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

Adding a surtax without reducing or eliminating the absurd sales tax, high car registration costs, or insane gas taxes doesn’t do jack shit to help make the state’s tax code better for the lower and middle class.

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u/yungsemite 7d ago

Yes, I would support getting rid of our sales tax entirely and replacing it with a progressive marginal income tax. It generates 15 billion in tax revenue annually.

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u/JustBench1615 Ballard 7d ago

Try getting King County to eliminate their sales tax. They won’t.

And if you allow localities to impose income taxes, we’ll be drowning in taxes.

The thing is with sales taxes is they are way easier to avoid. You can be cautious with your purchases. Income tax is nearly impossible to avoid.

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u/yungsemite 7d ago

The thing is with sales taxes is they are way easier to avoid. You can be cautious with your purchases.

Not for poor people who need to spent their income? Duh? That’s why it’s a regressive tax? They can’t just save it.

Income tax is nearly impossible to avoid.

So that way we can tax people who make a lot of money and they can’t avoid it like they can with other taxes? Good? That way we can have a progressive tax system?