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Tax study finds it's rotten to be poor in Seattle (but great to be rich)

Seattle Times FYI Guy Gene Balk
Ken Lambert
Seattle Times FYI Guy Gene Balk

Seattle sees itself as a progressive city. Then there are those taxes ...

A nationwide study of 51 cities says Seattle is the fourth worst for taxes if you’re poor. But if you’re rich, it’s the fourth best.

Gene Balk, the data-reporting FYI Guy of the Seattle Times, wrote about the study and told KUOW's Kim Malcolm about the disparity for the poor (defined as a family of three earning $25,000).