Comments on Seattle Conservative: Washington Income Tax

The conventional wisdom says that sales taxes are ...

2009-04-19T17:37:00.000-07:00

The conventional wisdom says that sales taxes are regressive in that they hit the poor hardest, because the poor spend all of their income.

Yes, you are correct, there is a Rep. who introduc...

2009-04-13T20:13:00.000-07:00

Yes, you are correct, there is a Rep. who introduces a new income tax bill every year, but I believe this one was introduced by another person.

What we need is Robin Hood. He robs from the rich...

2009-04-10T12:23:00.000-07:00

What we need is Robin Hood. He robs from the rich and gives to the poor. Watch the movie, it totally works.

The only way a state income tax would make sense i...

2009-04-10T12:05:00.000-07:00

The only way a state income tax would make sense is if we did away with sales tax a la Oregon. I agree that a state income tax is a terrible idea.

Sales tax already taxes the rich more. They spend more money, buy more cars, buy bigger tv's, bigger houses, more jewlery, etc.

I can't remember her name, but there's one state rep who introduces an income tax bill every year in our state legislature and it never goes anywhere.