Two things:
1. When a small two bedroom home in Ballard goes for $900,000, $250k a year is not “rich”.
2. Until the voters of THE ENTIRE STATE vote to legalize income tax, I don’t think municipalities nor counties can legally levy an income tax.
Washington is a no-income-tax state.
Local control
Recall em all
I don’t know enough about Washington’s state constitution to know whether or not a locality can impose an income tax without the state’s approval.
I know that here in Pennsylvania Philadelphia’s status as a “first class city” allows it to impose pretty much any insane tax it wants with no oversight from Harrisburg.
New York City has an income tax.
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