Article: Candidate for governor pitches income tax plan for Washington state.

Byline: Jim Camden

Aug. 5--Gubernatorial candidate Ron Sims on Wednesday called for "blowing up" Washington's tax system, trading its sales and business taxes, and part of its property taxes, for an income tax.

He's betting enough voters will agree that he can win elections this September and November.

While an economist calls the plan a "breathtakingly simple and sweeping concept," his main election opponents were quick to criticize it.

Attorney General Christine Gregoire, the other principal Democrat in the Sept. 14 primary, said it would give Washington the highest state income tax in the nation. "Washington deserves to be on top, ...

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