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You deal with it by competing with other states, which is what happens now, and what is intended based on the very architecture of the federal and state governments. This will make Seattle less attractive to the type of person who makes a LOT of money almost entirely from W2 income. Private practice physicians, specialty attorneys, that kind of thing. "Working people" who happen to be very highly compensated.

If I was in that type of role and I could routinely expect to make $1.5-$2M/yr it would absolutely make me consider places like Florida or Texas more, especially with the marriage penalty mentioned in the article (although I'm curious how many households have two people both earning more than $1M/yr).