Olympia, WA — Americans for Prosperity (AFP) Western Region Director Heather Andrews and AFP-Tennessee Grassroots Engagement Director Pam Furr published an opinion piece in The Spokesman Review, stating that Washington’s income tax is driving away businesses while calling Tennessee out for forcing taxpayers to subsidize one of the largest corporations in the world. Andrews and Furr point to Starbucks’ relocation to Nashville as an example of both trends happening at once, noting that nearly one in five Washington businesses are now considering leaving the state.
Andrews and Furr wrote:
“Olympia’s response to every fiscal crisis has been the same: spend more, tax more, repeat. If this cycle continues, Washington will lose more than just companies like Starbucks; it will lose the very economic foundation that makes everything else possible.”
“The silver lining is that this problem in Washington is self-inflicted and can be reversed. As businesses continue to flee the state, hopefully lawmakers will finally recognize that you can’t tax your way to prosperity. Otherwise, the Evergreen State’s legacy of entrepreneurship and innovation will soon only be remembered as something it taxed away.”
Read the opinion piece here.
