{"id":1434,"date":"2018-02-20T23:45:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T06:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbapierce.tacomawebsite.net\/?p=1434"},"modified":"2024-03-23T21:36:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T05:36:51","slug":"capital-gains-carbon-tax-bills-opposed-by-biaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/masterbuilderspierce.com\/capital-gains-carbon-tax-bills-opposed-by-biaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Capital Gains, Carbon Tax Bills Opposed by BIAW"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This morning <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001wbFdZkkr9bGAVdLk8fUrVE-iW82J30_KCXXAM0JY9bOyKD8Rjw6VBXHLdSzmh1ISHK6kK7YNW4KMn-QTPwIjPSmU55dwNDx8Vhg2fmBewpa7ROsXBcizv_PojaeOZwcWcSNwgHvvWFPkkRXr4beS9Z8atr-SImZ47EdhH9eKur8sArIRta32A1TILEm86K47aNmv0dkEpIhSFKfEZYT8wYzQfoyhQoLC8ik1wZPxnjQ=&amp;c=3gD3_NNzJ6erxs4EBTz34pEr7WGS7xfF5ClEFSRlWEzJET_3A4UooQ==&amp;ch=94wfF5kUX3xctPN3cqqEUmmqBZIRAhcgZkMP1Cbtuv5UTbMNjQnLRg==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HB 2967<\/a> was heard in the House Finance Committee. HB 2967 would create a state capital gains income tax, and BIAW is opposed to creating any kind of income tax in Washington State.<br><a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001wbFdZkkr9bGAVdLk8fUrVE-iW82J30_KCXXAM0JY9bOyKD8Rjw6VBXHLdSzmh1IShT5Gi29jlsDd6aFq_9YSwIZkaJLFX2jc7CSBKMKTdKrpCDFnUVLqjsaW5HOVEnvNw43W9JfbF2hS1O7R70MwyGG8amb_ApP4AOadhbKDsjr6v2z2wLV5jyQoDlotvQN_&amp;c=3gD3_NNzJ6erxs4EBTz34pEr7WGS7xfF5ClEFSRlWEzJET_3A4UooQ==&amp;ch=94wfF5kUX3xctPN3cqqEUmmqBZIRAhcgZkMP1Cbtuv5UTbMNjQnLRg==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See here for more information \u00bb\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yesterday, the Senate Ways &amp; Means Committee heard <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001wbFdZkkr9bGAVdLk8fUrVE-iW82J30_KCXXAM0JY9bOyKD8Rjw6VBXHLdSzmh1ISmQ02XRX1JloVgcw47vvFHlAYHVSd8qLHbmgRj2GSh4v1URIBYw6AL1HtwjmOZVJz5Uihn960fpqdR8g6QKJE8eLn9xlRDKt0WCcZkLAlrnLfYCVnEu_I2lz969fgmBtqS_6-p-e-skaHpXhSqLUFL1vYsj3V6DQ04Qvaz1itMAI=&amp;c=3gD3_NNzJ6erxs4EBTz34pEr7WGS7xfF5ClEFSRlWEzJET_3A4UooQ==&amp;ch=94wfF5kUX3xctPN3cqqEUmmqBZIRAhcgZkMP1Cbtuv5UTbMNjQnLRg==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SB 6203<\/a>. SB 6203 creates a carbon tax, or really creates an energy tax, about a $0.20 tax on each gallon of gas and significant taxes on fuels used to supply heat to homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the bill virtually exempts every manufacturer from the tax, those who will end up paying are consumers who drive cars and heat their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BIAW testified opposed to the carbon tax as our members are the consumer of these products and will not be able to be exempted from paying it on a gallon of gas to get to and from jobsites, to have supplies delivered, and because <a href=\"https:\/\/masterbuilderspierce.com\/millennials-are-eager-to-purchase-homes\/\">home purchasers<\/a> will have to pay the same gas tax and additional taxes on heating their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bill hits Washington individuals the hardest while attempting to buy off and exempt a whole range of special interests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Building Industry Association of Washington<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/masterbuilderspierce.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/masterbuilderspierce.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/masterbuilderspierce.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masterbuilderspierce.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masterbuilderspierce.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1434"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/masterbuilderspierce.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7959,"href":"https:\/\/masterbuilderspierce.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1434\/revisions\/7959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/masterbuilderspierce.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masterbuilderspierce.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/masterbuilderspierce.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}