Washington Legislature must not raid the capital budget to solve budget crisis
WASHINGTON state's budget crisis has everyone scrambling to eliminate government waste, find savings and possibly, end entire state programs. Despite all the bleak days in Olympia, there is one ray of hope still left coming from the capitol dome — Washington's capital investment plan.
This plan — the capital budget — could mean nearly 62,000 new family-wage jobs and $6 billion in increased economic activity throughout the state in the next two years. Now, we just need to make sure the Legislature doesn't raid the state's seed corn and damage our future by using capital funds to patch up the general government budget.