decision that washington state is not good for business. a couple s income for $250,000 would be taxed and the money going to education and healthcare. lined up against initiative is amazon.com founder and the microsoft ceo steve ballmer. blogger david goldstein who argues the state current system allows the rich off easy has zero sympathy. for jeff bezos and steve ballmer, that is a roundinger error. what is the difference between $13 billion and $13.1 billion. reporter: the world s richest man supports the tax. his father is the spokesman for it. vote yet. reporter: but the talk radio shows are lit up by the middle class listeners who don t trust the government to spend money wisely or keep the promise only rich will be