Seattle Office Vacancy Shifts Tax Burden Onto Homeowners Katie Wilson Ignores

Seattle's downtown is emptying out — and the bill is landing on homeowners. Office vacancy in the city has hit crisis levels, and as commercial property values crater, the tax base quietly shifts onto residential owners already stretched thin. It's a textbook doom loop: businesses leave, assessments fall, and the people who stayed get to pay more.Katie Wilson and the progressive coalition running Seattle have no credible answer. Their policy response has been more regulation, more spending, and more rhetoric about equity — none of which fills empty office towers or halts the death spiral of a city that can't get out of its own way. The tax shift is the inevitable consequence of chasing out the businesses that were supposed to fund it all.Sean breaks down the vacancy numbers, the political deflection, and what this means for homeowners trying to hold on in a city that keeps making it harder to stay.CHAPTERS0:00 Seattle office vacancy crisis shifts…1:30 Seattle Office Vacancy Shifts Tax Burden2:19 Seattle's Payroll Tax Shed 30,000 Jobs3:46 Half of Downtown Seattle Now Vacant5:22 Seattle Eyes Capital Gains Tax Hike6:51 John Scholes on Seattle's Tax Problem8:25 What Seattle Must Do to Recover9:18 Bellevue Up 7% While Seattle Plummets10:43 Oklahoma City Plans America's Tallest…11:57 Amazon and Starbucks Leaving Seattle13:31 Mayor Wilson's Policies Drive…15:55 Empty Offices Push Seattle Rent Higher19:22 Oklahoma City's Affordable American…22:26 Crime Overruns Seattle's Chinatown…25:35 Defund Police and the Rent ReckoningSubscribe to @reasonablenews for daily conservative and libertarian news commentary from the Pacific Northwest. New episodes every weekday.#NFRP #Seattle #KatieWilsonGO PREMIUM WITH REASONABLE+ FOR UNCENSORED ACCESS 🌟https://ReasonableTV.com/🛍️ MERCH - https://Store.ReasonableTV.com/💬 JOIN our FREE Discord Community! Share stories, chat with fellow enthusiasts, and stay in the loop: https://discord.com/invite/uJGWFpgDcY👍🏼 SMASH that LIKE button & SUBSCRIBE for daily videos that dive into the latest news! https://youtube.com/c/NewsForReasonablePeopleSTAY CONNECTED:🔗 Rumble - https://Rumble.com/c/NewsForReasonablePeople🔗 Facebook - https://www.Facebook.com/NewsForReasonablePeople🔗 iTunes - https://Apple.co/2MkFziJ🔗 Spotify - https://Spoti.fi/2Dh8EoL