Ericksen: State has actually collected $2 billion above budget

‘There is no budget crisis — it’s a spending problem’   OLYMPIA — Washington will collect more taxes this year than ever before — a $2 billion increase — and if anyone thinks the state has a budget crisis, they just don’t understand Olympia, says Sen. Doug Ericksen, R-Ferndale.   “Only in Olympia would anybody think a…

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