On 11/4/2010 6:55 AM, Doug Henwood wrote:
> So Washington state voters rejected the income tax on $200,000+ households, but approved the lifting of the sales tax on candy and soda! I'm tempted to make some obvious joke about bloated, toothless idiots serving their masters, but that would be to blame the victim, wouldn't it?
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Yep, it's painful to be a transplanted Portlander; state tax policy is crushingly regressive in Washington state. Because the state relies primarily on a sales tax for state revenue, the effective tax rate on people living in poverty is about 18% of income; in contrast, the tax rate is less than 1% of income for the upper class. It's fucking dumb. (--But at least the poor get to buy tax-free candy again!)
Miles