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EPISODE · Nov 2, 2025 · 22 MIN

Socialist MAYOR Can't Afford Seattle But Wants $1B for Housing FIASCO

from News For Reasonable People · host Sean Reynolds

Seattle's about to elect a straight-up socialist mayor who can't even afford to live in the city she wants to run – and gets $2,200 monthly from her parents at age 43. What could go wrong? We dive deep into Katie Wilson's housing plan that promises to solve Seattle's sky-high rents with the same progressive policies that created the crisis in the first place. She wants billion-dollar bonds, rent caps, and more red tape while record-low housing permits and fleeing businesses tell the real story. Meanwhile, small businesses get robbed 25 times and grocery stores shut down because crime pays better than commerce. Wilson's solution? Build more "social housing" (aka government-funded ghettos) and clamp down on "bad actor landlords" – because nothing says "affordable housing" like scaring away property investors. This is the same playbook that's sent people fleeing to Texas and Florida, yet Seattle voters are ready to double down. Are we witnessing the death of common sense in real time? Will this be the final nail in Seattle's coffin? Subscribe and grab the popcorn – this socialist experiment is going to provide podcast content for years.

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