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The question for me is why. According to http://openbudget.seattle.gov/#!/year/default http://openbudget.seattle.gov/#!/year/default 2013: 4.32Billion 2014:
by conanbatt 9y ago
The question for me is why.
According to http://openbudget.seattle.gov/#!/year/default http://openbudget.seattle.gov/#!/year/default
2013: 4.32Billion
2014: 4.72Billion
2015: 5.14Billion
2016: 5:41Billion
2017: 5.71Billion
The city is having almost half a billion extra revenue every year in the past 4 years, and yet it feels compelled to increase taxes.
This has to be just a money grab.
- lh7777 9y agoAs I understand it, it's mostly an attempt to pave the way for an eventual statewide income tax. I'm all for that -- our regressive tax structure is terrible -- but I would've preferred that this measure serve as an offset to lower other taxes rather than just funding whatever new stuff the council feels like spending money on.