Re:Bill Gates calls for income tax in Washington state
by rootusrootus on Sunday January 05, 2020 @06:04PM
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You need look no further than the other side of the Columbia River to see the trade-off. Most years, Washington has the most regressive tax regime in the United States, Oregon has the least regressive. Oregon has an income tax and no sales tax.
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Re:Bill Gates calls for income tax in Washington state
by terandle on Sunday January 05, 2020 @10:02PM
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Are the proposals for adding income tax to WA going to also reduce the sales tax in equal measure so that the states total revenue stays around the same amount?
Re:Bill Gates calls for income tax in Washington state
by aksss on Sunday January 05, 2020 @09:33PM
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What specific effect are observing to compare outcomes? OR has better strip clubs and more people blocking urban intersections and lighting stuff on fire.
Re:Bill Gates calls for income tax in Washington state
by rootusrootus on Sunday January 05, 2020 @09:45PM
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I don't think I'd go that far. Except for the strip clubs, that's definitely a plus. We do know how the tax is distributed by income, however, which may be the only useful metric (absolute values having not much to do with method, I assume).