Anna Boiko-Weyrauch Seattle Defends Its New High-Earner Income Tax In Court By Anna Boiko-Weyrauch • Nov 16, 2017 Documentary filmmaker Christopher Rufo doesn't make enough money to have to pay Seattle's new high-earners tax, but he still wants to keep Seattle income-tax-free. So much so, he joined around 30 plaintiffs suing the city.