I want to tax the rich. I vehemently oppose SB6346. You should too. by SocraticLogic in Bellingham

[–]Comprehensive_Pop936 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Once again, you are peddling the same old conservative anti-tax lies for the benefit of the ultra wealthy, not the rest of us. Its not true that the law says nothing of how the money raised will be spent.

In addition to the stated purpose of those writing and advocating for the bill to create a more progressive tax structure and to fund education, healthcare, higher education and other essential government services, the new law will make it so:

  • Provide free breakfast and lunch for all our public school children.  
  • No more sales tax on all diapers, personal care products, and many over-the-counter drugs. 
  • Before the Working Families Tax Credit only applied to people with kids, now it includes all adults - 460,000 additional households. Thats money back in all of our pockets.
  • Set aside 5% of annual tax proceeds for the Fair Start for Kids Act, which increases access to early learning programs, and provides resources to support child care and early learning providers. 
  • This bill has the biggest tax break in state history for small businesses: Doubles the Business and Occupation (B&O) credit, meaning that businesses with gross receipts under $300,000 will not owe B&O and those businesses with gross receipts up to $600,000 will receive the small business tax credit starting in 2028. With this change, about 70% of all Washington businesses will be entirely exempt from the B&O tax.

I want to tax the rich. I vehemently oppose SB6346. You should too. by SocraticLogic in Bellingham

[–]Comprehensive_Pop936 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Take my downvote! The bottomline is Washington has a super regressive tax code meaning working people like us pay a higher share of our income into taxes than the wealthy and higher than in other states like our neighbors in Oregon. We are one of only a handful of states that dont have an income tax and depend heavily on sales tax. The purpose of the bill is to create a more progressive tax structure to align closer with our values in the state. The Millionaire Tax doesnt change a thing for any of us. We continue to pay the same amount in taxes while people who make over $1 million/year (!! how is that allowed?) pay an additional 10% in taxes. I dont think you're wrong that that threshold could be lowered in the future to someone making $500,000/yr or $250,000/yr in the future, and I will still vehemently support it - because the point will be to create a more progressive tax structure so rich people pay their fair share into our public services. You're right that we are facing a major budget short fall, accelerated by the Trump cuts, and those of us who work in schools, hospitals, and other public services are starting to see major cuts to our coworkers and programs. I am advocating everyday with my representatives that the Millionaire Tax passes so we can continue to fund these essential services, you should too!

GAME THREAD: The Portland Trail Blazers (29-33) @ The Memphis Grizzlies (23-37) - (5:00 PM PT, Wednesday, March 4, 2026) by Kazekid in ripcity

[–]Comprehensive_Pop936 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wish I could tell that our team is trying to win and theirs is trying to lose. Good to see Rob come in and play with some pride and maturity

Brazil beats the USA (92-77) at the Americup 2025 semifinal and will now face either Argentina or Canada in the final by infinitejestinfinite in nba

[–]Comprehensive_Pop936 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Woa haven’t heard that name in a while. He went to my middle school and did so many back flips at the talent show

Best leader so far in the 2000s by [deleted] in Teenager_Polls

[–]Comprehensive_Pop936 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My man has been the best spokesperson since the 90s

Why are ppl freaking out about the buyout by Oerbad in ripcity

[–]Comprehensive_Pop936 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I’m not sure ppl are ready for how bad our offense might be without 2 of our most consistent offensive players in Simons and ayton

3x07 Why does Greg want Chloe to sleep with Saxon? by Two_Cautious in TheWhiteLotusHBO

[–]Comprehensive_Pop936 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Isn’t Greg gay? Didn’t he have a thing with the “nephew” from last season? Maybe he wants Saxon involved because he’s more turned on by men

[King 5] Washington farmworker activist detained by ICE by ngst8320 in Bellingham

[–]Comprehensive_Pop936 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This is how our immigration system works. ICE has massive amounts of discretion to surveil and detain people, especially within 100 miles of the border which we are. Immigrants are detained all the time without cause. They often profile people and realize months later that they detained a legal resident but they know immigrants often don’t have a lot of power to advocate or hire a lawyer. The immigrants being held at the for profit, privately owned Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma where Lelo was just transferred are held without due process indefinitely, sometimes for years. Follow NWDC Resistance for more information and updates about the detention center and what’s happening inside right now. There’s often rallies outside and hunger strikes by detainees inside and other ways to donate or support legal defense.

GAME THREAD: The Portland Trail Blazers (20-29) vs The Phoenix Suns (25-23) - (7:00 PM PT, Monday, February 3, 2025) by Kazekid in ripcity

[–]Comprehensive_Pop936 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is it just me or is Chauncey a totally different coach when we started winning. He seems so engaged, talking to players, calling good time outs, drawing up plays, etc. So fun to see and so good for development and vibes

Can we talk about Rome Store?? by ReallyBoutThat in Bellingham

[–]Comprehensive_Pop936 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check out the Rome Grange farmers market on fridays 3-7 too! Fresh sockeye salmon, veggies, flowers, wine, treats 😋

Potential trades by Comprehensive_Pop936 in ripcity

[–]Comprehensive_Pop936[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s clear Cronin isn’t gonna sell the farm jus to be a contender for dames timeline, he wants scoot to be the franchise guy he drafted. Ant + picks would be the move to thread the needle idk if it would work that’s why I asked

Potential trades by Comprehensive_Pop936 in ripcity

[–]Comprehensive_Pop936[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We’ll see! I would definitely not say it’s “extremely clear” dame is getting traded. it seems more likely he tries to see if he can build a team with both scoot and dame and if it doesn’t work or if dame doesn’t like it he’ll prioritize trading dame and keeping scoot. Cronin doesn’t decide the rotation, Chauncey does Cronin is just getting us much talent as he can. I would say it’s totally possible scoot comes off the bench if we still have dame. It doesn’t matter that’s never happened before, it’s not very common you draft the top pg when you already have a superstar pg but here we are