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Podcast: News For Reasonable People
Episode: Seattle's Socialist Mayor SHOCKS Voters With Tax MELTDOWN Plans
Description: Seattle just elected a socialist mayor with zero leadership experience, and the progressive voters are about to get a masterclass in why socialism always fails. Katie Wilson - former boatyard worker turned mayor - promises to solve the housing crisis by... wait for it... taxing everyone into oblivion! Because nothing says "affordable housing" quite like raising property taxes on that teacher who bought in 2009 for $350K and now sits on a $1.2 million paper fortune she can't spend. Wilson's brilliant plan? Tax big businesses until they flee, then tax homeowners to make up the difference. We've seen this movie before...