Some options for lawmakers on a tax vote

Fri, Mar 6 2009 — Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer

By CURT WOODWARD
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

OLYMPIA, Wash. — As lawmakers chop their way out of an estimated $8 billion budget deficit, voices in the Democratic majority’s political base are crying out for higher taxes to save favorite state services.

So where’s the money? One place to look is the so-called “shopping list,” a state Revenue Department compilation of possible sources of additional money for the state.