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They did the same with the gas tax we voted down. They wanted a 9 cent per gallon tax, the first of THREE phases of a massive tax hike to pay for transit and roads. Voters rejected it with a 2 to 1 margin.

Legislature gets together, first item of business was passing a 5 cent per gallon tax. I kid you not.

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Legislature gets together, first item of business was passing a 5 cent per gallon tax. I kid you not.

Well, at least now you can smoke/possess marijuana in Washinton without the threat of getting busted.

If I am not mistaken, Washington consumers pay the highest gasoline taxes in the nation. With the federal gas tax, it adds up to around 50 cents per gallon. In other words, for every fill-up of 20 gallons, you're paying 10 dollars in tax! But the rest of you should not gloat, everyone is getting gouged by the gubbamint no matter where you live. At least in Washington now, they won't arrest you if you want to smoke dope and forget your bad government woes in purple haze.