In “New ballot sees if WA cares about payroll tax to fund WA Cares program” [July 23, Local News], The Seattle Occasions cited a ballot that was favorable to Initiative 2124.
Nonetheless, I’m inclined to agree with the spokesperson from the No On I-2124 marketing campaign, who identified that these polled weren’t given all the knowledge they wanted to make an knowledgeable resolution.
Initiatives are complicated and it takes time for voters to wrap their heads round them.
Over the subsequent few months, voters will be taught that I-2124 will bankrupt our state’s long-term care system, leaving tens of millions of Washingtonians with out long run care protection. They’ll find out how dangerous I-2124 will probably be for ladies, who’re most definitely to turn into caretakers for members of the family who don’t have protection and need assistance, and they’re going to be taught that trusted organizations just like the League of Ladies Voters of Washington, The Kids’s Alliance and the ALS Affiliation — in addition to my group, the Affected person Coalition of Washington — are calling on voters to reject I-2124.
In my view, the extra voters perceive about I-2124, the extra they are going to be more likely to oppose it.
I’ll be voting no on Initiative 2124. I hope you do, too.
Jim Freeburg, Renton, govt director, Affected person Coalition of Washington
