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发帖数: 61690 | 1 Just weeks after passing a new tax on big businesses, Seattle political
leaders signaled late Monday they would reverse course and repeal it.
Mayor Jenny Durkan and city council President Bruce Harrell said in
statements that they would end the tax, initially meant to combat rising
homelessness in a city where housing prices have soared.
“We heard you,” Durkan and seven of the nine city council members said in
a statement. “This week, the City Council is moving forward with the
consideration of legislation to repeal the current tax on large businesses
to address the homelessness crisis.”
Business groups, led by the city’s largest employers like Amazon and
Starbucks, had raised $200,000 in just a few weeks to gather signatures for
a referendum challenging the new tax. They had planned to submit those
signatures on Tuesday in an effort to place the referendum on the November
ballot.
“The announcement from Mayor Durkan and the City Council is the breath of
fresh air Seattle needs,” said Marilyn Strickland, who heads the Seattle
Metro Chamber of Commerce. “Repealing the tax on jobs gives our region the
chance to address homelessness in a productive, focused and unified way.”
The tax would have fallen on businesses that generated more than $20 million
in revenue. The 585 businesses in the city that qualified would have faced
a $275-per-employee tax, money that would have gone to pay for affordable
housing and programs aimed at curbing homelessness.
A study commissioned by the Chamber of Commerce, however, found the tax
would have cost Seattle about 14,300 jobs and $3.5 billion in economic
output. The council expected the head tax to raise $47 million in revenue. | N*******M
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【在 b*****d 的大作中提到】
: Just weeks after passing a new tax on big businesses, Seattle political
: leaders signaled late Monday they would reverse course and repeal it.
: Mayor Jenny Durkan and city council President Bruce Harrell said in
: statements that they would end the tax, initially meant to combat rising
: homelessness in a city where housing prices have soared.
: “We heard you,” Durkan and seven of the nine city council members said in
: a statement. “This week, the City Council is moving forward with the
: consideration of legislation to repeal the current tax on large businesses
: to address the homelessness crisis.”
: Business groups, led by the city’s largest employers like Amazon and
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发帖数: 21026 | 3 一边嘲笑总统，一边自己朝令夕改，说好的关怀homeless呢，这么快就向资本主义头像了
不要脸的民主党啊 | R*****g
发帖数: 1649 | 4 这个其实是典型建制派政治，
一面先不问青红皂白来个白脸，然后收钱再变个红脸，
其实就是绑架勒索，绑匪就是政客，没有是非观，纯粹给自己谋利。
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【在 b*****d 的大作中提到】
: Just weeks after passing a new tax on big businesses, Seattle political
: leaders signaled late Monday they would reverse course and repeal it.
: Mayor Jenny Durkan and city council President Bruce Harrell said in
: statements that they would end the tax, initially meant to combat rising
: homelessness in a city where housing prices have soared.
: “We heard you,” Durkan and seven of the nine city council members said in
: a statement. “This week, the City Council is moving forward with the
: consideration of legislation to repeal the current tax on large businesses
: to address the homelessness crisis.”
: Business groups, led by the city’s largest employers like Amazon and
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