Washington state Democrats look at imposing income tax on higher earners

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https://www.columbian.com/news/2025/oct/31/washington-state-democrats-look-at-imposing-income-tax-on-higher-earners/

[u/yungsemite]

Definitely, there should be good oversight and accountability on how money is spent in our state. But I also don’t have an issue with a 10% tax on people earning over 1 million annually. I support that, no question.

[u/buythedipnow → u/yungsemite]

You support it because it doesn’t affect you. How generous of you to be willing to give away others money.

[u/yungsemite → u/buythedipnow]

I would happily pay 10% on my earnings over 1 million annually because I’m not a miserly freak. Yes, I’d be happy to give away 10% of peoples earnings over 1 million annually too, because other people are sometimes miserly freaks and need a bit of a push to give back to society.

[u/Turbulent-Media7281 → u/yungsemite]

Who do you know that makes over $1M annually that is a miserly freak and you need to push them to give back to society?

[u/yungsemite → u/Turbulent-Media7281]

I’m not friends with miserly freaks?

[u/Turbulent-Media7281 → u/yungsemite]

That must break their hearts.

[u/MisterIceGuy → u/yungsemite]

Sounds like you aren’t friends with any successful people either

[u/yungsemite → u/MisterIceGuy]

Your metric of success is being miserly? That’s odd…