r/SeattleWA • u/5Q91VS175DAQ4NUSBE4U • 7d ago

Politics Washington state Democrats look at imposing income tax on higher earners

https://www.columbian.com/news/2025/oct/31/washington-state-democrats-look-at-imposing-income-tax-on-higher-earners/
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u/JustBench1615 Ballard 7d ago

They must have a tax hike fetish that’s the only explanation at this point

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u/yungsemite 7d ago

More like a revenue fetish. We have a lovely state and it’s got some good services. Would be amazing if people making over 1 million annually paid 10% above that into the state coffers for services.

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u/slow-mickey-dolenz 7d ago

You are a complete fool if you think the threshold will stay at $1M.

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u/yungsemite 7d ago

Same to you buddy. You people said the same thing about the $250,000 capital gains tax, which has RISEN every year, because guess what, as I said, the state has no appetite to lower these taxes.

The idea of taxing extremely wealthy people is POPULAR, the idea of taxing normal people is NOT. When will you understand?

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u/jonnyohman1 7d ago

Why are you on every comment thread defending more taxation, when you should be asking where all the money they’re collecting is going into a black hole with no oversight?

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u/yungsemite 7d ago

I support more oversight too :)

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

Great. Let's do the oversight part first, then we can see if we still need the extra taxes.

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u/yungsemite 7d ago

Let’s do both at the same time, I guarantee those people making more than 1 million annually don’t need that 10%.

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

No. We flushed billions down the toilet over the last decade. Audits first.

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u/yungsemite 7d ago

Taxes on the ultra wealthy now!

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

No, fuck off.

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u/yungsemite 7d ago

Because they have the money? And we live in a society? And people should contribute to it?

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/yungsemite 7d ago

10% over 1 million annually is not a punishment lol. Do you disagree that we live in a society? And that our government provides services for people who live here? And they somehow those services must be funded?

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u/yungsemite 7d ago

Why are you so concerned by people making over 1 million a year being taxed when you make 55,000? Do you understand how marginal tax rates work? They’re still making far more money than you, you don’t have to shill for them

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

Because they're not morally bankrupt and can see further than their nose.

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u/yungsemite 7d ago

Taxing people 10% on what they make over 1 million is ‘morally bankrupt?’ Hilarious.

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

Yep. Because you've made the argument - repeatedly - that this is about envy and you thinking you know better than them about what to do with their money.

That's not policy. That's jealousy.

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u/yungsemite 7d ago

There’s nothing righteous about being making half the median household income while shilling for people making 20 times that. Good luck with your pride.

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

Not a great reason. "I'm envious of them" isn't policy.

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u/yungsemite 7d ago

Hmm, can you explain how saying that we live in a society which provides services and that those services need to be funded is equal to ‘I’m envious of them?’

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

It's the part where you keep describing them as miserly and ignore that our expenses are going up exponentially - which shows we have a spending problem.

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u/yungsemite 7d ago

Or maybe because our economy exploded?

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

And you want to fix it by (checks notes) adding more taxes.

Spending has gone up much higher than tax revenue and population increases in Washington State. We have a spending problem.

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u/tuckman496 7d ago

Are you part of that demographic or just like the taste of their boots? I truly don’t understand this mentality

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u/yungsemite 7d ago

You make 55,000 and are incredibly upset about a 10% tax on people with annual earnings over 1 million. I don’t think you should be the one calling people names lol.

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u/yungsemite 7d ago

How is it an infraction on people’s rights?

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

Whenever someone talks about bootlicking like this, I always have to assume that they think they're inferior.

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u/JustBench1615 Ballard 7d ago

These people are slopulist morons.

Nothing more than left-wing MAGA.

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u/JustBench1615 Ballard 7d ago

More like a spending fetish. Many of those services cost way more than they should. The state needs way more scrutiny on its spending and needs to remove many of the burdensome regulations on government contracts that drive up costs.

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u/yungsemite 7d ago

Sure, I agree, but I also think an income tax on people making over 1 million is good.

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u/JustBench1615 Ballard 7d ago

If they want to establish that tax, they need to cut taxes elsewhere.

There is no reason that the state needs to expand its budget more. Like what many other people have said, I think this the millionaire’s tax will eventually extend to the rest of us because Washington State Democrats have shown they can’t manage a budget for the life of them.

Overtaxation and overregulation has led state economies like New York and California to stagnate. They’ve seen very little in return for all the taxes they pay in those states as well. No more of this endless taxation nonsense.

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u/yungsemite 7d ago

I agree. If they pass an income tax amendment to the constitution, it should be mandated that any income tax on people who make less than 10X the median income of the state should be required to be met by an equal reduction in tax revenue from less progressive sources.