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In reply to the discussion: What's the Matter with Washington State? [View all]pnwmom
(109,029 posts)51. That would depend entirely on the cost of the wedding.
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that is one single recent attempt that affected candy bars & similar things. food was never taxed
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#86
also wa resident (since birth). not saying you're wrong, but do you have a date?
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#95
actually, i did a bit more research. Food consumed off-premises (e.g. at home = groceries) was
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#102
I'll tell you why: states with income taxes aren't very progressive -- in fact, they can be
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#6
yeah, so the popular mythology goes. you know him personally, do you? fwiw, bill jr also
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#46
you're right. however, 43 states have an income tax & 45 have a sales tax. for a lot of the states
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#40
if the average rate is negative, it means there's no net tax collected. so it didn't make sense
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#104
The last time I was in Washington State, the "tourist tax" was pretty high
Art_from_Ark
Oct 2012
#101
poor people *can* avoid a great deal of sales tax. poor people with income *can't* avoid an income
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#23
run by bill gates and his minions, who want an income tax. just not on folks like bill gates, who
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#13
Don't forget the 2.2 billion tax welfare 'er subsidy that Boeing got. Yes, this welfare check saves
sad sally
Oct 2012
#15
In Washington, fixing the problem would require a constitutional amendment. nt
lumberjack_jeff
Oct 2012
#38
most states that have an income tax also have a sales tax, so it's a pretty good bet we'd get
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#47
WA is Orange County to San Diego CA, without the rest of SoCal to temper it.
Egalitarian Thug
Oct 2012
#20
Before you bag on WA too much, remember that voters there are set to possibly
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2012
#25
I think having the highest minimum wage does help to counteract the highest sales tax.
pnwmom
Oct 2012
#53
Where is this 'downtown Washington with the excellent public transport'?
lumberjack_jeff
Oct 2012
#64
rent is high because the rich & upper classes have bid up the price of housing in the seattle market
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#67
and all of washington doesn't have high rents. where i live rents aren't significantly higher than
HiPointDem
Oct 2012
#80
Its been ten years since I live there, but the Seattle area is what I am most familiar with
bhikkhu
Oct 2012
#71
We just went eighty-two days without rain. And when it does, it's a light drizzle.
Norrin Radd
Oct 2012
#105
I live in Seattle and it's still a decent place. Public transportation is getting even better.
nolabear
Oct 2012
#93
The federal sales tax deduction only applies if you have large deductions elsewhere.
former9thward
Oct 2012
#68
An initiative for an income tax on top earners got absolutely flattened at the polls
eridani
Oct 2012
#74