Expedia supports a King County business tax to address homelessness, while critics speak out

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A proposed tax bill in Olympia targets big businesses in King County.

Critics call it the Seattle 'head tax' with a new name. But Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan and King County Executive Dow Constantine support the proposal, saying it would be a way to tackle the region's affordable housing and homelessness crisis.

Executive Constantine denies the proposal as a head tax.

"It is very different, because it is regionwide. The Seattle head tax only covered the city of Seattle, but homelessness and the housing crisis cross the entire county and in fact, beyond its borders," said Constantine.

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[LisaM]

1. Just have an income tax, already.

Washington has one of the most regressive tax structures in the country. Time to fix that.

Throw rent control in, while you're at it.

[Aristus]

2. Amen.

As progressive as we are, we still have a tax structure that is like an Ayn Rand fever-dream...

[LisaM]

3. I don't think we are that progressive.

Sure, on some social issues, but Seattle is in complete control of developers and had been for decades.