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More like an "empathy-deficiency drain", and I have no problem with that.

arjunbanker 9y ago
nailed it ^^
chronic6a5 9y ago
Soon, there will be even more homeless. I'll take my money (i.e., tax payment) elsewhere, which Seattle just so happens to need. Hopefully someone else will pay for it. Best of luck to the city of Seattle. They will truly need it.
- flukus 9y ago
  Considering there are places on earth with much lower taxes than you've been paying, I really doubt you'll move because of this.
fleshBot 9y ago
If not submitting to having my income expropriated at the barrel of a politician's gun means I lack empathy then you are using a very strange definition for the word "empathy".
- toomuchtodo 9y ago
  You earn your income only because the framework of government and society have provided the ability for you to do so.
  - jstanley 9y ago
    How can one tell when one earns one's money because of government's intervention, and when one earns one's money despite government's intervention?
- breadbox 9y ago
  You are supported by the social systems that surround you. They aren't conjured out of thin air. But if you don't want to support them in turn, then you are hardly being forced to. Just move somewhere else. There are a lot of cities in this country.
  - stmfreak 9y ago
    There are a lot of so-called "needy" who are also supported by these social systems. Where are the calls to get them to pay their "fair" share?
    - breadbox 9y ago
      There are no "calls" for them to pay their fair share because for the most part they already are, in many cases well more than they can afford. Your comment also implicitly presumes that the wealthy were already paying their fair share, and this is some extra burden arbitrarily heaped upon them by an unkind majority.
      - fleshBot 9y ago
        How much, exactly, is "society's" fair share of someone else's money? This is the problem. There is this assumption that taxes are used to care for the destitute. Absolutely, some amount of taxes do go to that end. However, I've worked enough government contracts to know that the vast majority of that money goes to providing middle-class incomes for people in government who otherwise would not be making that sort of money because of a distinct lack of intelligence, competence, or diligence.
  - conanbatt 9y ago
    As I mentioned in other posts, the city government is having half a billion extra cash every year for the past 5 years. The city has a lot of money to support and expand its infrastructure. 8% increase YoY in tax revenue sounds like they are not running into money problems.

nailed it ^^

Soon, there will be even more homeless. I'll take my money (i.e., tax payment) elsewhere, which Seattle just so happens to need. Hopefully someone else will pay for it. Best of luck to the city of Seattle. They will truly need it.

flukus 9y ago
Considering there are places on earth with much lower taxes than you've been paying, I really doubt you'll move because of this.

fleshBot 9y ago

If not submitting to having my income expropriated at the barrel of a politician's gun means I lack empathy then you are using a very strange definition for the word "empathy".

toomuchtodo 9y ago
You earn your income only because the framework of government and society have provided the ability for you to do so.
- jstanley 9y ago
  How can one tell when one earns one's money because of government's intervention, and when one earns one's money despite government's intervention?
breadbox 9y ago
You are supported by the social systems that surround you. They aren't conjured out of thin air. But if you don't want to support them in turn, then you are hardly being forced to. Just move somewhere else. There are a lot of cities in this country.
- stmfreak 9y ago
  There are a lot of so-called "needy" who are also supported by these social systems. Where are the calls to get them to pay their "fair" share?
  - breadbox 9y ago
    There are no "calls" for them to pay their fair share because for the most part they already are, in many cases well more than they can afford. Your comment also implicitly presumes that the wealthy were already paying their fair share, and this is some extra burden arbitrarily heaped upon them by an unkind majority.
    - fleshBot 9y ago
      How much, exactly, is "society's" fair share of someone else's money? This is the problem. There is this assumption that taxes are used to care for the destitute. Absolutely, some amount of taxes do go to that end. However, I've worked enough government contracts to know that the vast majority of that money goes to providing middle-class incomes for people in government who otherwise would not be making that sort of money because of a distinct lack of intelligence, competence, or diligence.
- conanbatt 9y ago
  As I mentioned in other posts, the city government is having half a billion extra cash every year for the past 5 years. The city has a lot of money to support and expand its infrastructure. 8% increase YoY in tax revenue sounds like they are not running into money problems.