Does your income double every 10 years?

Washington State Government spending is out of control. But that is nothing new for a government that's been dominated by Democrats for decades. I decided I wanted to understand just how quickly Democrats are exploding this government, and while you'd think that this data would be easily found on the web, it wasn't.

So for your consideration is the growth, or bloat, of this state's spending habits back to 1983. In advance I'll tell you it works out to an average biennial increase of 14.3%, or roughly 7.2% growth every year. That means a doubling of government spending every 10 years.

In Washington, the 2008 budget was 5.3 times the size of the budget in 1983. The numbers below reflect total Washington State Spending. The includes operating and capital funds both within the General Fund (unrestricted) and restricted funds the Legislature can't touch.

Biennium	Spending	Increase
	(Billions)
1983-1985	$12.96
1985-1987	15.02	15.90%
1987-1989	17.18	14.38%
1989-1991	21.41	24.62%
1991-1993	23.99	12.05%
1993-1995	29.55	23.18%
1995-1997	34.1	15.40%
1997-1999	39.4	15.54%
1999-2001	44.54	13.05%
2001-2003	49.53	11.20%
2003-2005	53.46	7.93%
2005-2007	60.52	13.21%
2007-2009	69.18	14.31%

Now if spending is doubling every 10 years, what do you think your taxes are doing every 10 years? Is your income keeping pace? Mine isn't.