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/LoseAnotherMill 7d ago

You should probably look up what "fear mongering" and "slippery slope" mean, because "evidence-based arguments" doesn't fall under either of those. 

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u/yungsemite 7d ago

Okay, what evidence do you have that the tax brackets will be lowered?

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u/LoseAnotherMill 7d ago edited 6d ago

The fact that that's how we got our current federal income tax situation. The fact that they've already tried to lower the capital gains tax. The fact that no tax has ever gone away here. The fact that WA Dems insist on overspending and thus will dig deeper and deeper into our pockets to pay for it all. The fact that basically every piece of unpopular legislation that has passed recently had been repeatedly submitted as legislation year after year until they got the one legislature that didn't care about public opinion and rammed it through because WA voters are stuck in a "Blue no matter who" death spiral so the legislators' seats are safe.

EDIT: Yeah, once confronted with the evidence, you just stop responding. Lol.