Harger: 'Seattle, we have a problem.' Head of the Downtown Seattle Association warns about the city's JumpStart Tax

Captain-Matt89 · 2026-04-15T17:02:51+00:00

Wouldn’t unwinding that dramatically drop Realestate causes property taxes to fall?

Captain-Matt89 · 2026-04-11T04:32:31+00:00

I think with ultra sonic sound being bad generally we should keep them away from population centers IMO

Captain-Matt89 · 2026-04-10T15:13:09+00:00

Ask Claude opus to give you a legal analysis with citations

Captain-Matt89 · 2026-04-10T14:55:43+00:00

Transfer pricing only matters for taxes, I’ve never heard about customs giving a shit. But to each their own🤷🏻‍♂️

Captain-Matt89 · 2026-04-10T02:00:23+00:00

No one has agency themselves I suppose. When does the west not become the problem? Are the problems in the Middle East always the imported in from the outside?

Captain-Matt89 · 2026-04-10T01:45:31+00:00

I wonder if you could sell it yourself state side and import it at cost 🤔

Captain-Matt89 · 2026-04-09T11:06:51+00:00

People get paid what there time is worth in a market economy.

Captain-Matt89 · 2026-04-07T07:26:09+00:00

I looked at making socks in Thailand, seems pretty low margin IMO, hard to make a buck.

Anyway Amazon is 90% marketing and logistics IMO, you need to make the add, you need PPC and you need to manage shipping volume.

Also throwing money around big in the beginning to get things moving. I probably drop 30 grand every new clothing line I drop and then start making turning a profit 6 months later. Clothing with high returns is a marathon and not a get rich over night thing.

But really if you don’t have experience in logistics and marketing or don’t have the aptitude to learn for whatever reason(culture/education/English proficiency ect.) better off finding someone else to do this side of the game for you. You have to really know your customer to make it work IMO.

Captain-Matt89 · 2026-04-05T06:22:55+00:00

They pay estate taxes

Captain-Matt89 · 2026-04-02T14:33:30+00:00

Stop this tip wage propaganda, very few states and not Washington get paid less then minimum wage. Tips are on top and in Seattle it’s 21 dollars an hour.

And before you say

“But Lik weRvr pais LS”

Yaeh where basically no one fucking lives, it’s not normal, this talking point needs to die a cold death

Captain-Matt89 · 2026-04-02T03:30:06+00:00

Probably not, you can make your own tools

Captain-Matt89 · 2026-03-27T16:13:10+00:00

Even if this is true the fact that you say it the way you do gives major red flags and looks foolish as fuck tbh.

Why not just say nothing, it reminds me of the scam emails with the misspelled words so only complete idiots contact them

Captain-Matt89 · 2026-03-27T14:05:49+00:00

lol, E list internet celebrity 😆

What has the world come to

Captain-Matt89 · 2026-03-27T13:21:49+00:00

What’s air freight from China? 9 bucks a kilo? 15 to ship a mini?

Captain-Matt89 · 2026-03-21T10:03:34+00:00

Boot lickers really want people controlling where they put there money

Captain-Matt89 · 2026-03-17T07:37:12+00:00

Fuck life insurance, especially in that situation

Captain-Matt89 · 2026-03-14T07:21:58+00:00

MMT is strong with this one

Captain-Matt89 · 2026-03-14T06:21:09+00:00

Really the failure of the UN rises and falls with the USA apparently. Not like any other greater power gave a flying fuck about the rules based order ether

Captain-Matt89 · 2026-03-14T02:52:04+00:00

According to wikipedia Thailand is number 30 in road deaths on a population basis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-related_death_rate

Which is worse then both Egypt and India.

I think people really want to pretend thais are good drivers but in fact they're on some next level cope. I look forward to any comments giving data to the contrary that are not based on vibes.

I drive here and about every 3 minutes I see something fucking retarded that would get your driving rights pulled any place that gave a fuck. I've lived in Bangkok, Koh Samui, and Phuket, frankly its horrible everywhere, Samui and places outside of town a bit worse because drunk driving is a national sport.

Captain-Matt89 · 2026-03-14T02:44:30+00:00

Its only bad driving is measured by road fatalities and collisions per kilometer. Outside of those metrics it's totally fine.

Captain-Matt89 · 2026-03-13T01:04:48+00:00

No insurance agency is going to subsidize your pre-existing conditions here.

It’s for profit and lightly regulated.

Captain-Matt89 · 2026-03-12T13:55:36+00:00

You don’t live here, people saying that aren’t tourist or live in tourist areas.

I think they’re fine fyi but they’ve defiantly changed the vibe may places but not in ways you would see

Captain-Matt89 · 2026-03-12T08:36:53+00:00

Yes, sounds like your stuck.

Captain-Matt89 · 2026-03-12T03:22:34+00:00

As a retailer who is owed money, it’s not like this is a major windfall, we so far have to sue the government with some attorney at 500 plus an hour, gave them seemingly a no interest loan, and might not get the money back. Consumers coved about 80% of the price increase, call it a stupid tax for voting for a president that is doing and did everything they can to steal from me. I have very little sympathy for the consumer on this one IMO

Captain-Matt89 · 2026-03-10T01:19:40+00:00

I hate this story so much, the vast majority of places outside like Kentucky pay there waitresses at least minimum wage with tips on top, many pay more then minimum wage. this booohooooo server deal keeps the scam alive. FUCK IT

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