You probably already heard this recent quote: “I think the claims that millionaires are going to leave our state are super overblown,” she said. “And the ones that leave? Like, bye.” But I guess she is what voters want.
From the Times:
Ms. Wilson’s comments generated applause and laughter in the room. But outside, the remarks drew a swift reaction and highlighted how political leaders and business executives are increasingly uneasy about Seattle’s changing relationship with the companies that helped transform the city into a global hub for entrepreneurial innovation. Her “like, bye,” and the wave she gave with it, also pulled Seattle into a broader debate in liberal cities about how to solve rising housing prices and economic disparity without driving away investment, employers and affluent residents.
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Ms. Wilson’s comments have drawn national attention to the worry among business leaders that Seattle doesn’t appreciate them, first from right-wing influencers, then mainstream outlets. Last week, Starbucks co-founder Howard Schultz singled out the mayor in a Wall Street Journal column accusing Ms. Wilson of “socialist rhetoric” that “vilifies employers, even while she continues to rely on them for revenue.”
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Pro-business sentiments in Nashville and Middle Tennessee are not necessarily matched around the Puget Sound. Last fall, voters in the region elected a slate of candidates, including Ms. Wilson, that promised more taxes on the wealthy. This spring, the state legislature created a new “millionaire’s tax” on personal income over $1 million, and recent polls have shown a majority of potential Washington voters, including Republicans, support the tax, which opponents are trying to force onto the November ballot....
Starbucks officials have framed the Nashville investments as a natural next step in their efforts to grow, particularly in the South and the Sun Belt.... Tennessee, which has no state income tax, a lower cost of living and right-to-work laws that make labor organizing more difficult, is pointedly offering itself as a refuge for companies weary of higher taxes, tighter regulations and soak-the-rich sentiments....
The mayor said she understands now that everything she says will be parsed for potential anti-business sound-bites and that she should have “a multidimensional relationship” with companies like Starbucks....
I, for one, love these little experiments. By all means, raise taxes on the wealthiest individuals.
it is exactly what they have created in every leftist utopia in this country. The pure middle class is priced out and the only three classes that can survive are (1) upper middle and above, (2) government grifter class that has an above market protected income and pension from the tax base and (3) uber poor who receive substantial subsidies and government largess. It has happened in every major metropolitan area dominated by the political left at the local and state level. Chicago, DC, NYC, Seattle, LA, SF, Portland, Minneapolis, and more recently it's hitting Denver.
The pure middle class from those places is moving to the South and Texas, with pockets forming in Idaho and Montana as well but even those places are pricing out a lot of people the past 6 years or so because the demand to escape the leftist borg is so high.
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You probably already heard this recent quote: “ I think the claims that millionaires are going to leave our state are super overblown,” she said. “And the ones that leave? Like, bye. ” But I guess she is what voters want.
From the Times:
Ms. Wilson’s comments generated applause and laughter in the room. But outside, the remarks drew a swift reaction and highlighted how political leaders and business executives are increasingly uneasy about Seattle’s changing relationship with the companies that helped transform the city into a global hub for entrepreneurial innovation. Her “like, bye,” and the wave she gave with it, also pulled Seattle into a broader debate in liberal cities about how to solve rising housing prices and economic disparity without driving away investment, employers and affluent residents.
...
Ms. Wilson’s comments have drawn national attention to the worry among business leaders that Seattle doesn’t appreciate them, first from right-wing influencers, then mainstream outlets. Last week, Starbucks co-founder Howard Schultz singled out the mayor in a Wall Street Journal column accusing Ms. Wilson of “socialist rhetoric” that “vilifies employers, even while she continues to rely on them for revenue.”
...
Pro-business sentiments in Nashville and Middle Tennessee are not necessarily matched around the Puget Sound. Last fall, voters in the region elected a slate of candidates, including Ms. Wilson, that promised more taxes on the wealthy. This spring, the state legislature created a new “millionaire’s tax” on personal income over $1 million, and recent polls have shown a majority of potential Washington voters, including Republicans, support the tax, which opponents are trying to force onto the November ballot....
Starbucks officials have framed the Nashville investments as a natural next step in their efforts to grow, particularly in the South and the Sun Belt.... Tennessee, which has no state income tax, a lower cost of living and right-to-work laws that make labor organizing more difficult, is pointedly offering itself as a refuge for companies weary of higher taxes, tighter regulations and soak-the-rich sentiments....
The mayor said she understands now that everything she says will be parsed for potential anti-business sound-bites and that she should have “a multidimensional relationship” with companies like Starbucks....
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it is exactly what they have created in every leftist utopia in this country. The pure middle class is priced out and the only three classes that can survive are (1) upper middle and above, (2) government grifter class that has an above market protected income and pension from the tax base and (3) uber poor who receive substantial subsidies and government largess. It has happened in every major metropolitan area dominated by the political left at the local and state level. Chicago, DC, NYC, Seattle, LA, SF, Portland, Minneapolis, and more recently it's hitting Denver.
The pure middle class from those places is moving to the South and Texas, with pockets forming in Idaho and Montana as well but even those places are pricing out a lot of people the past 6 years or so because the demand to escape the leftist borg is so high.
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You probably already heard this recent quote: “ I think the claims that millionaires are going to leave our state are super overblown,” she said. “And the ones that leave? Like, bye. ” But I guess she is what voters want.
From the Times:
Ms. Wilson’s comments generated applause and laughter in the room. But outside, the remarks drew a swift reaction and highlighted how political leaders and business executives are increasingly uneasy about Seattle’s changing relationship with the companies that helped transform the city into a global hub for entrepreneurial innovation. Her “like, bye,” and the wave she gave with it, also pulled Seattle into a broader debate in liberal cities about how to solve rising housing prices and economic disparity without driving away investment, employers and affluent residents.
...
Ms. Wilson’s comments have drawn national attention to the worry among business leaders that Seattle doesn’t appreciate them, first from right-wing influencers, then mainstream outlets. Last week, Starbucks co-founder Howard Schultz singled out the mayor in a Wall Street Journal column accusing Ms. Wilson of “socialist rhetoric” that “vilifies employers, even while she continues to rely on them for revenue.”
...
Pro-business sentiments in Nashville and Middle Tennessee are not necessarily matched around the Puget Sound. Last fall, voters in the region elected a slate of candidates, including Ms. Wilson, that promised more taxes on the wealthy. This spring, the state legislature created a new “millionaire’s tax” on personal income over $1 million, and recent polls have shown a majority of potential Washington voters, including Republicans, support the tax, which opponents are trying to force onto the November ballot....
Starbucks officials have framed the Nashville investments as a natural next step in their efforts to grow, particularly in the South and the Sun Belt.... Tennessee, which has no state income tax, a lower cost of living and right-to-work laws that make labor organizing more difficult, is pointedly offering itself as a refuge for companies weary of higher taxes, tighter regulations and soak-the-rich sentiments....
The mayor said she understands now that everything she says will be parsed for potential anti-business sound-bites and that she should have “a multidimensional relationship” with companies like Starbucks....
Phew. NYTimes unafraid to go to the PacNW to find a dumb mayor. *
Man, they'll spend any amount on travel to root out the ONLY neophyte mayor in the USA who doesn't let stupidity stand in the way of his/her ultra-liberal ideas.
And people say journalism is dead. HA!!
Seattle residents have been moving to North Idaho for some time now
And this year Washington movers replaced Californians as the highest number of refugees moving to Idaho.
Since the new state taxes are being passed, there are tons of Spokane area residents looking to jump the border into Idaho, but that is a state issue that has nothing to do with Seattle.
The state is bleeding businesses and high income earners though.
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You probably already heard this recent quote: “ I think the claims that millionaires are going to leave our state are super overblown,” she said. “And the ones that leave? Like, bye. ” But I guess she is what voters want.
From the Times:
Ms. Wilson’s comments generated applause and laughter in the room. But outside, the remarks drew a swift reaction and highlighted how political leaders and business executives are increasingly uneasy about Seattle’s changing relationship with the companies that helped transform the city into a global hub for entrepreneurial innovation. Her “like, bye,” and the wave she gave with it, also pulled Seattle into a broader debate in liberal cities about how to solve rising housing prices and economic disparity without driving away investment, employers and affluent residents.
...
Ms. Wilson’s comments have drawn national attention to the worry among business leaders that Seattle doesn’t appreciate them, first from right-wing influencers, then mainstream outlets. Last week, Starbucks co-founder Howard Schultz singled out the mayor in a Wall Street Journal column accusing Ms. Wilson of “socialist rhetoric” that “vilifies employers, even while she continues to rely on them for revenue.”
...
Pro-business sentiments in Nashville and Middle Tennessee are not necessarily matched around the Puget Sound. Last fall, voters in the region elected a slate of candidates, including Ms. Wilson, that promised more taxes on the wealthy. This spring, the state legislature created a new “millionaire’s tax” on personal income over $1 million, and recent polls have shown a majority of potential Washington voters, including Republicans, support the tax, which opponents are trying to force onto the November ballot....
Starbucks officials have framed the Nashville investments as a natural next step in their efforts to grow, particularly in the South and the Sun Belt.... Tennessee, which has no state income tax, a lower cost of living and right-to-work laws that make labor organizing more difficult, is pointedly offering itself as a refuge for companies weary of higher taxes, tighter regulations and soak-the-rich sentiments....
The mayor said she understands now that everything she says will be parsed for potential anti-business sound-bites and that she should have “a multidimensional relationship” with companies like Starbucks....
probably just another real jerk in life
And will vote for the same people that fucked up this city of origin.
on May 17, 2026, 18:43:20
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