Politics Jul 7, 2017 at 2:43 pm

As They Screwed Seattle Taxpayers, Lawmakers Slipped In a Tax Cut for Business. Will Inslee Veto It? UPDATE: Yes!

Eli Sanders
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Considering people will continue to blindly vote them back into office regardless, gonna guess "no".
tmplknght on July 7, 2017 at 11:00 AM Report this
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Lol Inslee doesn't need to give Seattle anything because they give him everything for free
No one likes Seattle liberals. on July 7, 2017 at 11:06 AM Report this
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Democrats, always ready to raise the white flag a little higher. How could anyone trust people with such a dismal record of failures reflected in their party being the weakest it has been in a century. Republicans are going to own us with these sell outs in charge of the opposition.
anon1256 on July 7, 2017 at 11:10 AM Report this
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This budget deal will also raise the rents even higher for those of us in Seattle who have yet to purchase a home, thus making it more difficult to save for a down payment.
My cat's best friend on July 7, 2017 at 11:26 AM Report this
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The problem with WA state Democrats is that the WA state GOP is a hopeless mess. They have nothing to compete against except a party that thinks Jesus is their CEO and gets their voter support from moronic element of the welfare counties.

As far as this is concerned, Inslee should sign the bill so that we can finally get the school funding straightened out.

Catalina Vel-DuRay on July 7, 2017 at 11:29 AM Report this
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@5: School funding will never be straighten out because of chronic competing interests in our public school system that only gets worse with every tax increase.

I assume then that you have ample disposable income to pay for the added $40 per month on Chez Vel-DuRay.
Phoebe in Wallingford on July 7, 2017 at 11:40 AM Report this
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We don't want higher taxes in puget sound to pay for a tax cut in Republican counties... We want puget sound taxes to pay for priorities in the puget sound like transit and housing.

It isn't just on region's responsibility to pay for the whole state.

Our state legislature is incredibly out of touch. I will vote against any incumbent democrat if another democrat runs...
catphive on July 7, 2017 at 12:57 PM Report this
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9: Large parts of Puget Sound will be getting breaks, such as Tacoma, Kent, and Federal Way.

I can't believe the rank hypocrisy of screaming about breaks for those diverse districts while the biggest tax increases will be for places like Mercer Island, Bainbridge Island, and Issaquah.

How do you expect the Legislature to provide for a "uniform" system of public education and not have the better-off districts subsidize the poorer districts?
Teslick on July 7, 2017 at 1:07 PM Report this
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@10 so the poor (and conservative and diverse™) parts of Puget sound all benefits also. That's great fuck anyone here who is all muh rents going up. You can afford rent in Seattle and you don't deserve and single family home or town home. So stop acting entitled.
Liberal and progressive really suck on July 7, 2017 at 1:11 PM Report this
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@6 I can never tell if you're trolling or really really dumb.
JonnoN on July 7, 2017 at 1:38 PM Report this
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@12 - I can never tell if you have anything substantive to say or just enjoy trolling by volleying insulting retorts.
Phoebe in Wallingford on July 7, 2017 at 1:58 PM Report this
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@12: Ageeed, it's like "she" is a parody of a terrible person, your average newspaper comment board poster, but it's so consistent.
undead ayn rand on July 7, 2017 at 3:42 PM Report this
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@12

Always the former, but often also the latter.
seatackled on July 7, 2017 at 3:48 PM Report this
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Phoebe dear, it's sweet of you to worry about us, but I can assure you that we won't have trouble scrounging up that extra $40. I'm a lot more worried about you being able to hold your head up as a Republican, because it just must be so embarrassing.
Catalina Vel-DuRay on July 7, 2017 at 4:12 PM Report this
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Wow, Inslee's integrity is nearly shot to pieces over this.
raindrop on July 7, 2017 at 4:16 PM Report this
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@5 except the state Gop seems to have no problem setting the agenda for the last 8 years or so :(

The state dems (and most dems) are wimps.

j2patter on July 7, 2017 at 4:55 PM Report this
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Well, I happened to be standing right behind Governor Inslee when he lined vetoed the B&O tax breaks for businesses from the budget (the WA Motion Picture Competitiveness Program - AKA the WA Filmworks bill - was lumped in with these and a couple of other bills and we were there for a photo op when he signed), and I can't say that anyone was displeased by the action.
COMTE on July 7, 2017 at 5:01 PM Report this
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@16: I can too. I will have to have fewer pilates sessions. My neighbor however has been talking about selling though, as she only has SS and her husband's pension. Still that's not enough.

One's political ideology is never embarrassing. Please make a note of that.
Phoebe in Wallingford on July 7, 2017 at 6:45 PM Report this
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Phoebe dear, republicanism is a perpetual state of white-after-Labor-Day, but you wear it well.

And your impoverished neighbor is pretty lucky - they can sell that house for a handsome profit and buy something quite nice in another location. But if they are truly "wed" to Seattle and are that impoverished, there are several programs that they can take advantage of, from property tax relief, to generous discounts on utilities.
Catalina Vel-DuRay on July 8, 2017 at 7:04 AM Report this
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And there is still no hope of a capital budget ever getting passed. Tell me again how great Inslee is as Govenor?
Last of the Time Lords on July 8, 2017 at 8:25 AM Report this
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The real problem is the broken state tax structure. The solution is to reform it and include some form of income tax. The Republicans absolutely oppose that, but the real problem is that it looks like 55%of the voters oppose it too.

Some day I expect regular washingtonians to tire of the rich pulling away from them... But it hasn't happened yet.
jefffisher on July 8, 2017 at 12:57 PM Report this
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@24: Considering that an income tax would relieve property taxes to some extent, its popularity may grow.
raindrop on July 8, 2017 at 8:50 PM Report this
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@21 - Can you please explain how less pilates makes it easier to hold up one's head? The neck holds the head, and the core holds the neck, and pilates strengthens the core. Are you implying that you don't have a neck, and that you in fact are just a burnt out Jack-O-Lantern mysteriously floating over a burlap sack of government cheese? I for one was not born yesterday, and so suspect that you in fact have quite the burly and generously-wattled neck to support all the leaden banality.
Clara T on July 9, 2017 at 11:32 PM Report this
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Curses, cynicism foiled! Thanks for the update.
tmplknght on July 10, 2017 at 8:58 AM Report this

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