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Beware of statistics!  (Remember that old saying, Figures can lie and Liars can figure!)

Of course corporations are our 2nd largest source of revenue!  That's because INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYERS are #1!

If Bill Gates and I were the only two people in a room, Yes, I would be the second wealthiest in that room -- even though his assests are vastly more than mine.  But most would agree that the truthful statement that I am the second wealthiest in the room is sort of silly.

Same thing with saying that corporations are the second highest taxpayer in Oregon.  What a crock!

Vote YES!

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YES!  What's with the gigantic microphones?  Even tho T-O-L is a radio show, this was a TV broadcast, and I know that it is possible to get microphones that are more discreet (like for instance the clip-on type that have been around for a decade or so.)  It was distractive to not be able to see the guests as they spoke.  Puh-leeze!!

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Like Phil Knight, I graduated from the University of Oregon and co-founded a business right here in Oregon.  And that’s where the similarity ends. 

In the Jan. 17 OREGONIAN, Phil Knight wrote an opinion column opposing Measures 66 & 67 and bemoaning the high rate of taxes on Oregon businesses.  He’s just plain mistaken.  The Oregon Legislative Revenue Office (non-partisan support staff to the Oregon House & Senate) found that Oregon ranks third from the lowest in taxes paid by Oregon businesses, right behind North Carolina and Connecticut (Research Report #6-09 which can be found at www.oregon.gov ).    Even with the passage of Measure 67, we will only shift to fifth lowest, slipping past Delaware and Utah.

Knight predicts that businesses will flee Oregon in droves.  He claims that our neighbor Washington State has a more friendly business environment – but if he’s right it's in spite of the fact  that Washington’s taxes are higher than Oregon’s!  And he reminds us that Washington has no income tax.  What he fails to mention is that pair of $120 Nike shoes is going to cost at least an extra $8 in Washington sales tax.

I am going to continue to support Oregon and vote YES on both Measures 66 and 67.

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