@AntonStetner I live in King County. I appreciate what you have pointed out about new construction affecting existing home prices. An investor could take advantage of the new zoning laws near rapid transit/light rail if they bought my housew/ 9600 sf lot. How do I get a good price for my home?
In case you couldn't tell, people REALLY don't like the income tax. We've hit a new record for the number of signatures gathered in the shortest amount of time! Keep telling everyone you know to sign their name and repeal the income tax!
Iran Attack PSA: You're about to be bombarded with Democrat members of congress and the media calling the attack on Iran "illegal" and "unconstitutional," while claiming the president is required to obtain the approval of congress prior to launching military attacks on foreign targets.
These people will be collectively engaging in a lie by omission, as they are all aware that the War Powers Resolution allows for presidents to authorize attacks without pre-approval or notification of congress, with a requirement to brief congress within 48 hours and obtain their official authorization to continue attacks beyond 60 days.
They will all assume we are as ignorant of the truth as they are pretending to be.
Feel free to copy this attachment and send it to anyone spouting the "illegal, unconstitutional" nonsense.
Unrealized gains tax for Gen-Z:
You buy a Pokémon card for $50.
Someone offers you $500 for it. You say no. You love that card. You're keeping it.
The government says: "Cool, but that card is worth $500 now. You owe us $100 in taxes."
You: "…I didn't sell it."
Government: "Don't care. Pay up."
You don't have $100 lying around. So you're forced to sell the card you love just to pay a tax on money you never received.
Next month? That card drops back to $50.
Your card is gone. Your money is gone. And the government shrugs.
That's a wealth tax on unrealized gains. They don't pay you back the tax...
Now picture this.
Your mom calls you crying. She has to sell the house she raised you in. Not because she can't afford it. She's lived there 30 years. It's paid off.
But some website says it's worth more now and the government says she owes $15,000 she doesn't have.
So she sells your childhood home. The kitchen where she made you breakfast. The doorframe where she marked your height every birthday.
Gone.
To pay a tax on money that was never real.
Now picture the opposite.
Your dad put everything into his small business. For 20 years he built it from nothing. One year the business is "valued" at $2 million on paper. He owes a massive tax bill. He empties his savings. Sells his truck. Borrows money. Pays it.
Next year the market crashes. His business is worth $200,000.
He lost everything to pay a tax on a number that doesn't exist anymore.
Does the government give him his money back?
No.
Does the government give him his truck back?
No.
Does the government care?
No.
They sold this idea as "taxing billionaires." But billionaires have armies of lawyers, offshore accounts, and trusts. They'll be fine.
You know who won't be fine? Your mom. Your dad. Your neighbor with a small business. The farmer down the road who's had the same land for four generations and now has to sell it because dirt got expensive.
You're not taxing wealth. You're taxing people for owning things.
It's like getting a parking ticket for a car you might drive somewhere someday.
They want you to own nothing and be happy. To fund the fraud, waste and abuse of the welfare state they created.
There is enough money. More tax isn't needed. It's all a lie. But you've been gaslit into believing this is a rich vs poor debate.
I hope you understand what's at stake.
Lots of word salad in Olympia. Let me translate some of the frequently used buzzwords I’ve heard in the legislature since I’ve been here, and what I found they often really mean in this place.
Democrat Buzzword Translator
Inclusive
Means only people who agree with us are welcome to participate.
Lived experience
Means personal anecdotes elevated above evidence.
Trauma-informed
Means we recognize trauma, but only for our preferred groups.
Evidence-based
Means evidence that supports our pre-decided conclusions, or that was fabricated by supporters with data manipulation.
Culturally appropriate
Means aligned with progressive ideology, regardless of culture.
Diversity
Means differences in appearance/identity, not differences in thought or experience.
Equity
Means unequal treatment justified by politics.
Safe spaces
Means spaces protected from disagreement.
Hate speech
Means speech we dislike or can’t rebut.
Misinformation
Means information that challenges official narratives.
Disinformation
Means true information shared by the wrong people.
Protecting democracy
Means protecting outcomes we approve of, even if we have to erase democratic rights.
Our democracy
Means democrat political power, not the people’s power.
Community standards
Means rules written by activists, enforced selectively.
Experts say
Means we found someone with a credential who agrees with us.
Settled science
Means no further debate allowed.
Whole-child approach
Means the state decides what your child needs.
Gender-affirming care
Means medical or social intervention without parental consent.
Public health
Means government authority without limits or choice.
Justice-involved individual
Means criminal, but we don’t want to say it.
Underserved
Means politically useful.
Disproportionate impact
Means unequal outcomes assumed to be discrimination.
Harm reduction
Means reducing the harm to ideology, not the person suffering.
Restorative justice
Means less accountability for criminals.
Progress
Means permanent change, never revisited, even if it fails.
Compassion
Means policy that feels good, regardless of results.
We know
Means there’s disagreement, but we’re declaring it settled.
Community
Means a small group of activists who claim to speak for everyone.
Stakeholders
Means activists and consultants, not parents or taxpayers.
Best practices
Means the latest ideological trend adopted without proof it works.
Data-driven
Means the data we selected after deciding the outcome.
Republican/Conservative
Means a dog whistle we use to signal the desired opposition of common sense ideas or principles.
Trump
Means things we hate and need a scapegoat for things we do.
MAGA
Means anyone we hate and can put a label to it.
End Hate
Means only for people who agree with us.
Discrimination
Means wrong in theory, acceptable in practice.
Crowd roars as Kid Rock pays tribute to the Bible and Jesus at the All-American Halftime Show.
Beautiful lyrics. You would never, ever hear anything like this sung at the Super Bowl.
“There’s a book that’s sitting in your house somewhere that could use some dusting off. There’s a man who died for all our sins hanging from the cross. You can give your life to Jesus, and he’ll give you a second chance…”
Please repost, download and share share share. Nashville is going on day 7 with no power. I can testify to what she is saying are facts. My son is a lineman. Let’s be boots on the grounds voice’s. We The People Are The News Now.
Washington state has one of the most vibrant tech communities in the world, but it's under threat from the new anti-tech, anti-innovation, capital gains tax, passed in 2021.
I was curious how tech workers felt about this tax so I visited Microsoft and Amazon (see video below). What I learned shocked me.
Many employees of these companies (who receive a large portion of them compensation in the form of stock) were not even aware that Washington's legislature had passed a capital gains tax that would affect them.
This was not by accident. Politicians in Olympia designed the tax to initially apply to a fairly small set of people (the threshold at which it applies is $250,000). For years they had attempted to create a widespread income tax in WA by initiative, but they were repeatedly voted down by Washingtonians.
But once they found a way to open the door to this new capital gains tax (by absurdly claiming it's not an income tax, but an excise tax), they immediately set to work on making it more widespread.
Bill 5335 has been introduced to modify the capital gains tax so that the threshold at which applies will drop to $15,000 (a 94% drop, massively expanding the net of people it applies to), while increasing the rate from 7% to 8.5%.
The increase in rate would mean that Washingtonians would see a greater than 50% increase in their tax burden on capital gains (sale of stocks, bonds, cryptocurrencies and other assets such as small businesses).
When I explained these facts to the tech employees I met at Microsoft and Amazon most of them supported a repeal of the capital gains tax.
We have one chance to get Washington back to its long tradition of not punishing success and welcoming the world's best and brightest to our state.
This election, please vote Yes on initiative I-2109.
Vote yes, Pay less.