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[deleted] t1_j5gfbcq wrote

Reply to comment by flanol in Prepare to make less money than expected: PFML payroll tax doubles in 2023 by explore509

My understanding of the article was that they were saying people making hundreds of thousands of dollars per year shouldn’t qualify for the benefit, but that the working class should.

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flanol t1_j5go3sk wrote

I understand where you’re coming from because the idea is to give the lion’s share of the benefit to those that need it the most, but this is better achieved by making the benefit apply to all with no income cap and funding it with progressive taxes.

The bottom 20% of earners in Washington, who most need PFML, are taxed at 17.8% of their income while the top 1% statewide are taxed at 3%, which is obviously immoral.

The issue is not between the working class and the middle class, it’s between the 99% and a government that caters only to the rich. This article is just a wormy attempt to obfuscate that.

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Standard-Ad-6964 t1_j5szen4 wrote

One random survey quoted that 17.8% vs 3% out of thin air and everyone just throws around that number. Food, Medicine & Rent are excluded from taxes in WA. So not sure how the bottom earners are contributing more through car registrations (taxed based on model/year, at least very heavily in King county) & other sin taxes.

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