The Odessa Record -

British historian Thomas Macaulay famously said, "The best government is one that desires to make the people happy, and knows how to make them happy."

That standard is clearly not what people are experiencing in Washington state. For years, leaders in state government have been increasing the tax burden and imposing ever-tighter regulations that limit personal opportunity, lower household incomes and fall hardest on working people, middle-class families and small business owners. On top of that statewide trend, Washington recently experienced deadly political violence in its largest city,...