In the latest episode of their anti-tax campaign, the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and the Downtown Seattle Association (DSA) wrote an op-ed for the Seattle Times, spoon-feeding talking points to the wealthy interests they represent and the politicians they bought. As the City stares down a projected $251 million shortfall in 2025 and a $498 million shortfall in 2026, the Chamber and DSA argue that the City has a “spending problem, not a revenue.
In the face of a $220 million budget shortfall projected for 2025, the City’s long-awaited, budget-saving Progressive Revenue Stabilization Workgroup finally released a list of nine progressive taxes for the City Council’s consideration. The work group, which brought together big business, developers, labor, and wonks, looked at more than 60 different taxes, referencing an analysis of 26 taxes from the Transit Riders Union (TRU). After that review, they offered basically no new approaches and very.