Travis Couture

Will new housing mandates make homes harder to afford? Critics warn the added requirements could burden sellers and buyers alike while one commissioner raised concerns about potential legal challenges. Full discussion on Washington in Focus Daily.

“We lost the Sonics to a state that has an income tax, and we did not at the time,” Ferguson said. “Steph Curry pays a lot of money in California, and they have a pretty hefty income tax. So candidly, I just don’t think that’s got anything to do with anything.” The NBA has already said it’s a concern, but why would you listen?? Let’s unmask your false equivalency, Governor: Oklahoma City: 4.5% income | 8.6% sales California: 13.3% income | 9–10% sales WA (Seattle combined rate): 18% income | 10%+ sales + a 7% capital gains tax That’s not even close! First, if Steph Curry played in Seattle it would be even heftier! Shohei Ohtani even deferred most of his $700m contract to avoid CA income taxes. If WA is going to match or exceed California on taxes, why would elite talent choose Seattle over sunny California, massive markets, and far bigger endorsement opportunities? You can apply this exact same logic to the tech industry, Governor. Athletes, businesses, and high earners don’t ignore taxes, they optimize around them. If taxes didn’t matter, nobody would be trying this hard to avoid them, and we wouldn’t have massive capital flight before you even signed the bill! We should re-name the Sonics the Bureaucrats, because the only thing that’ll make money or be left when these guys play is the government. Bob Ferguson is going to doom this state.

I can find you 100 things in my shop if you ever run out of things to improve 😂 I own a custom cabinet manufacturing company. There’s no shortage of headaches for the owner/operator. I use common AI tools for business stuff every day (likely very inefficiently). I can see small businesses like mine benefiting greatly in various ways, in the office and the shop.

@TravisSCouture @jesseproudman Same. This is something I hope gets our beyond the tech bubble. Going to do my best to make that happen. We need more things that crossover.

Sick of AI doomerism but also keenly aware of reality? Us too, so we decided to do something about it. AI has forever changed software. It’s easier than ever to ship, but much harder to know what actually needs fixing. And even worse, there is a growing disconnect between folks in non-tech industries dealing with painful, daily headaches that AI can solve now and builders who can create solutions, but don’t know which problems actually matter. That’s the gap we’re closing with Foundations NEXT. It’s a simple pitch: bring the real problem. No deck, no startup BS, just the operational pain you live with. We’ll share it with AI-native builders at Foundations who can poke at it, refine it, and maybe build something useful. Best of all, they’ll build it with you. For free. And if it becomes something bigger, we’ll partner with you. To operators who keep muttering “this shouldn’t be this hard” take a look and drop a problem if it fits @ fndtns.org/next

@TaxesAreTooHigh Not a single person.

@TravisSCouture Have you been hearing from your Thurston County folks that are pissed about the outlawing of pocket listings that you voted for? I’m pissed about the ever increasing overreach of government and our property rights being eroded.

Hearing a lot about this from my Thurston County folks… they are pissed.

@America_63 @KYRRadio No thank you to that hell

@TravisSCouture @KYRRadio Try being a landlord in Washington state...

We have record home unaffordability and theyre layering on yet another moronic tax and regulation. Remember, increased regulation equals increased cost. Always. Doesn’t mean it’s not worth it sometimes. But do you think we need ANY increased regs in housing at present?

Use with others? Your tax dollars HARD at work… DOH is out of control.

@wellyouredumbso It’ll be lawsuit city for sure

@TravisSCouture This cannot be legal

@FarmerGhillie Thurston Co ordinance

@TravisSCouture Is this RCW or WAC, or neither?

Highlights from the record 24.5 hour marathon debate over the unconstitutional and devastating income tax.

Rest in peace, brave warrior. My deepest condolences to her family and friends. A grateful nation will never forget your sacrifice. We will never forget you. komonews.com/news/local/fam…

They keep building tax regimes for a world where people had to stay. That world doesn’t exist anymore. When professionals can decouple where they live from where they work, aggressive tax policy stops being a revenue strategy and starts being an exit strategy. In a remote work world, you don’t tax people, you compete for them.

@Spearhead96B I personally believe next session they will implement the pay per mile tax. We shall see

@TravisSCouture So, what’s the plan to reduce the gas tax and replace it with…..

How long are you willing to tolerate the $1.29 price increase of fuel due to Democrats war on Washingtonians? Tell me in the comments ⬇️

This income tax is unconstitutional, harms our economy, and it will spread to lower income people in no time. The destruction this tax will cause is nearly incalculable. Worse, they took away your right to vote against it on the ballot. That’s called tyranny. youtu.be/3KvsarvBU8c

@aviel He’s gone too far to turn back now. He’s willing to burn it all down to not get a primary challenge from his left flank.

I don't think he's gonna pass it.

Coming soon to WA

@ItsHapnin I’m already in, we need to get more. You’re in a critically important area to success. We need you.

@TravisSCouture I can respect that. Look - I'm "nobody" personified, but if you're willing to fight this battle, I will fight alongside you, and I will do everything in my limited power to help from southern WA. Not sure how we overcome fraudulent elections to get you in, but we've got to try.

We are going to save Washington State. You in? There’s no easy answer. We must work, we must sacrifice, and we must be unafraid. They’ve conditioned us to believe we can’t, but we create our own luck. Hundreds of thousands of Washingtonians’ eyes are open and they can finally see the destruction of over 40 years of one party rule. This is our moment, and it could be one of our last before it’s too late. This isn’t about right vs left anymore, this is about right vs wrong — and we are on the right side of history.