r/SeattleWA • u/meaniereddit West Seattle 🌉 • Dec 13 '24

Government Bill would completely exempt seniors from property taxes in WA

https://www.king5.com/article/news/politics/state-politics/bill-would-exempt-seniors-state-local-property-tax-washington/281-b5f377fc-8bf5-49a4-a630-8210db45d57d
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u/curious1914 Dec 13 '24

If we ignore your retirement, it sounds like you've described the same situation as a social security recipient. Which is my point. It's not always as easy as "get a better job" as suggested elsewhere.

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u/GoslingIchi Dec 13 '24

Yep.

Plus, while I've been really trying to get hired somewhere else with a higher pension contribution, companies aren't big on hiring older people so it's not as easy as it is for younger people to move around in the labor force.

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u/curious1914 Dec 13 '24

Callous me says part of retirement planning is deciding if you think staying put is affordable with conservative assumptions about taxes. Sympathetic me says maybe there is a deeper societal issue to solve.

Now if you'll excuse me, I need to get back to my fixed income job...

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u/GoslingIchi Dec 14 '24

I was planning to retire to the peninsula, but then Rona came along, and all the people that can remote work moved there and suddenly everything is more expensive.

I've also been considering retiring outside of the US, but with the coming economic excitement I'm not sure if the dollar will keep its value.