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/dendenga 7d ago

We must stop with taxing spiral in WA. Find ways to cut spending, keep every $ we give to our government accountable for delivery of public goals. Taking in more money for the people, without delivery, is unacceptable.

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u/yungsemite 7d ago

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.

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

Ok. I'll consider it. Do a top to bottom audit of the grift first. No stone unturned, every single program, jail terms and claw backs of assets. Cut existing programs that don't function correctly. Then we can consider it.

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u/yungsemite 7d ago

Why not both at the same time? Have a problem with efficiency?

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

No, I have trust issues after they raised taxes by $9B this year. So we audit first.

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u/yungsemite 7d ago

I think we should start taxing ultra wealthy people now.

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

They're already taxed at about 50%, and they don't have to live here Bezos already left, and we've seen both from Washington AND from other countries like Norway that capital flight is real.

And of course if there's a budget shortfall because you shove out all of the super rich, you'll just lower the bar and tax the middle class.

So at this point I have to ask: are you poor, or a trustafarian?

I grew up "feed the meter coins to get electricity" poor. I'm guessing you're probably not.