deuce-ish: Wow, when did you become a racist, sexist, xenophobic, transphobic fascist?*

Washington Libtards pass a 9.9% state income tax on couple incomes over $1 million - WesMantooth March 11, 2026, 12:07:53

WSJ: Red and blue states are growing further apart on income taxes - Potomac March 15, 2026, 11:54:05
- tldr. i assume almost all of blue state problems come down to absurd pensions right?* - Playoff Rondo March 15, 2026, 16:30:20
  - Avg teacher salary in WA state is $92K. Pension is based off of 5 highest years of service. - villain March 16, 2026, 13:30:08
    - Retiring at 55 is bogus; do they start collecting immediately?* - Potomac March 16, 2026, 13:45:20
      - I believe that in Illinois, there is a penalty for collecting before age 60 - OskeeWowWowDig Yesterday, 12:02:36
        
        The problem is that the state has proven they are incapable of managing defined benefit plans... - auto Today, 8:50:42
        
        ooo - Ari Gold Yesterday, 12:51:55
        
        ooo - OskeeWowWowDig Yesterday, 13:03:14
      - A lot of public employees can retire around that age with full pensions. - Lexillini March 16, 2026, 15:11:04
        
        They should be defined contribution retirements w/o taxpayers holding all the risk* - Potomac March 16, 2026, 18:12:08
        
        Wow, when did you become a racist, sexist, xenophobic, transphobic fascist?* - fratstud Yesterday, 13:09:04
        
        But, but.... unions!! * - osklister March 16, 2026, 18:28:03
        
        My neighbor the firefighter can retire with his full pension at 57 or 58 I believe… - haighter March 16, 2026, 18:09:15
        
        I think it makes sense for firefighters (though firefighters these days are mostly ... - auto Yesterday, 11:50:20
        
        I don't, because if people are ill or have disability, that's what those programs are for - Potomac Yesterday, 12:03:07
        
        Yes. Retirement age should be adjusted now that life expectancy has improved.* - OskeeWowWowDig Yesterday, 13:02:04
        
        correct.* - Ari Gold Yesterday, 16:50:17
      - The rat race is exhausting. 55 is worst case scenario for me barring some - WesMantooth March 16, 2026, 14:37:57
      - Yes. I had an aunt (by marriage) who retired at ~57 in Illinois on 90% pay... - auto March 16, 2026, 14:18:04
        
        and don't forget about the guaranteed 3% increase every year. I know many teachers who are making - Ari Gold March 16, 2026, 16:38:52
        
        Yes. I get it. Like I said, it's a sweet deal for Tier 1. - OskeeWowWowDig Yesterday, 13:00:42
        
        Didn’t they switch police and fire that were on tier 2 back to tier 1 - WesMantooth Yesterday, 7:56:32
        
        that makes no sense when pensions are for seniors* - Potomac March 16, 2026, 14:59:53
        
        My neighbor is a few years older than us, went to Illinois State, and is close - fratstud March 16, 2026, 14:26:30
        
        Are you in Greenville or very close? I bet Stud Jr is excited to watch the Illini - WesMantooth March 16, 2026, 14:33:39
        
        OMg! Also a great chance for you to see Franstud! - WesMantooth March 16, 2026, 14:40:21
        
        I technically live like 80 feet outside of Greenville in the county and as - fratstud March 16, 2026, 15:23:04
        
        Awesome!* - WesMantooth March 16, 2026, 15:45:10
  - Also putting illegal immigrants in nice hotels and paying for their - WesMantooth March 16, 2026, 10:45:58
    - I was shocked when I heard NYC was housing immigrants in the Roosevelt.. - auto March 16, 2026, 12:05:58
  - You'd have to haircut them by about half to get down to "absurd" levels. * - osklister March 16, 2026, 8:44:04
- Yeah…MO has been discussing reducing and eliminating the state income tax for the last several years - harb99 March 15, 2026, 13:05:14
  - happening in iowa too.* - Ari Gold March 15, 2026, 14:31:06
You all would love the proposed budget for my local county of 1M+ people - Potomac March 14, 2026, 21:35:06
LOL….Washington house just proposed HB2100 which will put a 5% tax on anyone making over 125k a year - villain March 14, 2026, 20:36:46
- LOL. As expected. - auto March 16, 2026, 9:57:08
Seahawks GM concerned about ability to sign free agents - Potomac March 13, 2026, 16:13:18
- california and new york are similar or worse right?* - Playoff Rondo March 14, 2026, 21:08:48
  - Yes, the Rams and Niners in their division already have it worse* - Potomac March 14, 2026, 21:36:13
- Sure ya do!! Because.... fairness. - osklister March 13, 2026, 16:42:58
  - Notice Shohei has an annuity - WesMantooth March 13, 2026, 18:04:49
    - There is a good chance California will sue him. - AceFrehley March 13, 2026, 18:07:00
      - If the wealth tax passes, I think the retroactive part won't survive the courts* - Potomac March 13, 2026, 18:09:33
        
        this makes me wonder if they move their permanent residence to a country with little or no - AceFrehley March 13, 2026, 20:54:46
        
        it won't stop them from trying. - AceFrehley March 13, 2026, 18:27:09
  - I don't think it's going to hamstring their pro sports teams - AceFrehley March 13, 2026, 17:01:57
I may have underestimated how bad this will get for WA - WesMantooth March 12, 2026, 13:30:32
- already gonna be indexed every other year for approx half of inflation - Potomac March 13, 2026, 6:13:34
  - I honestly can’t believe 1 in 200 Washingtonian households are $1 mill+ - WesMantooth March 13, 2026, 9:12:03
    - I don't have WA specific data, but the feds publish it - in 2024 there were 285K returns.... - auto March 16, 2026, 10:06:06
    - That seems too low. Perhaps if they are just normal family doctors that seems right. - villain March 13, 2026, 11:43:10
      - Just checked a former classmate/basketball teammate who is the Univ Washington team physician - WesMantooth March 13, 2026, 16:23:03
- i like that guy * - Giant Dong March 12, 2026, 23:16:37
  - Hadn’t heard of him before but I’m now following him - WesMantooth March 13, 2026, 9:09:30
- SALT really softens it. brings it down to 5-6% effective* - Playoff Rondo March 12, 2026, 14:45:16
  - SALT is capped at $40K, which matters if you make that much* - Potomac March 13, 2026, 6:15:29
    - The new $40K cap is phased out over $500K anyway.* - auto March 16, 2026, 9:51:40
- I give it 2 years tops before they drop it to 300k* - villain March 12, 2026, 13:39:05
  - WHAT??? You're saying this is all a huge scam to expand government? Can't believe it.... - osklister March 13, 2026, 8:44:02
end SALT deduction now! - Playoff Rondo March 11, 2026, 20:50:47
- it helped me decide to itemize for 2025 taxes, and I saved money. Still the raise was dumb* - Potomac March 11, 2026, 21:14:53
Dumbshits. I have no problem with them destroying their own states. - Lexillini March 11, 2026, 17:43:02
- Every single day someone new from California or Seattle finds a North Idaho community FB page - villain March 12, 2026, 13:48:49
  - There are no moderate Dems. Virginia is finding that out now.* - auto March 16, 2026, 10:07:28
  - They don't understand that you can be moderate but if you vote Democrat you are the problem* - AceFrehley March 13, 2026, 15:01:23
  - exactly * - Giant Dong March 12, 2026, 23:18:23
I’ve been thinking about this. Honestly it probably won’t hurt Washington that much - WesMantooth March 11, 2026, 16:48:52
- What remaining ones though? - auto March 11, 2026, 19:55:42
  - Tons of the tech companies will leave for Austin...maybe a few will jump to Boise or Phoenix - villain March 12, 2026, 13:55:19
Democrats are terrible people. * - AceFrehley March 11, 2026, 12:33:57
the state where an income tax is (allegedly) unconstitutional* - Potomac March 11, 2026, 12:31:03
- FWLIW: Illinois has a flat income tax. Pritzker, et al have been trying to change that. - osklister March 11, 2026, 13:34:11
FWIW: that's the State of Washington, not the federal government. * - osklister March 11, 2026, 12:15:56

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