Rep. Gomberg (D, HD10) will be having a Town Hall with Sen. Merkely (D, Oregon Senate) on Friday, Aug 2 at the Hatfield Center starting at 10 am.
Find out about about IP 17 – a proposal to tax sales in larger Oregon businesses to fund an annual payment of $750 to every Oregonian. Proponents of this initiative say the universal basic income plan would reduce child poverty by about 26%. But the payments would go to every Oregonian and not just those of lower incomes. Increasingly there is evidence that the measure would increase prices, drive inflation, and reduce revenue needed for schools, health care, and wildfire response.
The 3% gross receipts tax would apply to all sales by firms grossing over $25 million annually. Remember that the sales tax we are familiar with in Washington and California only applies to the final retail sale of products, and not to purchases of wholesale products, materials or services.
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