Da Fuq, Seattle?

dnc

2001400ex said:

I'd hold your outage for something that could affect you in your lifetime.

Take this to the thread where it belongs fucko!

Intersectional_Dawg

I would be more then happy if the state replaced the sales tax with an income tax.

If you can't see that this proposal is nothing more than an election year gambit, then I can't help you.

PurpleThrobber

Intersectional_Dawg said:

I would be more then happy if the state replaced the sales tax with an income tax.

If you can't see that this proposal is nothing more than an election year gambit, then I can't help you.

The tax structure in the state needs to be revised to a three-pronged approach - sales, income and property with pro-rata reduction in the sales and property tax in exchange for an income tax.

The Sales and Property tax are regressive standing alone and penalize the poor and elderly. But simply tacking on an income tax on top of the existing regressive system is a pure money grab by Mr. Boy Diddler.

Southerndawg

PurpleThrobber said:

Intersectional_Dawg said:

I would be more then happy if the state replaced the sales tax with an income tax.

If you can't see that this proposal is nothing more than an election year gambit, then I can't help you.

The tax structure in the state needs to be revised to a three-pronged approach - sales, income and property with pro-rata reduction in the sales and property tax in exchange for an income tax.

The Sales and Property tax are regressive standing alone and penalize the poor and elderly. But simply tacking on an income tax on top of the existing regressive system is a pure money grab by Mr. Boy Diddler.

Agree on the Boy Diddler, and on the need for a restructuring of the tax code in general, but be careful what you wish for. A state income tax is a bad idea IMHO.

doogie

Seems to me, with record state revenues and growth unparalleled in the entire country, Washington shouldn't be in such a hurry to copy failed state tax structures.

PurpleThrobber

doogie said:

Seems to me, with record state revenues and growth unparalleled in the entire country, Washington shouldn't be in such a hurry to copy failed state tax structures.

You sound like you don't know any poor or old people.

Pitchfork51

You had me at three pronged.

CheersWestDawg

It speaks to how fucking retarded the citizens of Seattle are.

Former Mayor McSchwinn floats the idea then Mayor Pedo picks it up and throws it into his white, windowless Parkinson Painting van because both know that Seattle voters actually WANT an income tax.

Sledog

Progressive means communist nowadays. Seattle does not have the legal authority to institute an income tax. Why are communist child diddlers allowed to keep breathing?

PurpleThrobber

Sledog said:

Progressive means communist nowadays. Seattle does not have the legal authority to institute an income tax. Why are communist child diddlers allowed to keep breathing?

That was my original point - the income tax is unconstitutional in this state.

But I am not philosophically opposed to an state income tax given significant reductions to the other tax sources currently utilized in the state. The gas tax is criminal for the condition of roads in the state. The property tax is simply a money grab based on subjective opinion of valuation.