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Re:Seattle repeals tax on companies like Amazon by klipt on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @01:01AM (#17300389)
I think economists generally agree that a flat per-head tax is regressive and bad policy.

If you're going to tax workers, why not a progressive income tax?

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Re:Seattle repeals tax on companies like Amazon by maym86 on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @01:14AM (#17300423)
This is a tax on the company. This is not a direct tax on workers. A flat tax on people I agree is bad policy. This is not that. It isn't even a flat tax on companies as requires the company to have a large minimum amount of revenue.

Increased tax on large profitable companies in another form would also be fine.

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Re:Seattle repeals tax on companies like Amazon by prolikewhoa on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @01:51PM (#17305433)
The thing is, it wasn't taxing workers. It was taxing businesses. This was _not_ coming out of workers paychecks. Income tax is illegal per the WA state constitution.
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