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Posted on 02/17/2026 12:12:37 PM PST by Beave Meister
Washington state moved one step closer Monday to creating a personal income tax two years after the Legislature said it wouldn’t.
Majority Democrats in the Senate advanced legislation on a 27-22 vote to tax households earning more than a million dollars. Passage of the bill followed a three-and-a-half hour debate on whether this will make for a fairer tax code or harm the economy and incite an exodus of Washington’s wealthy residents.
House Speaker Laurie Jinkins, D-Tacoma, who watched the vote from the wings of the Senate, was all smiles as she returned to her chamber.
“This is a place where the people and the governor and the Legislature are well-aligned,” she said of the tax. “We’ll keep working on the details.”
Senate Bill 6346 is one of the most politically divisive bills this session. Dubbed the “millionaires’ tax” by backers, it would impose a 9.9% levy on personal income over $1 million a year. The tax applies to household income, meaning married couples and registered domestic partners with combined earnings over that amount would pay.
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Karl lives in Seattle....
Microsoft executives to abandon ship in 3..2..1
A life consumed with envy and greed, blind to their own destruction.
There is no love, no charity, no compassion in such hearts, of the lust of worldly things.
Say goodbye to job creators. What do your hopium jobs pay in Washington State?
This is what passes for the religious community in Washington. Christian Socialists.
A man with a good job and income is Public Enemy #1
So completely and blasphemously misinterpreting scripture to support their sins of envy, lust, greed, and theft to name a few.
The good news -— people will be leaving in droves. The bad news -— people will be leaving in droves and moving to red states.
Democrats never saw a tax they didn't like.
Dubbed the “millionaires’ tax” by backers, it would impose a 9.9% levy on personal income over $1 million a year...“We’ll keep working on the details.”
In other words this is a bait and switch.
Once an income tax is on the books it is just a matter of time until inflation and tweeking over time creates and expands it in to a progressive income tax just like we have at the federal level.
The Federal income tax was originally a Tax on the Rich.
I guess it’s ancient history, but folks in Washington really should read up on Connecticut, which had held the line against income taxes for many years until Lowell Weicker caved in and signed a democrat bill.
In ten years, it’ll be at 5 percent on household income over $50,000. And stair stepping up from there.
My crystal ball tells me there will soon be fewer millionaires in Washington state.
It will drop to $100k pretty soon
GOODBYE SEAHAWKS
GOODBYE ANY OTHER SPORTS TEAMS
ORACLE, ALSO
WHEN IS ORACLE RELOCATING?
HOW ABOUT THE PRO SPORTS TEAMS?
I can’t imagine many pro athletes wanting to play in that state much longer
‘to whom much is given, much is required.’”
= = =
Jesus gives Salvation and Eternal Life - that is ‘much’.
You give up all, all your life.
Meanwhile, “Obedience is better than sacrifice” (whereever that verse is).
They’re getting what they deserve.
And soon after that $50K
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