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Still undecided about Measure 118?
We’ve already said we think Measure 118 is a hot mess. Here’s what we put in the Voter’s Pamphlet on Measure 118 Tax Fairness Oregon Opposes Measure 118 Tax Fairness Oregon is a network of volunteers who advocate for a fair, equitable, and efficient tax code. We fight against tax breaks for [...]
Measure 118 is a hot mess!
A critical citizens’ initiative, Measure 118, will be on the ballot this November. If it passes it will dramatically change Oregon’s tax and spending policy. It would raise around $7 billion per year through a new gross receipts tax on corporations (that’s 50% more than the State’s current revenue from [...]
Baseball strategy meeting tomorrow
Just a reminder that we’ve having a strategy meeting on the baseball stadium issue. After a brief overview, we’ll be discussing how to stop legislators from giving money to build the new baseball stadiums need by privately owned teams to satisfy the contracts they signed with MLB back in 2021 [...]
Baseball funding strategy session
Should the state give $25 million to build baseball stadiums for professional, privately-owned baseball teams? This is still on the docket for the February session. We sent you our commentary on it in September: https://taxfairnessoregon.net/20-million-for-the-owners-of-the-hillsboro-hops/. And have done considerable research since, leading to this talking points paper: https://taxfairnessoregon.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/TFO-comments-Stadium-Funding.pdf we’ve been sharing with legislators. But [...]
What do you think of the kicker?
We think the Kicker is Oregon’s very worst tax policy. And it’s stuck in the Constitution, thanks to the Republicans who referred it to the voters 24 years ago. As one of you recently wrote, “no one, including the highest paid people in Wall Street, can accurately predict the state [...]