PT Leader: Taxes-Actually, Our State’s Most Unfair of All 50
media mentionWashington is not, as we are often led to believe, the cat’s meow when it comes to being liberal and progressive—despite its perceived leading role in a growing movement toward a 15% minimum wage.
Time did not dream this all up, but was reporting on a study by the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. In our state the poorest 20% pay 16.8% of their income in taxes, while the richest 1% pay just 2.4% of their earnings. The middle 60% of earners are taxed slightly more than 10% of their income.