Maybe It’s About Time for a Tax on Amazon
As we head into another legislative session and a new Seattle City Council arrives at work today, I am coming around to the idea that we probably should consider taxing Amazon for housing. Remember, I have always opposed the idea of a tax on jobs; you don’t tax things you want, but things you don’t […]
Seattle Eviction Ban: Not Compassionate, Not Needed, Not Legal
Update: You can send a message to council about this here. The eviction myth persists. Now it forms that basis of a demand that evictions be banned during “winter months.” It starts with garbage data. The claim is that (see the featured image) that, 87.5 of renters evicted in 2017 became homeless as a result […]
What Will Happen With Rent Control?
I don’t debate rent control any more. There was a time when we argued about rent control with Councilmembers and its socialist backers. But the argument has morphed into something different that a debate about policy; this is religious at this point. And that characterization is probably unfair to religious zealots. Anyone should have known that […]
