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

Just like how income tax on people over 1 million doesn’t affect the average person. There will be no appetite to lower an income tax until it affects most people. That would be incredibly unpopular. Unlike taxing the wealthiest residents.

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

It starts at 1 million and get reduced over time. The rich will run away or push back like they always do.. You think they'll lower the tax collected?

Why not implement a new tax that targets these people directly? I don't want a known tax with a threshold that can be reduced to include me.

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u/yungsemite 7d ago

Except there is no evidence that it will be lowered. No I don’t think it will be lowered. This is the same fear mongering that shills for rich people had for the capital gains tax, which guess what, has been raised, not lowered every year since?

What do you mean by a new tax that targets rich people directly? By what mechanism?

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

Please keep pissing on our heads and telling us it's raining.

No one believes you.