Washington has long benefited from having no personal income tax. It was one of our biggest selling points—a reason founders, investors and high earners chose to build here. A 9.9% income tax gives that advantage away. Other states will happily take the people, investment and businesses we make it harder to keep. When a founder builds somewhere else, Washington loses the jobs, spending and future tax revenue that company could have generated here. And the $1 million threshold doesn’t have to stay at $1 million. It is written in a statute. The Legislature can lower it without another public vote. Washington should be competing to attract people who build companies and create jobs. This tax pushes the other way. Vote YES on I-645.