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Just salary, not even the full cost of having an employee on staff.
I just refuse to believe this is a massive burden on these businesses without numbers.
People said the same stuff about the minimum wage increase.
> Probably a better idea to look at how the tax system is setup here to favor the wealthy versus low income.
They did and that's why they decided on this tax instead of yet more horribly regressive sales taxes.
Washington has a god awful tax system. This is one of the options they had to get the money without squeezing the poor and middle class even more.
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Just salary, not even the full cost of having an employee on staff.
I just refuse to believe this is a massive burden on these businesses without numbers.
People said the same stuff about the minimum wage increase.
> Probably a better idea to look at how the tax system is setup here to favor the wealthy versus low income.
They did and that's why they decided on this tax instead of yet more horribly regressive sales taxes.
Washington has a god awful tax system. This is one of the options they had to get the money without squeezing the poor and middle class even more.