From: fedora@fea.st   
      
   On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:09:15 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
      
   >This was totally unexpected!   
      
   You mean you have been searching high and low for such a report.   
   >   
   >More WA businesses considering leaving the state due to high taxes.   
   >   
   >"The latest Association of Washington Business quarterly survey shows   
   >bad news on the economic front, with 44% of business leaders saying they   
   >are considering moving their personal residence out of state and   
   >businesses indicating they are now more than twice as likely – 30% to   
   >14% – to expand outside the state than within it.   
   >   
   >The results of AWB’s winter survey are based on 429 responses collected   
   >by email from business owners and operators across the state between   
   >Jan. 12 and Feb. 2.   
   >   
   >“Washington employers signaled a continuing collapse in confidence in   
   >the state economy in this quarterly survey, with significant   
   >year-over-year deterioration across multiple metrics driven largely by   
   >the state’s growing tax burden,” according to the survey’s executive   
   >summary.   
   >   
   >I wonder if part of the “no hire, no fire” economy is due to uncertainty   
   >created by ham-fisted blue-state governance." - Posted by Stephen Green   
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