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lumberjack_jeff

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3. I try to point this out every time some dumbass points to sales taxes as a panacea.

Reply to ErikJ (Original post)

Wed Jan 30, 2013, 04:15 PM

Jan 2013

Sales and use taxes, property taxes, no income tax, and fee for service are why Washington sucks as a place to be working class or poor.

Most of our tax revenue comes from those least able to afford it.

Jeff Bezos, Howard Schultz and Bill Gates live here because poor people will pay their taxes.

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Washington State's poor pay 605% higher tax rate than top 1%. [View all] ErikJ Jan 2013 OP

Wow. K n R Lionessa Jan 2013 #1

K&R Squinch Jan 2013 #2

I try to point this out every time some dumbass points to sales taxes as a panacea. lumberjack_jeff Jan 2013 #3

+1 Blue_Tires Jan 2013 #7

Sales taxes are needed in addition to very progressive income taxes. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #10

Whaa? lumberjack_jeff Jan 2013 #12

I would lower costs, or taxes on companies that hire American workers in their American businesses. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #18

Republican state legislatures generally pull out all stops to soak the poor while assiduously indepat Jan 2013 #4

LA Gov. Jindal is going to drop income tax and increase sales tax just days after his speech ErikJ Jan 2013 #6

That isn't the case in Washington. lumberjack_jeff Jan 2013 #13

Some believe the unconstitutional may not hold up today Kennah Jan 2013 #19

voters won't accept an income tax KT2000 Jan 2013 #5

I like being informed, too theaocp Jan 2013 #8

the moneyed interests KT2000 Jan 2013 #17

Washington Rejects Income Tax Initiative on Wealthiest Residents-11/2/2010 ErikJ Jan 2013 #16

Well, the poor should hire better accountants. tclambert Jan 2013 #9

The group that crunches these numbers is the Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy PA Democrat Jan 2013 #11

DURec leftstreet Jan 2013 #14

FLAT TAX IS NOT GOOD EITHER ROBROX Jan 2013 #15