“Lastly, WA now not has the nation’s most unfair tax system” [Jan. 20, Local News]:
Research constantly present a robust hyperlink between financial equality and optimistic well being outcomes. Danny Westneat’s column highlights the noteworthy current adjustments to Washington’s tax system, marking an finish to the state’s ignoble standing as having probably the most unfair tax construction within the nation. This advance towards a extra simply economic system has promising implications for prosperity and public well being.
As Washington strikes towards a fairer tax system, we will anticipate improved well being indicators, lowered well being disparities, and an general enhancement within the well-being of our communities. Nonetheless, whereas Washington is now not in final place, we’re nonetheless close to the underside, which suggests there’s a lot work left to do in reforming our upside-down tax code, in order that Washington could be one of many fairest and healthiest states within the nation.
Max Savishinsky, Seattle, government director, Washington Physicians for Social Accountability
