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on Live from Salem
The kicker should go, though I doubt a lot of Oregonians will ever agree to that. Personally it seems ridiculous to me that this money that we've paid once in taxes, is then sent back to us (cost of checks cut + cost of mailing), and then we again pay taxes on this same money. Seems like a whole lot of screwing around with not a whole lot of gain. Also think it would be better to put the 'extra' money into a rainy day fund to be used in the many down times we have.
posted 2 years, 2 months ago
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on Primary Election 2010
Is it required that we have primary elections? I know the major parties want them, but is there any other reason for them. As an independent voter, the primaries pretty much make me feel left out of the process. Seems like we might be able to condense the election process by just allowing everybody to run in a general election.
posted 3 years ago
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on Changing the Kicker
Personally I'd prefer to have the kicker money put into a well-managed and regulated rainy day fund. The current kicker process doesn't seem to be the effective control on government spending it was touted as being. Seems like there's a lot of time/money spent on calculating amounts and then sending out checks. Of course I, like everyone else love getting an unexpected check in the mail, but then I also grumble a lot when I have to pay taxes on that amount a second time the following year.
posted 4 years, 2 months ago
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