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Regarding Washington state's lack of income tax, it does seem wonderfully subversive that money I put in savings or investments does not get taxed by the state.* It feeds my subversive soul that buying a cheaper house results in a lesser property tax, or that buying a cheaper TV/car/jacket (or not buying a new widget in the first place!) reduces the sales tax I pay.

But it means that state tax revenue swings wildly with the economy. And it's less progressive than an income tax.


*Where state=Washington state not "the state" or government in general. Money I put into my 401(k) gets taxed less by the feds *and* not at all by the state. Whee :)

Cute

Me? Really? I guess if jw1776 says so....
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I did not know that.

When walking under the "covered walk" up to my front door, my old black umbrella (it's so old it's got a "Microsoft Systems" logo) is too wide to fit between the support posts & the house.