Oregon Voters Approve New Taxes On Businesses & “Rich”
Oregon votes for socialism. New legislation will punish producers.Oregon voters approved new taxes on businesses and those making above $250,000 a year (or $125,000 if you are single).The LA Times reported:Here in Kansas...Facing a budget crunch that threatened to close schools early, lay off teachers and slash healthcare benefits, Oregon voters ended two decades of tax scrimping Tuesday by approving higher taxes on corporations and wealthy families.
The two ballot measures passed handily in a referendum watched closely around the country as a signal of whether voters are ready to approve targeted tax hikes to bail out cash-starved state treasuries.
Oregon voters since 1990 have limited property taxes, rejected sales taxes and vetoed across-the-board income taxes. But with 87% of the ballots counted, the measure to raise income taxes on households earning more than $250,000 a year, and individuals earning more than $125,000, was winning with 54.1%. A second measure to raise the state’s corporate income tax was ahead with 53.6%.
Business leaders had fought the measures, arguing that they would drive away entrepreneurs and force struggling businesses to slash jobs.
The two measures would raise more than $700 million to help close a gap in the state budget that at one point reached $4 billion.
Republicans spike Parkinson’s proposed tax increase - LJ World
Parkinson a former RINO Republican hack...
Topeka — Gov. Mark Parkinson’s proposal to increase the state sales tax rate by one cent was rejected Wednesday by a House committee, but the debate over whether some kind of tax increase is needed to avoid more budget cuts continues.
“None of us want to see a one cent sales tax increase, but perhaps when push comes to shove we may need,” a smaller increase, said state Rep. Julie Menghini of Pittsburg, who is the ranking Democrat on the House Tax Committee.
The Tax Committee voted 12-7 along party lines to essentially kill Parkinson’s plan to raise the state sales tax from 5.3 cents per dollar to 6.3 cents.
1 comment:
Well, then all those making more than $250K will begin an exodus from Oregon. The same thing is happening right now with California. When will these assholes wake up? Closing the gap starts with cutting jobs at the top in government. Raising taxes never works. Look at some of the states with the highest tax rates. They aren't any better off than before they raised taxes. Gotta love that hope n change bs.
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