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kleinbl00 · 1990 days ago · link · · parent · post: Fucking businesses fucking up the fucking democratic process.
There are a lot of distortions in Washington State due to the fact that it has no state income tax. That pretty much makes every tax (with the possible exception of property tax, which doesn't apply to anyone who doesn't own property) regressive. 35% of my town's operating budget is sales tax. Another 18% is property tax. 4% is professional licenses and 4% is red light tickets. 36,000 citizens, $131m in the budget. Yeah. We write $5m in red light tickets. We spend $7m on public works.