FleaFlicker I can't see where an income tax would be better. In a down turned economy such as we have now people are losing jobs and seeing a reduction in income. The state would still lose its income no matter which way we were taxed. I'm not hearing that things are better in income tax states now. I think most Washingtonians feel as I do in that if we tried to go to an income tax we would never get rid of the sales tax. We would just be getting hosed from two different directions.