Restore Reason

Amanda’s Story 😢

Seattle is the best. We love it. We are scared sh-tless about it, though, because there are all sorts of people who moved here in the last 15 years who think they know why it is so great, but don't know how we got here. They are correct that it is geographically perfect, has loving citizens who want all our neighbors to do well, and will invest in schools, parks, libraries, and reasonable transit. They do not know at all that we can do this well because we have been a low tax environment that let this weird corner of the country punch WAY above it's weight because we helped many businesses grow like Microsoft, Amazon, Costco, Starbucks, Nordstrom's, many startups -- and that created opportunity for our kids. You are not owed the opportunity to live here and live on our parents and grandparents' investment and work. these newbies just think this is all manifest destiny and are pissing it away. they didn't make a damned thing, are mostly interlopers (see Seattle mayor), sometimes are lawyers (who can be great, see Gates family, or terrible, see Governor Ferguson) and now think they can redistribute wealth without creating new opportunity. We seriously are at a really risk of becoming economically the equivalent of the third generation of kids who no longer know how to make business and opportunity.