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Seattle City Council repeals 'head tax' weeks after enactment


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Well that didn't last long.  :lol:

 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-seattle-tax/seattle-city-council-repeals-head-tax-weeks-after-enactment-idUSKBN1J82UB

Jeff Bezos to the city Council. 

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“This is a cowardly betrayal of the needs of the working people,” Councilwoman Kshama Sawant, a leading proponent of the tax who voted against repeal, said to thunderous applause moments before the council completed its vote.

But Councilwoman Lisa Herbold said she was reluctantly voting for repeal rather than drag the city through a protracted political fight she called “not winnable at this particular time.”

 

LMAO

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Just now, ATOMIC PUNK said:

“This is a cowardly betrayal of the needs of the working people,” Councilwoman Kshama Sawant, a leading proponent of the tax who voted against repeal, said to thunderous applause moments before the council completed its vote.

But Councilwoman Lisa Herbold said she was reluctantly voting for repeal rather than drag the city through a protracted political fight she called “not winnable at this particular time.”

 

LMAO

:lol:  

Kshama Sawant (/ʃɑːmə sɑːˈwʌnt/; born October 17, 1973)[2] is an American democratic socialist politician and economist, a member of Socialist Alternative who sits on the Seattle City Council.[3][4] A former software engineer, Sawant became a part-time economics instructor in Seattle[5] after immigrating to the United States. Sawant ran unsuccessfully for the Washington House of Representatives before winning her seat on the Seattle City Council. Sawant was the first socialist to win a citywide election in Seattle since Anna Louise Strong was elected to the School Board in 1916

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3 minutes ago, Highmark said:

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Kshama Sawant (/ʃɑːmə sɑːˈwʌnt/; born October 17, 1973)[2] is an American democratic socialist politician and economist, a member of Socialist Alternative who sits on the Seattle City Council.[3][4] A former software engineer, Sawant became a part-time economics instructor in Seattle[5] after immigrating to the United States. Sawant ran unsuccessfully for the Washington House of Representatives before winning her seat on the Seattle City Council. Sawant was the first socialist to win a citywide election in Seattle since Anna Louise Strong was elected to the School Board in 1916

Good lord, a socialist who was a part time economics instructor? That would be interesting to listen in on that foolishness, I'm sure it would go something like this except way worse.:lmao:

 

 

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1 hour ago, ATOMIC PUNK said:

This is a cowardly betrayal of the needs of the working people,” Councilwoman Kshama Sawant, a leading proponent of the tax who voted against repeal, said to thunderous applause moments before the council completed its vote.

But Councilwoman Lisa Herbold said she was reluctantly voting for repeal rather than drag the city through a protracted political fight she called “not winnable at this particular time.”

 

LMAO

WTF?  Isn't the whole thing supposed to be for the homeless? :lol:

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