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Few-Wallaby9885 t1_j9z7eqq wrote

Not yet but I many of us want to replace the sales tax with an income tax on high earners.

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tdogg241 t1_j9zx38g wrote

Not enough of us. Implementing an income tax (which we've actually done before!) would require an amendment to the state constitution (which we didn't do the first time, oops). We've made one attempt to fix this in the past 40 years, which failed almost 2:1. For any politician outside of the Seattle city limits, proposing a state income tax is political suicide (and it's not a slam-dunk policy for everyone within the city either).

With the way things are now, I seriously doubt we'll ever implement a progressive income tax in this state in my lifetime. My wife and I make enough money that we benefit from our horrible and regressive tax system, and I really wish it wasn't this way. Things will continue to decay.

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Daddy_Thick t1_ja04jzf wrote

No… no one wants to do this. People come to Washington BECAUSE of no income tax. You want to pay through the nose in taxes you can go down south to our neighbor California and watch 10%+ more of your paycheck disappear into the abyss every month if you’d like.

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PNWBirdy t1_ja10a2a wrote

Or if you want to stay in the pnw you can move to Oregon will they will tax you around the same for less services than you get in Wa

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worldclaimer t1_ja19brh wrote

Which services are less?

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PNWBirdy t1_ja778wp wrote

Washington seems to be able to employ people to keep public infrastructure running and clean when compared to Oregon.

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alex2002f t1_ja4fomc wrote

Don’t even have to go to california! Just go to oregon. It’s even worse.

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Old-AF t1_ja1vmj2 wrote

We pay 10% sales tax; zero difference.

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alex2002f t1_ja4g30e wrote

Well, in California the sales tax is 8-10%, plus 10% income tax.

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Old-AF t1_ja4gmnn wrote

That’s why WA doesn’t pass an income tax; the voters don’t trust the politicians not to do this to us.

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Daddy_Thick t1_ja1y4b3 wrote

🤦‍♂️ That’s all I can respond with to that.

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tankmode t1_ja0yvf3 wrote

effing seriously! if you want all the dumb taxes/laws from California that completely strangled the quality of life there for everyone, just move there yourself. its sunnier!

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