Business on Chris Gregoire's Watch

The Puget Sound Regional Council report says Washington State went from 1st in business starts to 7th since 2003.

[2007 Prosperity Partnership Highlights, http://www.prosperitypartnership.org/indicators/2007highlights.pdf.]

On Gregoire's watch, Washington State had the highest business failure rate in the nation.

[Washington Policy Center, 21 April 2008.]

Housing on Chris Gregoire's Watch

Washington's foreclosure rate has doubled.

[Cohen, Aubrey. "State mortgage woes grow worse," Seattle P-I, 5 September 2008.]

Jobs on Chris Gregoire's Watch

Unemployment went from 4.5% in August 2007 to 6.0% in August of 2008.

[Associated Press, "Jobless rate clibs to 6 percent in Washington state," 16 September 2008.]

An additional 55,700 people have filed for unemployment in Washington State during that period.

[Washington State Employment Security Dept., Labor Market and Economic Analysis Branch, http://www.workforceexplorer.com/cgi/dataanalysis/?PAGEID=148.]

Taxes on Chris Gregoire's Watch

Gregoire has said a state income tax is "a good idea."

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vye3Ujik-1Y.]

Despite saying she opposed the gas tax in her 2004 campaign, Gregoire pushed through the biggest gas-tax increase and transportation-spending package in state history.

[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002259098_gregoire01m.html.]

Deficit on Chris Gregoire's Watch

Washington State is facing a projected $3.2 billion deficit in the next budget period.

[McGann, Chris. "State facing projected$3.2 billion deficit in next budget," Seattle P-I, 19 September 2008.]

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