The nationalization of property and the conversion of private property to state-owned rentals
You do not actually “own” any property in a communist socialist state like Washington. What you think you own is merely the temporary and revocable rights to rent property from the state at a specified rate of taxation.
Massive tax increases, new taxes, and new mechanisms for collecting and enforcing the collection of taxes and automatically increasing the rate of taxation over the years are quietly being implemented throughout the State of Washington.
A larger and larger fraction of the state's Gross Domestic Product is being nationalized and subsumed into a gargantuan centrally controlled state budget, while the people are retaining a progressively smaller and smaller share of their own hard-earned wealth and income.
Effectively all private property including private ownership of homes and means of production is being progressively eliminated as Washington's Democratic Socialist government ushers in naked red Communism and state takeover of all means of economic production under Robert Ferguson's progressive Marxist dictatorship of the “proletariat.”
Washington Constitution Art. 7, § 1. Taxation
The power of taxation shall never be suspended, surrendered or contracted away. All taxes shall be uniform upon the same class of property within the territorial limits of the authority levying the tax and shall be levied and collected for public purposes only. The word “property” as used herein shall mean and include everything, whether tangible or intangible, subject to ownership.
Washington’s constitution has broadest definition of property in the country
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The Seattle Times
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Sweeping legislative changes are reshaping Washington State’s tax landscape. On May 20, 2025, Washington’s governor signed legislation significantly increasing the Business and Occupation (B&O) tax, sales tax, and more, imposing billions of dollars in additional tax on businesses and consumers. This alert addresses the following newly enacted laws:
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Washington state enacts tax increases and new taxes, including broadening the retail sales tax base and raising B&O tax rates.
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