Oregon

State Chapter: Oregon

Help stop the state legislature from raising our income taxes by more than $1.12 billion!

Raising taxes during a recession is terrible public policy and will not lead to long term economic growth. Only by reducing taxes and regulations, and making Oregon a more business-friendly state can we achieve the goal of real economic growth, and real prosperity for Oregonians.

Nevertheless, liberals in the Oregon Legislature and poised to ram through three different tax hike bills this week, carrying a total price tag of $1.129 billion!

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State Blogs

Chicago-style Politics in Oregon

By Andrew Spano on Jun 25, 2009

In a last-minute effort to confuse appeals voters in Oregon, the Ways and Means Committee of the House Legislature adopted House Bill 2414, which fundamentally changes the way referrals of legislative measures are treated.

State News

Democrats in legislature bet against history on tax hikes

Jun 22, 2009

SALEM — Democrats have rolled the dice in a big way by approving more than $1 billion in tax increases in the waning weeks of the legislative session, gambling that Oregon has undergone a profound political change since the days of property tax limits and income tax rejections.

The new taxes — on upper earners, corporations, hospitals and gasoline — help balance a shaky budget and offer an exit strategy that sends lawmakers home by July. But it could be a short vacation.