WATCH: Former WA AG Rob McKenna says income tax bill ‘doesn’t pass laugh test’

(The Center Square) – Legislation that would impose an income tax on people who make more than a million dollars is set for another public hearing Tuesday in Olympia.

SB 6346 would slap a 9.9% tax on income above a million dollars, which is why majority Democrats are calling it a millionaire’s tax.

Opponents, including former Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna, say if the legislation is approved and upheld by the courts, it will certainly expand to include taxing income of much less than a million dollars.

“There’s really nothing new here. Every 10 to 20 years we go through this process where a group of legislators decide we just can’t live without a state income tax,” McKenna told The Center Square, explaining that up until now, lawmakers have attempted to get a constitutional amendment passed, so they could impose an income tax, as Washington’s co...