成人X站

SEATTLE NEWS ARCHIVES & FEATURES

Dori: Jay Inslee exploits low-income residents for his own selfish aspirations

Nov 6, 2018, 5:02 PM | Updated: 5:40 pm

Jay Inslee...

(AP)

(AP)

The talk is heating up about Jay Inslee 2020 for president of the United States, and I, for one, couldn’t possibly be more excited.

Jay Inslee — who, by the way, does not like those carbon emissions — is flying all over the country this week trying to get Democrats elected governor in other states so that he can cash in his chits and count on their support in 2020.

I can think of few things that would be more entertaining from a talk show perspective than Jay Inslee versus Donald Trump in 2020. From a sound-bite and entertainment value perspective, that could be the greatest route in political history.

RELATED: Give a big NO to 1631, the carbon tax

But it is intriguing what happens in the minds of politicians, where they become so deluded, that they think something like becoming president is even a remote possibility. I suppose when you’re surrounded by like-minded lackeys every moment of every day, you get this incredibly inflated sense of your own potential.

Here is what I find so reprehensible about politics, that we as taxpayers are being used for the presidential aspirations of our governor.聽I want you to think about this: I-1631, the carbon tax, is a transfer of wealth from your pockets to the government’s numbering in the billions.

It will cost every family several hundred dollars a year just at the beginning, and rise from there, and it will have zero planetary benefit. Jay Inslee needs I-1631 to pass because when he runs for president, he wants to tell the wild-eyed progressives around the country that we were the first state to pass a carbon tax.

He is not going to add that it is a regressive tax that hurts the low-income residents the most. He wants to have this because it’s virtue-signaling to the rest of the country. And so Jay Inslee is willing to take billions of dollars from hardworking families all across the state for no benefit other than his own selfish presidential aspirations.

I find that despicable about politics. Politicians can just steal money, tell lies, and profit personally from it all. He acts like he’s going to stop the oceans from rising and stop the forests from burning, and it’s all a pack of lies.

RELATED: Carbon tax is about money, not science

Jay Inslee’s beloved carbon tax is going to hurt the poor the very most. I’m talking about the people who can’t afford to spend $30,000 on a zero-emission electric car. They’re driving their 12-year-old Dodge Dart while they commute a long way to work every day because they can’t afford to live in Seattle. One estimate has gas rising by 60 cents a gallon; they will feel that hit directly in their wallets. Their home heating costs could even go up.

Meanwhile, the corporations that are the biggest polluters are exempt from the tax thanks to the work of their lobbyists.

The poor must be financially exploited because the governor has his eye on the highest political office in the land. He will screw over the low-income people of this state so that he can have that to hold up when he campaigns in a few years. And I find that incredibly sad. But Jay Inslee needs this carbon tax because the line about having “the best weed in the United States” will only get him so far.

A dealer watches computer monitors at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Ma...

Associated Press

Asian shares mostly decline as uncertainty grows about what’s next with Trump’s tariffs

TOKYO (AP) 鈥 Asian shares were mostly lower Friday as uncertainty grew about what will happen next after a U.S. court blocked many of President Donald Trump鈥檚 sweeping tariffs. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 lost 1.4% in morning trading to 37,892.39. Government data showed Tokyo core inflation, excluding fresh food, accelerating to a higher-than-expected 3.6% in […]

19 minutes ago

In this photo provided by the Detroit Opera, in Anthony Davis's "The Central Park Five," from left,...

Associated Press

Performers and opera lovers see ‘The Central Park Five’ as a show of resistance against Trump

DETROIT (AP) 鈥 As Detroit Opera officials made plans last fall to bring a production based on the Central Park Five to their 2025 lineup, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump loomed large and just off stage. The opera puts to music the story of five Black and Latino teens imprisoned for the 1989 rape and beating […]

1 hour ago

Ralph Rodriguez poses for a portrait at his pawn and gun shop in Fayetteville, N.C., Friday, May 9,...

Associated Press

What’s in a name? A small fortune for businesses around Fort Bragg

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) 鈥 When it came to a picking a name for his business, Ralph Rodriguez rolled the dice. He went with Fort Liberty Pawn & Gun. It鈥檚 going to cost him about $30,000. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 signage, uniforms, stationery, business cards, advertising, and state licensing changes and federal changes,鈥 he said. When he was filing […]

1 hour ago

People wait at the Pace Harvey Transportation Center, Thursday, May 29, 2025, in Harvey, Ill. (AP P...

Associated Press

Chicago risks severe cuts to transit. Its poorest suburbs could be hit even harder

HARVEY, Ill. (AP) 鈥 Winfred Wilson was struggling to make ends meet on less than $700 a month, so he moved in with his daughter, gave up his car and started relying exclusively on public transit to take him wherever he needed to go across Chicago’s southern suburbs. As he waited for a bus connection […]

1 hour ago

FILE - Maryland Gov. Wes Moore speaks during a taping of "Fox News Sunday" at Fox News headquarters...

Associated Press

Maryland’s Wes Moore says he’s not running for president but high-profile stops keep chatter alive

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) 鈥 Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, often mentioned among Democrats as a potential presidential candidate, has been saying for months that he isn’t running for the White House in 2028. That hasn’t stopped persistent talk about his future political plans, especially when he continues to make appearances outside Maryland that raise his national […]

1 hour ago

Associated Press

Faizan Zaki wins the Scripps National Spelling Bee a year after finishing runner-up

OXON HILL, Md. (AP) 鈥 Faizan Zaki nearly threw away his opportunity to go from runner-up to champion at the Scripps National Spelling Bee with a shocking moment of overconfidence. Given a second chance, he seized the title of best speller in the English language. The 13-year-old from Allen, Texas, who lost in a lightning-round […]

3 hours ago

Dori: Jay Inslee exploits low-income residents for his own selfish aspirations