Two major cities have Democratic Socialists for mayor. Lovely.
Katie Wilson will be the next mayor of Seattle after incumbent Bruce Harrell conceded on Thursday.
Wilson is not a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, but wanted their endorsement. She told them there’s a “‘significant overlap’ between her views and DSA.”
Wilson also once said she’s “fine with being called a socialist.”
In fact, Seattle ousted all the incumbents in favor of far-leftists: the mayor, the city council president, and the city attorney.
Well, Wilson wants everything to be free! How will she pay for it? A progressive tax, of course.
These progressive taxes are insane. Careful, Seattle. Wilson might tax your breathing soon:
A vacancy tax will incentivize property owners to rent their property for residential or commercial use, instead of holding it empty as a speculative investment — and it can raise funds to support small businesses and affordable homeownership.An excise tax on professional services can generate significant revenue while correcting for a loophole in our sales tax, which exempts many of these services. Currently, if you hire a plumber you pay sales tax, but if you hire a lawyer you don’t.A local estate tax can layer on top of our progressive state estate tax to generate local revenue.A digital advertising tax can generate funds from the social media companies that monetize our attention all day, every day, with detrimental effects on mental health. There are a number of ways to design such a tax, and we can look at existing models to craft something that works for Seattle.
Wilson runs the nonprofit Transit Riders Union. Before that, she worked “as a barista, boatyard worker, apartment manager, lab technician, baker, construction worker and legal assistant.”
Also, Wilson’s a nepo baby whose parents are professors in New York, even though she’s 43. They send her regular checks.
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