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Welcome to the Empty, High-Cost, City of Seattle. Parking downtown? Think again!

On By rushbabe49In Authoritarianism, business, Culture, Economics, government, Law and Justice, Politics in the Age of Trump, Progressive "Thought", Washington State PoliticsLeave a comment

The Empty part is downtown, which as of now has a 38.5% office vacancy rate. Yes, that's 38.5%!!! Office buildings for sale have sold for 20-30% of their assessed value; restaurants are closing every day; entire chains of stores have been closed due to high theft and vandalism risks. That "high-cost" part? Well, on January …

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*Human-caused Global Warming might be a hoax, but in Seattle, Economy Cooling is a fact of Socialist life.

On By rushbabe49In Authoritarianism, business, Culture, DEI, Economics, Education, elections, Energy/Petroleum, environmentalism, Food and drink, government, Law and Justice, Media bias, Politics in the Age of Trump, social media, transportation, Washington State Politics1 Comment

It seems like almost every day, we get news of another restaurant closing here in the Seattle area. In our region, many cities, led by Socialist Seattle, have above-market minimum wages, forcing restaurateurs to pay all of their employees, even tipped and part-time ones, over $20 per hour. Jobs like dish-washing and bussing tables aren't …

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