Caller: "Hi Dave. Long-time listener. First time caller."
Dave: "You are on the show. What is going on?"
Caller: "I have a revenue problem."
Dave: "Alright. Tell me about it."
Caller: "A lot of high-income people just left who pay a lot of tax."
Dave: "Why did they leave?"
Caller: "They said taxes were too high."
Dave: "And what did you say?"
Caller: "I told them bye."
Dave: "You told them bye."
Caller: "And I laughed."
Dave: "You laughed at your own revenue leaving."
Caller: "I thought they would be replaced."
Dave: "Were they?"
Caller: "Not exactly."
Dave: "So revenue is down."
Caller: "Yes."
Dave: "And spending."
Caller: "Going up."
Dave: "So you told the checkbook to leave, laughed while it walked out, and now you are surprised the account is empty."
Dave: "What is your role exactly?"
Caller: "I am the Mayor."
Dave: "Of what?"
Caller: "Seattle."
Dave: "Ma’am, the millionaires might have left, but the same math stayed."
INSANE. Seattle's Socialist Mayor responds to exodus of wealth from Washington state by saying "BYE" ... then laughing. We're doomed.