Thinking, voting matters

For those who do not take the Seattle Times or did not read Danny Westneat’s column in Sunday’s paper where he developed the phrase “nothing matters,” a brief recap.

His main point is that there has been a major dust up lately over the issue of car tabs in which the state cost me an extra $35 or so per car. Yet no one has even coughed over the report from the state trade advisor Robert Hamilton that Trumps’ tariff policies are costing Washington citizens $2.4 billion (yes, with a “B”) or roughly $1,000 per household – think of the cars you could license with that.

And that $2.4 billion does not include the $25 billion to bailout farmer’s for the loss of business because of the tariffs.

There is much more to Westneat’s column. They are always worth reading even when I do not agree with them. I do not know what side of the political fence he is on; he just reports the facts.

My message is “THINK” before you act or vote. - Allen Elliott, Anacortes