The Governor of Oregon has to increase taxes because of the less expected return from the Feds due to Corporate America and the wealthy paying less taxes. btw, that's occurring in almost all States.
Shut up liar.



Now that this ^^^ liar has been dealt with, here's what Oregon liberals are going to spend the new $1 billion dollars in taxes on...half the money will be spent on NOT teaching math and science but 'student mental health' and 'reducing achievement disparities for students of color' in other words hiring more public employees. State GOP senators walked out in protest, they say the tax is destined not for students but for public employee pensions.
Whats wrong with increasing workers pay?
You know, I've asked that same question, and can't ever get a satisfactory answer. Republicans want people to get off of public assistance and stand on their own two feet. And, if people were given a living wage, then they would make too much money to qualify, meaning they would get off of public assistance.
Only trouble is, they then bitch about the cost of hiring workers and having it cut into the profit margin of the businesses. Basically, they don't want to do anything to help people get off of assistance, they just want to bitch about it and threaten to cut it off all together.