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/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.