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One of the pluses of living in Seattle instead of the Bay Area is the significantly lower taxes (especially given that Washington has no state income tax); this

• techsupporter 10y ago
  > this could be a trend in the wrong direction Some, like myself, argue that Puget Sound's taxes (and those in Seattle, specifically) are too low to both pay for the infrastructure we have and that which we need. Our property tax rate inside Seattle is in the bottom half of the country and our sales tax is relied upon too heavily and fluctuates too much to be used for funding things that need a long-term stable tax source. I'm perfectly willing to pay taxes on transit, schools, roads, water-and-wastewater, social services, and even a municipal fiber optic network. Voters usually agree with me since almost all of these levies have been put to a public vote and are approved in, generally, at least 2:1 margins.
  • Hydraulix989 10y ago
    I still remember how miffed everyone was about the toll bridge...