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posted 3 years, 4 months ago
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Live where you work and shop where you live selyab. Oregon won't miss you. And, I would be contributing MY money, as I mentioned in my first comment. $500 out of my large savings account would have NO impact on my life or business. It could cut back on Porcella's hours of prep for a school auction so her kids can have pencils and an art class.

posted 3 years, 4 months ago
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I don't get prompt return calls or response times from the police and our public schools are a shadow of what they used to be in the 60's, 70's and 80's. I'm glad I attended school in Oregon before Measure 5 hit. Our public services need a steady income stream.

I lost my job at the beginning of last year and pulled myself up by my bootstraps. I didn't take a nickel from unemployment.

I now run a small business--S-corp. with 3 sub-contractors--that is successful enough to be taxed by this measure. Guess what? The extra $200- 500 I'd be paying with this tax would have NO affect in my personal spending, reinvestment in my business, or my hiring practices. It would take a small portion of my earnings stashed in savings and securities investments and transfer them into Oregon's economy.

I would support Measure 66 in hopes of having a better society. I can afford it, easily.

On another note, I also support smarter state spending and want reform of PERS, the state’s overly-generous retirement fund which is too heavy of a burden for the state budget.

posted 3 years, 4 months ago
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