Seattle’s new socialist mayor, with the help of Washington state Democrats, are running the wealthy out of town and they’re laughing about it. Not because they’ll miss the tax revenue generated by the wealthy, but because the wealthy aren’t the only targets.
Earlier in May, Mayor Katie Wilson appeared at a Seattle University event and was asked whether she believed progressive taxes were an "easy" solution to the region's fiscal problems. The question comes on the heels of Washington Democrats passing the state’s first-ever income tax, naively described as merely a "millionaire’s tax.".
"I think the claims that millionaires are going to leave our state are like super overblown," she told the cheering crowd with a laugh. "And the ones that leave, like, bye."