington Policy Center examines how Judge Chris Lanese, while upholding the Public Investment Impact Disclosure for IP26-645, spent the hearing making the policy case for a more progressive tax code rather than testing whether the Attorney General met the law's neutrality requir…
WA Income Tax: Why One Expert Says It Hits Everyone
Ryan Frost, director of budget and tax policy for the Washington Policy Center, told a Vancouver audience that Washington's new 9.9% income tax applies to every resident, not just millionaires, and that the $1 million deduction could be erased by a simple legislative majority vote. https://www.clar…
Income Tax Expansion: The Voter Control Illusion
Ryan Frost of the Washington Policy Center argues that promises of voter control over Washington's new income tax are misleading. A House amendment requiring a referendum before any threshold change was voted down 45-51, yet senators continue telling voters they will "always have the final say." ht…
Why Your Pension Could Be Next in Washington's Tax Law
Ryan Frost of the Washington Policy Center spent 15 years working on public pension policy and argues Washington lawmakers deliberately included public pensions in the new income tax, not because they reach the $1 million deduction threshold, but because that threshold can be lowered at any time wi…
Hour 3: The Mariners are Technically Still Alive!
VIDEO GUEST - RYAN FROST - DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND TAX POLICY - WASHINGTON POLICY CENTER. Seattle Times recommends ‘No’ on I-645, ‘millionaires tax’ repeal. WPC’s Ryan Frost “Anyway you look at it, the editorial board is wrong and should issue a correction.” Ryan’s letter to the editor calling for a…
McCleary Blame Game: Where Is the $21B Really Going?
Ryan Frost of the Washington Policy Center argues that blaming McCleary for Washington's budget pressures obscures a larger reality: since 2019, non-K-12 spending has surged $20.88 billion, or 82%, nearly three times faster than K-12 growth, accounting for roughly three-quarters of total state budg…
Ryan Frost — Is Washington’s millionaire tax just the first step?
Ryan Frost, director of budget and tax policy at the Washington Policy Center, joins Lars to discuss a new study projecting that Washington’s 9.9% income tax on earnings above $1 million could cost the state thousands of jobs and slow economic growth. The report estimates Washington could have 18,8…
Report Warns of Income Tax's Business Impact + Seattle Drug Crisis Sparks Debate Over State Policy
Seattle's drug diversion policies are facing renewed scrutiny after a tense exchange involving LEAD program creator Lisa Daugaard at a public panel discussion. Meanwhile, a new study warns Washington's 9.9% income tax could reduce economic growth, and journalist Brandi Kruse scores a major public r…
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