Well, we all knew if Chrstine Gregoire was elected, we would have to fight a state income tax. Now it's time. The Dem's only know one thing and that is to raise taxes. When the rest of us are faced with cutting back, Gregoire wants to take more of our hard earned money.

I thought you might like a quick refresher on the 10 planks of the Communist Manifesto written by Karl Marx:

10 Planks of the Communist Manifesto

1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.
2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
3. Abolition of all right of inheritance.
4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
5. Centralisation of credit in the hands of the State, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly.
6. Centralisation of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State.
7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the State; the bringing into cultivation of waste-lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
8. Equal liability of all to labour. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of the distinction between town and country, by a more equal distribution of the population over the country.
10. Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children's factory labour in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production, &c., &c.^[6]

According to the Communist Manifesto, all these were prior conditions for a transition from capitalism to communism (but Marx and Engels later expressed a desire to modernize this passage^[7]).

Take a look at #2, A heavy progressive or graduated income tax. What this means is, the more you make, the more you are taxed. Sounds kind of like the IRS and Christine Gregoire's proposed state income tax, right?

Christine Gregoire has been quoted as saying, "The people of Washington State just need to be educated on the merrits of a state inome tax." Perhaps she needs to educate us on the merrits of Communism first.

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