All the violent protests have me terrified of moving the Puget area (Seattle: rental, home)

[fassopony]

Originally Posted by Seacove

Because the 33 counties getting King County's money are receiving it at the county level. And King County's money comes from numerous sources including property taxes of all property owners in King County.

No, generally it is 85% to cities and 15% to counties. Of course, starting with the knowledge that for sales tax the first 6.5 percent is a STATE tax and although collected all over in various cities and counties, is for STATE uses/distributions. The other part is for voted upon or city/county government created city and or county uses depending on the location.

Source- WA DOR

https://dor.wa.gov/about/statistics-...x-distribution

[fassopony]

Further- state property tax assessment and disbursement guide-

http://leg.wa.gov/Senate/Committees/...n8_website.pdf


Think of it this way- King Co/Seattle likes to carry a lot of credit card debt, live paycheck to paycheck, buy new cars on loan every few years, eat out nightly and generally live it up - lots of spending and "fun". Other counties want to keep a budget, live within their means, save for the future, and be generally fiscally solvent for themselves and future generations. They don't want King Co's lifestyle shoved down their throats and no one cares that just because more businesses have locations/nexus in a populated area they happen to collect more in sales and property tax.

[Transmition]

Fassopony, is this what you are after?:


Here you go:
https://ofm.wa.gov/sites/default/fil...s_revenues.pdf


Has the values for 2016 and since these things don't last forever in the same online location I've extracted the data and put it below. Ranked by revenue generated by each county for the state, and lists the amount of money they get back per dollar.

Report title:
State Expenditures and Revenues by County: Fiscal Year 2016
November 2019, OFM Forecasting and Research Division

County_____Revenue ($thousands) // 2016 Expenditures to Revenues
King_________ 8041.9 0.63
Snohomish____ 1826.8 1.02
Pierce_______ 1804.4 1.28
Spokane______ 1052.9 1.33
Clark________ 869.7 1.43
Thurston_____ 569.1 1.24
Whatcom______ 483.1 1.04
Kitsap_______ 481.3 1.30
Benton_______ 467.7 1.18
Yakima_______ 431.0 1.92
Skagit_______ 345.7 0.92
Chelan_______ 219.6 0.95
Cowlitz______ 202.9 1.47
Grant________ 200.4 1.49
Franklin_____ 157.5 1.75
Lewis________ 145.1 1.42
Clallam______ 128.9 1.44
Island_______ 128.4 1.22
Grays_Harbor_ 112.1 1.71
Walla_Walla__ 107.4 1.50
Kittitas_____ 102.5 0.99
Douglas______ 91.5 1.22
Mason________ 77.7 1.88
Whitman______ 77.4 1.27
Okanogan_____ 68.1 2.07
San_Juan_____ 58.5 0.53
Jefferson____ 57.7 1.00
Stevens______ 53.4 2.00
Klickitat____ 41.7 1.20
Asotin_______ 33.5 1.73
Adams________ 33.3 1.98
Pacific______ 31.5 1.67
Pend_Oreille_ 17.6 1.73
Skamania_____ 15.7 1.40
Lincoln______ 15.1 1.92
Ferry________ 10.0 1.72
Columbia_____ 7.8 1.24
Garfield_____ 4.8 1.26
Wahkiakum____ 4.8 1.78

[fassopony]

As I thought- King Co is counting the states money as "theirs" and whining because they didn't get to keep someone else's money LOL!!

Yeah, no. They aren't "funding" the state. And the more people work from home the more sales tax rev will originate outside of King Co.

[Transmition]

Originally Posted by fassopony

Other counties want to keep a budget, live within their means, save for the future, and be generally fiscally solvent for themselves and future generations.

So why is nearly every other county spending more money than they generate? That doesn't sound like they are living within their means, they are living off the money generated by other people in other counties (mostly King).

Originally Posted by fassopony

As I thought- King Co is counting the states money as "theirs" and whining because they didn't get to keep someone else's money LOL!!

And yet other counties complain that King county is depriving them of money due to spending in Seattle, so I guess you think that they should quit whining too. It's not someone else's money, King county is a major part of the state and generates more than 36 of the other counties combined.

[dav51lin]

can any one really believe that the protests dont spread covid virus

[Tim Randal Walker]

I understand that there is an incubation period with coronavirus. And you can be a carrier even if you don't show any symptoms.

[fassopony]

Originally Posted by Transmition

So why is nearly every other county spending more money than they generate? That doesn't sound like they are living within their means, they are living off the money generated by other people in other counties (mostly King).


And yet other counties complain that King county is depriving them of money due to spending in Seattle, so I guess you think that they should quit whining too. It's not someone else's money, King county is a major part of the state and generates more than 36 of the other counties combined.

Are you familiar with governmental accounting? Do you understand the budget process for the various cities, counties, etc? Are you familiar with appropriations, expenditures, tax base, etc?

Because if you did you wouldn't ask what you did. Check this out-

MRSC - Budget Preparation Procedures for Counties

And then this-

https://www.cbpp.org/research/policy...t%20commission.

[happygrrrl]

Originally Posted by Seacove

King County has enough money if they stop sending $3 billion a year to 33 other counties in the state because those counties can't pay their own bills.

Do you grow all your own food, or do you buy it from the rural Washington counties that provide it??

If you don't have a garden, an orchard, livestock, go hunting and fishing, you better get on it!

[Dport185]

Originally Posted by dg628

Like the tolerant left does huh ? Or does that only apply when it suits them ?

Because Im the white , don’t vote Democrat and don’t align myself with ultra progressives im a “ racist , sexist , alt-right nazi “ , right ?

Anyway not sure where you work where you can take time off like that to vist a place.

Must be a nice cushy job. I gotta save what I can and pick a spot based purely on job market and aesthetics without ever having been there.

The only place I’m familiar with that I’d consider is CO. You don’t make enough to live as an electrician in Denver , especially as an apprentice . Won’t even be able to afford a room in a shared place. Gotta live with mommy and daddy there at my level in the field. Atleast not for your first two years.

Meh. I’d trade the snow for being close to the water. WA is definately prettier state.

Geez angry much?