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Poll shows how residents feel about a capital gains tax just for Seattle (www.seattletimes.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I feel like doing it at the city level would encourage rich people to have an "empty" house in Seattle and their "residence" as a second home elsewhere in the state.

I wonder if there is a good proposal to address this sort of gaming.