The Washington Legislature's Proposed Head Tax Sucks

Can't wait to solve one tenth of this problem, finally, after five years since declaring a state of emergency on homelessness.by Rich SmithLawmakers in Olympia are considering an employer-side head tax! Unfortunately, it doesn't raise enough money to solve the homelessness problem.ALEX WONG / GETTY
Wednesday afternoon Democrats in the House dropped a bill that would allow King County to impose a small, employer-side payroll tax (between 0.1% and 0.2%) on businesses who compensate employees more