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Initiative to repeal Washington’s capital gains tax pits education funding against business concerns (www.geekwire.com)

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[–] chaospatterns 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Hmm well if I'm forced to choose between education and "business concerns".

I think I'll pick education. They claim that Washington State has a spending problem not a funding problem. The state spends a lot of money on education supposedly ($14k per student yet we're still having to close schools) so taking away funding definitely won't help the matter.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Weren't there just like ~7000 households in the entire state that had to pay ? The entire state has ~5,053,106 household.

I'm pretty sure there are 7000 households in WA that could use some help from journalists who don't have a one year capital gains bill higher than a quarter million dollars ?

WTFWA ?