I blame Locke and the liberals. Our state budget is over $23 billion. 20 years ago the budget was $6 billion. That's an increase of almost 400%. Has the rate of inflation gone up that high? No. Has the population increased that much? No. It's government waste. By voting in inititives we force the government to better manage their resources. This government takes more and more from the people every year and the people get less and less. Now the city of Seattle is spending millions to install and thousands to maintain 6 self cleaning toilets downtown that only bums will use. Good thinking there! But this state can't really complain. We keep voting in the same group of do nothing democrats. I almost pissed my pants when Ron Sims got reelected. Someday, I may want to own property but in 10 years, only very wealthy people will be able to afford to buy new property in this state.