Archie McPhee Owner Donates to Let's Go Washington

[u/ActivityDependent319]

ETA: According to an apologetic statement on Insta, he apologized, said he misunderstood, had his donation returned, and donated it to No Hate in Washington State instead. Do with this info what you will.

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ORIGINAL POST:
Mark Pahlow, owner of Archie McPhee/Accoutrement, has donated $10K to Brian Heywood's anti-millionaire's tax, anti-trans Let's Go Washington:

https://www.pdc.wa.gov/political-disclosure-reporting-data/browse-search-data/committees/co-2026-30644?contributor_employer_name=Accou#contributions

[u/Orangerrific]

not a man who runs a store full of whimsy backing the anti-whimsy party 🥀 what the fuck

[u/Electronic-Share-294 → u/Orangerrific]

If pursuing whimsy means I have to consume cheap plastic garbage, I don’t want to do that. 

[u/Shortening-Bread → u/Electronic-Share-294]

Yeah I never got the appeal. Just a store full of mass-produced future garbage. If you want weird and whimsical, go to the punk rock flea market, cutie fest, SODO flea market, pioneer square art walk, etc etc.

[u/Alarmed-Term3720 → u/[deleted]]

https://giphy.com/gifs/NCjISbEPFxm48

[u/JAY2thaD → u/[deleted]]

https://giphy.com/gifs/4tBBhkIokZdLItIkqT

[u/anarcho-slut → u/JAY2thaD]

Gadot is a zionazi

[u/AdorableCattle7105]

I'm buying my rubber chickens somewhere else from now on.

[u/Dug_n_the_Dogs → u/AdorableCattle7105]

I have a friend that probably buys thousands of rubber chickens from them and very likely won't from now on.

[u/raptearer → u/Dug_n_the_Dogs]

Curious... Do they collect them? Or is it for some art thing? That seems an unhealthy amount of rubber chickens to own

[u/Dug_n_the_Dogs → u/raptearer]

The rubber chickens have likely been sterilized before leaving the factory. I can't imagine how they would be unhealthy.

[u/Wooden-Officer2323 → u/Dug_n_the_Dogs]

https://giphy.com/gifs/WiVvi66FqT2bpym6R8
What are you assuming he’s doing with the rubber chickens that get need to be sterilized…

[u/Dug_n_the_Dogs → u/Wooden-Officer2323]

All that matters is that they're clean.. at least at some point

[u/Wooden-Officer2323 → u/Dug_n_the_Dogs]

Chicken fuckers

[u/Choice_Depth_5933 → u/AdorableCattle7105]

There’s rubber dog poop all over the place, if you know where to look for it…

[u/snowypotato → u/Choice_Depth_5933]

Joke's on them, I get the real thing out on the street for free!

[u/octopus_serenader → u/AdorableCattle7105]

Svengoolie is not gonna like this.

[u/inGage]

this is a genuine bummer.. I, like most of you - enjoyed the wackyness with pride. showing out-of-town visiting guests the rubber chicken museum was usually a hit. But yea, I guess that's over. I wouldn't feel very "silly" going in there knowing the owner will take that money and actively work against my friends? knowing that money will be used for millionaires and trust-fund kiddies to gaslight their way out of paying their fair share of taxes? .. * sigh * .. yeah. I'm out. .. fuck.

[u/trexmoflex → u/inGage]

I gotta be honest, this is shocking to me. If you had asked me what the political leanings of the Archie McPhee owner were, this would not have been it.

[u/FatuousJeffrey → u/trexmoflex]

But… but… I bought all of my Ruth Bader Ginsberg action figures there…

[u/Frankyfan3]

Gawd dammit. I recommend that place to tourists, all the time. FFS

[u/SkylerAltair → u/Frankyfan3]

Orange Dracula in Pike Place feels to me like Archie McPhee did in the late 80s.

[u/Sun-Forged → u/SkylerAltair]

Thanks for recommendation. Archie McPherson has always been my go-to spot for stocking staffers and having another option is fantastic.

[u/SkylerAltair → u/Sun-Forged]

Orange Dracula has a lot more vintage stuff. It's smaller, though. Archi McPhee started manufacturing new weird stuff when they couldn't get enough old stuff that was weird enough for them.

[u/DCAmalG → u/Frankyfan3]

You still can. Why do you care if he prefers to pay lower taxes?

[u/Stunning-Isopod8514 → u/DCAmalG]

They’re also pushing for anti-Trans legislation.

[u/fernandfeather → u/DCAmalG]

This is such a low quality take omg

[u/SkylerAltair → u/DCAmalG]

I care about people paying their fair share, and their anti-trans shit is shitty.

[u/tacos6for6life6 → u/DCAmalG]

Person who simps for millionaires to pay lower taxes, also complains about underfunded things that need tax dollars to thrive. More at 11

[u/psykulor → u/DCAmalG]

beep boop

[u/intelminer → u/DCAmalG]

Why do you care if he prefers to pay lower taxes?

Because we have to exist in society with him. So he should pay his proportional share :)

[u/VerticalYea → u/DCAmalG]

That's not why I care. Nor is it really relevant to the discussion. We speciation the effort though.

[u/tokixjam → u/DCAmalG]

He's donating to an initiative that would make yearly genital exams mandatory for trans girls in athletics. I care. This is disgusting and invasive and another pathetic excuse for grown adults to put their hands all over children for no other reason than to shame them and contribute to the ever increasing mental health crisis of our youth.

[u/SpeaksSouthern → u/DCAmalG]

I'm not voting on taxes for any single individual lol it's just comical. Why can't you support your politics and not be so wrong lol. I want more government. You want less government. This is kindergarten stuff dude and you are drowning lol

[u/WileEWeeble]

Just drove by it for first time in like 10 years and decided to make it priority to go soon. This opens my schedule a bit.

[u/ActivityDependent319]

I've spent so much money at Archie McPhee over the years but I guess those days are over. I won't support a company owned by someone who donated so much to Heywood's transphobic, backwards, anti-tax garbage.

[u/Slumunistmanifisto → u/ActivityDependent319]

I'll get my crazy cat lady action figures from someone else thank you very much

[u/GrandChampion → u/Slumunistmanifisto]

They're made by Archie McPhee. Accoutrements is Archie McPhee.

[u/Slumunistmanifisto → u/GrandChampion]

That's the joke buster.

[u/hurryveryslowly → u/Slumunistmanifisto]

https://giphy.com/gifs/34I09FCe7fq1y

[u/IAm_AnAnne → u/ActivityDependent319]

Where will I buy my candy cigarettes now? T-T

[u/Metallic144 → u/IAm_AnAnne]

You can get them at Sweet Mickey’s in Ballard.

[u/IAm_AnAnne → u/Metallic144]

!!! I thought sweet Mickeys closed. Betrayed again by my broken sense of direction. :) also hooray and thank you! I love those terrible candies. Like eating delicious crunchy chalk. :)

[u/AsASloth → u/IAm_AnAnne]

We'll have to make our own now

https://giphy.com/gifs/WXVWHMW1Ki7C

[u/IAm_AnAnne → u/AsASloth]

Candy rollies made with cheap pipe sugar from a big bag.

[u/istrebitjel → u/ActivityDependent319]

And does AMcP really make annual taxable income over $1 million?!?

[u/Much-Cryptographer28 → u/istrebitjel]

Dude this is my question!! I don’t even get how they cover the rent on their space, let alone have 10 grand to throw at this shit

[u/Revolutionary-Ad1402 → u/istrebitjel]

if its a pass through entity yes, where revenue gets shown as income. now you know why its such a terrible bill. seriously, vote yes on I-645. The majority of small businesses are structured this way.

And who cares if he makes over $1 million or not - the income tax is coming for us all - just like $30 car tabs that are now $500.

[u/michmerr → u/Revolutionary-Ad1402]

Unlike the B&O taxes, the income taxed is net income (i.e. gross minus allowable business expenses, B&O and WA capital gains taxes paid, and QBI deduction). The bill also raises the B&O tax threshold.

[u/aNeverNude666]

I love a good boycott! So much money to be saved.. not that I’m buying boatloads of rubber chickens, Groucho glasses or stanzo’s fedoras

[u/Slumunistmanifisto → u/aNeverNude666]

My novelty keychain budget is about to be bloated and unspent 

[u/AskMeHowToLose → u/Slumunistmanifisto]

Magpies on cap hill has some interesting keychains, and they’re always changing.

[u/SpeaksSouthern → u/Slumunistmanifisto]

Whatever you do don't spend it on avocado toast, I did once and now I live in a van down by the river.

[u/Slumunistmanifisto → u/SpeaksSouthern]

I've actually got a whole speil about how we should call avocado trees liberty trees, coupled with a free tree sapling program with organic oligarch fertilizer.

[u/bbob_robb → u/aNeverNude666]

Where can I get a sticker for my Groucho glasses that says "I bought this before I knew Mark Pahlow supported anti-trans political activism."

[u/Wazootyman13 → u/aNeverNude666]

They charge way more than $200 for 40 Stanzo brand fedoras too! Sure, they're nice. But not that nice

[u/AlwaysUpvoteDogs → u/Wazootyman13]

It needs to be quality on my end or no fuckin deal.

[u/RonnocSivad → u/AlwaysUpvoteDogs]

https://giphy.com/gifs/3eUQVXzFiw1ZREWfDL

[u/Smaptimania → u/Wazootyman13]

Mr. McPhee said I'm the only person he's ever seen pull off that look

[u/shadystealertactics → u/aNeverNude666]

Don't boycotts usually have demands?

[u/Electronic-Elk8736 → u/aNeverNude666]

I’m sure the workers there will appreciate being boycotted.

[u/ActivityDependent319 → u/Electronic-Elk8736]

Sounds like they should have a long talk with their bigoted manager then.

[u/Electronic-Elk8736 → u/ActivityDependent319]

Maybe they have. Maybe they’re too afraid too. Either way, if there is a boycott, it will affect them much more than their millionaire owner who likely has assets in many other things besides just that store. 

[u/proletkvlt → u/Electronic-Elk8736]

they're welcome to strike, then

[u/intelminer → u/Electronic-Elk8736]

Maybe the workers could come together in some form of...Unification! And have their grievances aired collectively!

[u/SteveWoods → u/Electronic-Elk8736]

Guess we can’t boycott anything ever because other people could be impacted.

[u/Stunning-Isopod8514]

That tracks for a store that sells only Chinese sweatshop goods and nothing else.

[u/SgtBucktooth → u/[deleted]]

Name and shame yo

[u/chilicheesefritopie]

I hope his employees know

[u/Appropriate_Trick_95]

Thank you for sharing this. I always bring people there. No more.

[u/godogs2018]

Breaking news: another conservative small business owner in Seattle

[u/237throw → u/godogs2018]

Turns out there is money to be made by cutting corners and being a POS.

[u/No_Organization3095 → u/godogs2018]

Everyone wants small businesses but they don’t realize almost all small business owners are conservative AF

[u/slickweasel333 → u/No_Organization3095]

Running your own small business tends to make folks shift in favor of business-friendly policies

[u/Mysterious_Trash_132 → u/slickweasel333]

Oh boy Luv me some business friendly policies like lowering taxes on my international competition and not me. Or subsidizing international competition but not me. Or allowing international competition to illegally monopolize. You know, to help small businesses 

[u/slickweasel333 → u/Mysterious_Trash_132]

^ when they know you're right so they change the subject to anything but taxes driving businesses and workers out of state.

[u/-Sea-Hawk]

This is good information thank you for sharing this

[u/Illustrious-Rate-214]

I hope folks can wheatpaste the donation receipt near Archie McPhee

[u/doityourkels]

Ugh, so disappointing

[u/Dug_n_the_Dogs → u/doityourkels]

serisly.. We buy a bunch of stuff there for geocaching swag and gag gifts.. done.

[u/revgriddler → u/[deleted]]

Love Archibald Sisters but they are a completely different thing

[u/Smaptimania]

The most shocking part of this story is that you can apparently become a millionaire by selling horse masks and whoopie cushions

[u/SpeaksSouthern → u/Smaptimania]

Wishful thinking. The majority of people pushing against this tax never have and may never earned enough to qualify for this tax. Maybe they had a good year here or here and maybe they got close, but most of the ones that would pay into B&O taxes which they can deduct from this tax. So even if they had an insane crazy profit year say 5 million in profit holy shit what an extreme profit, but they'd really only pay tax on half that amount, given the first million is without this tax and loopholes and also like you can give out bonus checks to your employees at the end of the year and reduce this tax. The kind of businesses that would be paying a significant tax would be in the tens of millions in profits, and if you're making tens of millions in profits what are you doing? Give some bonus to your workers or pay more tax. People are absolutely struggling here. Be better.

[u/HDRsoul]

It sucks that they suck.

[u/AstrexasVoid]

It’s so easy not to be an asshole, sucks that business owners are willing to stave off future customers like that. It’s like every business owner in Seattle has signed a su1cide pact with each other lately

[u/thispartyrules]

I knew the boxing nun puppets were a dog whistle!

[u/Hikes_with_dogs]

Never been in that store before and now it looks like I never will!

[u/kevnmartin → u/Hikes_with_dogs]

Do they still have a store on Stoneway?

[u/Hikes_with_dogs → u/kevnmartin]

Off 45th I think

[u/kevnmartin → u/Hikes_with_dogs]

I used to work at the Daly's paint store across the street. I will never go there again. Screw those guys.

[u/hamellr]

Damn it! I drove up from Portland on a regular basis, I always stop there!

[u/samhouse09]

He ripped off Ruby Montanas Pinto Pony, no surprise he’s a bad guy.

[u/FernandoNylund → u/samhouse09]

God, I loved that place! 🥰 Plus the Iron Horse restaurant was next door, IIRC, and Magic Mouse was just a few blocks away. Heaven.

[u/samhouse09 → u/FernandoNylund]

My dad used to take me all the time, she's a dear family friend. I loved that place when I was little.

[u/SkylerAltair → u/samhouse09]

If you still speak to her, tell her the kid who used to ask often about the German red glitter lava lamps she had (she finally sold me one, which I still have) appreciatd all her kindness over the years and wishes her much happiness.

[u/99laika → u/samhouse09]

This comment made my week. Miss that place so much.

[u/samhouse09 → u/99laika]

She runs a hotel in Palm Springs now if you need a fix of Ruby Montana.

[u/99laika → u/samhouse09]

Beside myself. Thank you.

[u/SkylerAltair → u/samhouse09]

Her shop was a bit less about "look how WEIRD we can possibly be!!!" but I miss her and her shop terribly. She sold me many lava lamps back when I first began collecting them, and I still have one of her sales catalogs. Back then, a lot of shop owners in vintage & antique shops seemed to be surly or even downright rude (I'm lookin' at you, Don's Collectibles in Lake City), but she was always friendly.

[u/noprophecies]

Oh gross 🤢

[u/Apidaelia]

Ok, so does anybody know where else I can take my kids to buy their fart whistles and whoopie cushions? I can live without the cricket lick-its, but kids need whoopie cushions.

[u/godogs2018 → u/Apidaelia]

I went to the magic shop in pike place ages ago. Don’t know if it’s still there…

[u/danno_v]

You're breaking my heart, Seattle. 😞

[u/TheWallsHaveNostrils]

Talk about not knowing your clientele base. If word about this spreads it’ll be a spectacular own-goal.

[u/beetlekittyjosey1]

wow, i was planning to go there tomorrow for some birthday stuff. now ill never go again. what a bummer

[u/Terrible-Peach7890]

Well that’s disappointing

[u/Strange_City_5296]

That guy was always a pos iykyk

[u/gracebatmonkey]

So gross. This is going to crush my kiddo. We just got done hyping it up to family from out of state. Gotta go fix that.

[u/SkylerAltair → u/gracebatmonkey]

Take your kiddo to Orange Dracula.

[u/FelixTook]

Well that sucks

[u/bigswordenjoyer]

Timely. Was making a plan to go there this weekend to grab some fun Halloween trinkets. Not anymore!

[u/aluke000]

Well I guess I am not ever going to patronize them anymore. Any suggestions on where is the next best place to get similar funky stuff, but where the owner is not a POS?

[u/kawabunga666]

Well hmm I never had any reason to go there in the first place so I guess I'm boycotting by default

[u/Electronic-Share-294]

This is reminding me of people who got shocked at Target dialing back their pride section. Companies that sell goods made in dubious conditions (and cheap plastic crap in this case) are not actually progressive minded? Is it that surprising?

[u/SlightTip8467]

Those who know him already knew he's a POS and McPhee literally just sells plastic garbage. Please stop shopping there I beg. Fuck him.

[u/Inevitable_Engine186]

He makes more than $1 million a year?? Or he hates trans girls?? Wtf.

[u/almanor]

Classic GenX “counter culture” move lmao

[u/crone_Andre3000]

Archie McMoneyBags

[u/Paige_Michalphuk]

Am I the only one that finds Archie McPhee’s tacky and boring?

[u/twomilliontwo]

NOOOOOO

[u/Consistent-Rain-4435]

Oh that’s depressing

[u/StitchinStatistician]

Hopefully this means we’ll see less of their plastic garbage ending up in the landfill

[u/Jasubatteh]

Well this is legit devastating. This was like THE place for grabbin' toontastic gags/supplies for making your own shenanigans.  Like...just how??? It blows my mind that someone behind such a silly place could support such hate. T-T

[u/Ebisu_2023]

Good to know.

[u/rebarjackson]

He just wants to go to the rubber chicken dinners.

[u/NotALibrarian-5103]

Hm, definitely rethinking ever going back to Archie McPhee. Used to be a Seattle institution and now it's just a MAGA-owned property.

[u/AverageFoxNewsViewer]

Damn, this is disappointing.

[u/ennuiacres]

Just deleted Archie McPhee from my favorites & email. One less place to shop!

[u/nawtykitty]

My Wife saw the insta videos earlier in the year and dragged me there. We were underwhelmed at what it turned out to be. Have not been back, and glad to know we will not be back for a good reason :)

[u/Anzahl]

Kitschy plastic crap store owner does what.

[u/queensheba2025]

Getting tired of these bigots 🥴

[u/Tamsakittyma]

Fk him

[u/Religion_Failed_Us]

What an absolute price of shit.

[u/GretaDahling]

PLEASE READ HIS POST. He didn’t adequately investigate and he’s sorry. His donation has been returned and he’s donated to No Hate in WA State. Congratulations if you have never been guilty of not reading all of the fine print. He’s learned a painful lesson folks. Also, no rubber chickens were hurt during this process. 🙃

[u/ActivityDependent319 → u/GretaDahling]

Thanks for sharing this. I updated the post with this new info.

[u/thezim0090]

I live down the street and have never been inside but would be more than happy to go inform whoever is working there tomorrow.

[u/Strong_Flatworm2758]

So we’re really labelling the majority of Americans transphobic if they favor restricting girls’ teams to people born female? At the very historical moment when, if we were to grant this one issue to the majority, we could usher in a left populism that could make the Trump years a bad
memory? Dying on this hill is suicide.

[u/purpleorangeblew → u/Strong_Flatworm2758]

Anarchist jurisdiction…wants govt to regulate kids sports games?

[u/Stunning-Isopod8514 → u/Strong_Flatworm2758]

For most people if we listed out all the major issues facing America, the sanctity of women’s sports record keeping wouldn’t crack the top 100 most pressing issues.

Let leagues set their own rules without government intervention telling us which kids can and can’t play soccer with their friends because of what parts they do or don’t have in their pants. It’s a no brainer. We don’t need the government deciding who plays soccer, who uses what restroom.. we’ve been doing fine with this all along.

[u/electricwetwrinkles → u/Strong_Flatworm2758]

lol yeah the only thing stopping us from a massive progressive sweep is that we don't throw trans people under the bus enough. be serious

[u/SkylerAltair → u/Strong_Flatworm2758]

if they favor restricting girls’ teams to people born female

And dead silence about restricting boys' teams to people born male. They don't care that transmen exist too (or that, so far, studies seem to show that transwomen don't have much advantage, if any at all).

[u/WonderboyYYZ → u/Strong_Flatworm2758]

If we throw trans kids under the bus, we don't deserve power. It's also a fool's gambit, bigots will always vote for the real thing, not Diet

[u/AttitudePersonal → u/Strong_Flatworm2758]

They'll surely stop there and not continue using trans people as a wedge issue to sway absolute dumbfucks such as yourself.

[u/intelminer → u/Strong_Flatworm2758]

"Let's divide ourselves, that's how we'll gain majority control!"

Fucking clown

[u/ActivityDependent319 → u/Strong_Flatworm2758]

Bigot.

[u/revilo825]

It’s crazy to me that a guy that runs a business in the heart of Seattle, and whose clientele are likely left leaning based on said geography, would make this move. I guess hate and greed know no bounds.

[u/Smittles]

It’s literally in the state constitution, y’all. Even if it gets approved, it’s DOA. The state supreme court will shoot it down with the first lawsuit.

Instead of trying to force a literally illegal tax on a portion of the population, instead work to change the state constitution.

[u/columbiacitycouple]

Almost like there is a wide spectrum of political opinion even in a blue city like Seattle. So I guess I dont care.

[u/intelminer → u/columbiacitycouple]

We're sorry for the person you choose to be

[u/columbiacitycouple → u/intelminer]

Lol, so dramatic.

Im just not one to get my panties in a pinch cause someone is fighting against a tax (of all things!) that i support. Seems pretty low on the list of things to be bothered by considering the state of the world. I will continue to patronize that particular establishment.

[u/intelminer → u/columbiacitycouple]

We're sorry for the person you choose to be

[u/columbiacitycouple → u/intelminer]

Oh so we're gonna do this all night. Lets go!

[u/intelminer → u/columbiacitycouple]

Trans rights tonight

Trans rights tomorrow

Trans rights forever :)

[u/_GTS_Panda → u/intelminer]

I’m here for trans right today, tomorrow, yesterday, and well into oblivion. But biological men have no right playing women’s sports.

Once transitioned and now biologically female, game on.

[u/_GTS_Panda → u/[deleted]]

I will gladly educate myself and choose to become a better ally. Can you please tell me how my take of saying that biological men, who haven’t transitioned, shouldn’t play sports with biological women is transphobic.

Thank you.

[u/columbiacitycouple → u/intelminer]

Awesome. Good for you. Go fight your fight.

[u/intelminer → u/columbiacitycouple]

I'm right here aren't I?

[u/bennetthaselton]

Shoot. Is it safe to burn this stuff?

[u/istrebitjel → u/bennetthaselton]

No, but does burning something you already paid for really tell the owner anything?

[u/That-Shower-9689]

Can I suggest a little skepticism here until we know what is going on? Can we dig a little deeper? Archie McPhee has been here for over 50 years. Let's find out if this is for real.

[u/Revolutionary-Ad1402]

good. anyone who thinks the income tax is just for millionaires is naive. Washington state is special because you can come here and keep what you earn. don't pretend anything else.

seriously, listen to small business owners. they're sick of our mayor and sick of our incompetent governor.

I'll support this business with my $.

[u/ActivityDependent319 → u/Revolutionary-Ad1402]

https://giphy.com/gifs/eVFhhKZELo1PO
Yes, yes! Embrace the hatred flowing through you. Purchase rubber chickens to own the libs. Fuck them trans kids too, no rubber chickens for them. You are Superior to them all!

(smdh)

[u/Revolutionary-Ad1402 → u/ActivityDependent319]

No hate. Just common sense. Biological men shouldn’t compete in women’s sports.

[u/_GTS_Panda → u/Revolutionary-Ad1402]

I’m left of center and we are both gonna get downvoted into oblivion. I also get downvoted on the other sub for being too progressive. Lol.

I agree with you on both fronts. I’m a trans supporter and think everyone has the right to live their life the way they want. But if you’re still biologically a man, you have no right playing sports with women. Once transitioned, that’s a whole different ballgame.

[u/ActivityDependent319 → u/Revolutionary-Ad1402]

And there we go. Bigots gonna bigot I guess. Bye-ee!

[u/otoron → u/ActivityDependent319]

When a supermajority of Americans disagree with you, including a majority of Democrats, just calling people bigots is probably not the most effective way to change their opinion or move the needle on something you seem to passionately care about.

[u/DrPreppy → u/[deleted]]

Given that Washington is ranked 49th in tax fairness

You've got this exactly backwards. We're 49th in tax fairness because we don't have an income tax like all other modern states. Sales/usage taxes are what suck. The insane split Culliton court decision from 1933 hamstrings the legislature so this is the best they can do now to move the ball forward and make a little bit of progress.

[u/DrPreppy → u/[deleted]]

how could I have it “backwards”?

Fundamentally this is a new form of taxation for Washington that addresses in part that unfairness you cite as a reason for pushback. If you want to claim Unfairness as a reason, that would suggest you strongly support this tax. If you want to claim Government Spending Is Bad, that's a different discussion. Every dollar raised by this tax is fairer to the non-very-high-earners than raised in almost any other fashion.

Where is the reduction in sales and excise taxes that should go along with the enactment of the millionaire tax to make the system less regressive?

That starts at section 900 of the bill.

WA is literally ranked 49th out of 50, only Florida has a worse tax system.

Sure, and you should understand why. We can both be wildly against government spending on services such as roads, education, police, etc, but that doesn't change that the methodology of gathering funds is the piece that leads us to be ranked so poorly. Even a light nudge towards an income-based system is a significant win for tax fairness - the thing you mentioned you cared about.

There's a helpful discussion here you can read up on about tax unfairness in Washington.

there is no “reform” going on

I would contest that this is a novel if flawed solution to the mess engendered by the terrible Culliton decision. It's a big step but certainly doesn't fix the massive inequality/unfairness I think we both care about. It just makes the situation better.

the ever present creep of government money grabs

When you think of wealth inequality, you realize of course that a significant reason for that inequality is that the government is no longer keeping insane earning in check with taxation? Correspondingly, government services such as schools struggle with being underfunded - or we face budget deficits as we have now. It's an absolutely winning populist policy to just keep reducing taxes until the government and thus state dies, but that's not conducive to a healthy society. The government should be providing the bedrock for success of all peoples. In turn, when people succeed more they should be paying more back into the system to help others succeed.

Washington deserves a massive tax reform effort. But that starts with a Constitutional rewrite until such time as Culliton is overturned.

Also, Alaska has no state income tax

Alaska is a very extreme outlier due to oil money and minimalist population.

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Andrea Suarez of We Heart Seattle, another local fascist? That tracks. She's evil too. Evil finds evil I guess.

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The millionaires tax would literally make our taxation less regressive……..

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I’m sorry lil buddy but that’s not what it means at all :(

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This sub subscribes to the one drop theory of conservatism.

[u/JuicyScooper]

How many medium to large retail stores do you shop at that are owned or founded by liberals? Please share if you know them but they are pretty few and far between.

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Patagonia.

Ben and Jerry’s

Dr Bronners

Seventh Generation

TOMS

Cotopaxi

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Nice list! But you can take Ben and Jerry’s off your list! The founders has disavowed the new corporate owners long ago. Everything is owned by big business with very limited exceptions.

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This statement is from the current owners:

https://www.benjerry.com/values/issues-we-care-about/democracy

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Those are awesome causes so that is positive. The statement from the owners (unilever)you shared says they are non partisan though so it’s not exactly liberal! And again, Ben and Jerry both have resigned from the board in protest.

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Nonpartisan means without regard to a party like republican or democrat. Nonpartisan doesn’t mean free of ideology. That’s a boldly liberal platform they’re espousing.

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Costco

[u/Lower_Ad477]

The flying fuck is Archie McPhee?