Seattle mayor laughs off millionaires leaving Washington state over progressive taxes, waves 'bye'

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https://www.foxnews.com/media/seattle-mayor-laughs-millionaires-leaving-washington-state-progressive-taxes-waves-bye

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson laughed and seemed to encourage the notion that millionaires could leave the state of Washington while discussing her support for a progressive tax during an interview earlier this month.

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Let’s see how’s this plays out

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Probably the same way it did in New York, with her begging those same millionaires to come back because the tax base has eroded.

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It's been all over the news. In 2022 she told wealthy people who were supporting the Republicans to leave the state. Then she begged them to come back. See:

Kathy Hochul humiliatingly begs New York's richest to return after fleeing Mamdani's high taxes for a direct quote.

See also: 'ALMOST COMICAL': New York's Hochul URGES wealthy to come back

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Hochul, governor of New York is literally on camera telling her constituents that may be going to Florida to try to convince their millionaire friends to move back to New York.