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Isord t1_jaubz14 wrote

Reply to comment by Allmyfinance in WA Legislature’s secrecy push undermines accountability, trust and civic knowledge by Politics_Knower

It's literally just factually correct. You cann't make a sales tax progressive. You can make an income tax progressive. That doesn't mean every income tax is progressive, doesn't mean income tax is inherently a better idea, or anything of the sort. I am simply stating a fact about income taxes that would be one reason people would support one.

And I'd rather we just not file taxes at all, every year, like real countries do.

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Allmyfinance t1_jaucktp wrote

It’s not a fact just because you say it is. Most sales taxes exempt necessary household goods and food. You could also impose high sales taxes on luxury goods that only rich folks buy like yachts planes and caviar. It is very possible to not make sales type taxes regressive. I’d support super high tax on luxury goods before I’d even support an income tax for Washington. Earned Income taxes crush the middle class that’s all they are for.

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Isord t1_jaud7tv wrote

That's fair, most people when they say "Sales Tax" mean the single type used basically across the board in the US and don't mean things like a VAT tax, luxury tax, etc. If we mean the broader term then yeah it can be progressive.

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