You know what would be great for ANY crisis / pandemic / budget shortfall? Taxing businesses...until they pull out of your state. Genius!
Budget chair Teresa Mosqueda’s plan for a tax on big businesses is hoped to help Seattle overcome its forecasted budget shortfalls due to COVID-19 and to fund affordable housing, equitable development, and economic support for small businesses through a new tax on the city’s largest businesses that could generate more than $200 million a year.
