Gov. Inslee’s proposed tax increases to boost school spending look like they’ll go where they’ve gone before — nowhere.

AWB president Kris Johnson had this statement.

Unfortunately, the governor’s plan to eliminate a handful of tax incentives does not address the long-term funding challenge we face, and would have serious negative impacts on the employers who rely on these incentives.

Sen. Andy Hill, the Republican chair of the Senate Ways and Means Committee, was diplomatic and clear, saying of changing tax policies on exemptions and incentives.

“It has to be done very carefully, very thoughtfully,” he says. “And that’s something that’s very hard to do in a short session.”

A long story at Washington State Wire indicates a bipartisan reluctance to follow the governor’s lead.

Though the governor’s proposal was immediately cheered by progressives, it is looking like a dead duck in the largely Republican-controlled Senate. And there were a few signs that it might not even get that far. Not a single member of the House and Senate Democratic caucuses stood with Inslee at his Tuesday news conference, and a delicately worded statement from Democratic legislative leaders promised only to give the proposal due consideration.

Looks like a heavy lift, which is probably just fine.