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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Doesn’t go nearly far enough. The income threshold is far too low, and the increase is pathetically inadequate.

It should kick in at $150k for singles, and $225k for couples filing jointly. And it should be a minimum of $6k/yr to start, and scale up rapidly from there. [/quote]

This. OP is just like everyone else who pretends to be a liberal until it affects them.[/quote]

If your HHI is over $225,000, you ARE “the rich”.

Start paying your fair share, greedy bastards. [/quote]

Lol. $225k is a[b] pittance compared to what the truly wealthy make[/b]. That’s like when my 8 year old is in awe of her teenaged cousin’s paycheck from her summer job. [/quote]

So? What’s your point? Tax them,  too.

Tax the snot out of everyone making more than mid-$200’s. Then you get all of them. The wealthy AND the mere rich making a pittance of what the wealthy make. [/quote]

These lines are all completely arbitrary. No one is more virtuous than anyone else. Define pittance.[/quote]

Yep. Why mid $200s? Why not $175k?[/quote]

That works for me. Done. [/quote]

Maybe it should be $100k? They have tons more money than people making minimum wage. [/quote]

Agree 100%. No argument from me on that. Everyone should be paying a lot more, unless you’re at the very bottom, in which case, all those increased taxes on everyone else should be supplementing you.

This is how we achieve an egalitarian society. [b]By taking the excess wealth of some[/b], and sharing it with others. The closer we get to income commonality, the less income disparity we have, and we achieve economic justice for everyone. [/quote]

But the problem is that these policies don't take the excess of wealth from some, they take the excess of SALARIES from some.  Bezos has a giant house in DC, will he be paying more under this?  If not then why are people crowing about families making $225k not paying thier fair share?  What does fair share even mean?

For the record I am affected by this and would be thrilled to pay more in taxes if it meant that daycare workers and teacher made more.  But the council saying platitudes like "this will cut homelessness in half" means nothing.  Or "5 councilpeople voted against ending homelessness."  This is a revenue source and they are implementing a policy, you can't say that implementing a tax results in anything until it actually results in it.

It also makes me salty as a DC resident that MD and VA drivers can drive into our city, not pay for the roads, speed, and not pay speeding tickets.  I would love the money that is spent on maintaining GA ave as a highway for MD commuters to be funneled into daycare salaries as well.[/quote]
FYI: If you get a traffic ticket in DC, you WILL pay it. DC excels in collecting on tickets. Patient but relentless.[/quote]

+100

The organs of the State of Washington, Douglass Commonwewlth will be efficient and merciless with those who disregard our laws![/quote]

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