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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2017
Bill would expand
Oregon Health Plan to
undocumented children
In theory, new business
taxes could cover shortfall
Estimates come
with caveats
By CLAIRE
WITHYCOMBE
Capital Bureau
SALEM — Certain types
of state business taxes could
raise enough additional rev-
enue that match the state’s
projected budget shortfall of
nearly $1.8 billion, according
to an analysis from Oregon’s
nonpartisan Legislative Reve-
nue Office.
But those estimates come
with serious caveats. They
don’t take into account behav-
ioral responses in the broader
economy. They also don’t
account for other adjustments
to taxes that legislators could
make in exchange for insti-
tuting a new or higher tax on
business.
Those catches encapsulate
the challenge of crafting the
state’s tax policy, a political
battle that’s taking shape this
session.
The shortfall is the gap
between expected revenue for
the upcoming two-year bud-
get cycle and what is needed
to fund state services at cur-
rent levels, according to the
Democratic chairs of the state
legislative
budget-writing
committee.
Prior to the start of the ses-
sion Republicans said that
they’d be willing to consider
revenue reform in exchange
for cutting the costs of state
government. One target of
their ire is the state’s public
pension system.
Legislators on the House
Revenue Committee — the
chamber where revenue-rais-
ing measures have to start
— spent last week and Mon-
day reviewing different types
of taxes that could, if passed,
replace or alter the current
business tax structure.
Some of those taxes were
included in a Legislative Rev-
enue Office analysis of esti-
mated revenue from various
types of taxes last week, which
officials were quick to say was
not a policy proposal.
Corporate income tax
Revenue officers estimated
that if the Legislature increased
the corporate income tax rate
to 20 percent, they could raise
more than $2.8 billion in the
2017-19 budget cycle.
The state’s tax rate on cor-
porate income is currently
whichever is greater: a min-
imum tax on relative sales
or 6.6 percent tax on taxable
income, for companies making
up to $1 million, or 7.6 per-
cent tax for companies mak-
ing more than that, according
to Business Oregon.
In the upcoming biennium,
the corporate income tax, at its
current rates, is projected to
bring in about $1.03 billion.
But, as Legislative Reve-
nue Officer Paul Warner told
legislators last week — in
something of an understate-
ment — a 20 percent corpo-
rate income tax would proba-
bly result in “some feedback”
from the business community.
The state’s general fund
is largely dependent on the
income tax, which swings up
and down with the economy.
Some proponents of revenue
reform claim the amount busi-
nesses contribute to the state’s
revenue pool is too little and
has shrunk in recent decades.
Corporate income taxes are
one subset of business taxes.
‘Menu’ of options
There’s a “menu” of
options available when it
comes to business taxes, says
Warner, and states from New
Hampshire to Ohio have a dif-
ferent array.
Each type of tax comes
with varying consequences in
terms of the state’s revenue
volatility, administrative com-
plexity and prices on goods
and services.
The revenue office last
week also presented figures to
lawmakers on a business privi-
lege tax and a value-added tax.
A business privilege tax is
considered an excise tax and
levied on the “privilege of
doing business” in the state.
Under the Legislative Rev-
enue Office’s analysis, esti-
mates of revenue that such a
tax could bring in range from
$744 million to $2.8 billion
in the upcoming biennium,
depending on the threshold for
inclusion.
Again, those estimates
don’t acknowledge what con-
sequences the institution of
such a tax might have on the
economy or other changes that
legislators could make in com-
bination with those changes,
such as eliminating the corpo-
rate income tax.
A value-added tax is
charged whenever value is
added to a product. It can
be calculated in different
ways, but by one calculation
method, it is based on gross
sales receipts minus the cost
of a business’ purchases from
other businesses. The Legisla-
tive Revenue Office said, with
a $1 million sales threshold, a
rate of 1 percent could bring in
$1.33 billion or, at 1.5 percent,
nearly $2 billion.
Expansion put
at $55 million
over two years
By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
SALEM
—
When
12-year-old Raul Perez was
diagnosed with a heart prob-
lem last fall, his family’s
immediate question was how
could they afford to pay for
medical treatment.
Because Raul came to the
United States undocumented
at age 3 and lacks a Social
Security card, he is ineligible
for coverage under the Ore-
gon Health Plan. His mother,
a housekeeper, said she and
his father, a landscaper, can-
not afford the surgery he will
eventually need to repair the
hole between the top two
chambers of his heart.
“Right now, he does not
have health insurance, so I
cannot sleep at all,” she said.
“For me, it is really hard to
see how much it’s going to
be, how much it’s going to
cost for us.”
When Raul speaks,
there is no hint of his Mex-
ican origin in his voice. His
accent sounds Oregonian as
he spouts perfect standard
English and helps his mother
articulate her thoughts in her
adopted language.
Meanwhile,
Raul’s
5-year-old sister qualifies for
the state Medicaid program
because she was born in this
country.
Gross receipts tax
With a gross receipts
tax, some legislators have
expressed concerns about
“pyramiding,” or the phenom-
enon where the cost of goods
grows with every step in the
supply chain, and eventually
trickles down to the consumer.
The amount of pyramid-
ing depends on the good that
is being sold, though, accord-
ing to Warner. Some products,
such as agricultural commod-
ities, require more processing.
In Nevada, businesses pur-
veying those types of goods
are taxed at a lower rate than
those selling services such as
entertainment.
While a value-added tax
has a broad base by incremen-
talizing charges and minimizes
pyramiding, it is uncommon
and can put exporters at a com-
petitive disadvantage, accord-
ing to the Legislative Revenue
Office.
The Capital Bureau is a
collaboration between EO
Media Group and Pamplin
Media Group.
Gov. Kate Brown, a bipar-
tisan group of lawmakers and
advocates argue that Perez
should receive the same ben-
efits as his sister.
The lawmakers have
sponsored legislation that
would allow the Oregon
Health Authority to give
health coverage to the more
than 17,000 undocumented
children in the state, effective
July 1. Children in house-
holds that earn 300 percent
of federal poverty level are
eligible for the state health
program.
The bill was first proposed
by former state Rep. Vic
Gilliam, R-Silverton, who
resigned earlier this month
due to his battle with Lou
Gehrig’s disease, or amyo-
trophic lateral sclerosis. Gil-
liam sought to pass the same
legislation in 2015, but it died
in the Senate.
Rep. Alissa Keny-Guyer,
D-Portland, read testimony
by Gilliam in support of this
year’s bill during a hearing
in the House Committee on
Health Care.
“The bill offers care and
compassion to a vulnerable
Oregon population, and it
offers savings and illness pre-
vention for all Oregonians,”
Gilliam wrote. “Our commu-
nities are stronger when all of
our children are healthy.”
Gov. Brown has included
the $55 million biennial cost
to add the coverage in her
proposed budget, released in
December. The cost can only
be paid for with state general
fund dollars.
Poet laureate reflects on human condition at Cannon Beach talk
Words, voice,
family and nature
By REBECCA HERREN
The Daily Astorian
CANNON BEACH —
Keep it simple, embellish a lot
and write from the heart with
humor and honesty. That was
how poet laureate Elizabeth
Woody’s message came across
as she spoke to a crowded audi-
ence at the Tolovana Arts Col-
ony in Cannon Beach on Fri-
day evening.
Woody is of Navajo Nation
and Yakama
N a t i o n
descent
and is an
enrolled
member of
the Confed-
Elizabeth
erated Tribes
of
Warm
Woody
Springs. Her
poetry reflects her close ties
with her family and her rela-
tionship to the natural world,
incorporating language that is
rhythmic and inspirational —
full of history and culture. Her
writings intertwine nature’s
imagery with thoughtful obser-
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Elise
assisted living community
the
The human condition
Her writings express her
understanding of the human
condition as she weaves ances-
try with community. Her sec-
ond book “Luminaries of the
Humble” is a compilation of
her reflections as she observes
everyday life.
Before each reading, she
preceded the selection with
anecdotes that prompted her
writings. Her collection of
poems in “Wind Movement”
describes important elements
that were important to her
father. Comparing his beloved
Navajo language to the wind,
Woody explained, “It’s like the
wind, you can’t name it. It is
just there — like energy.”
“Rosette,” for example, is
the desire to learn the art of
beading from her grandmother
who, when asked, informed
Woody that she already was
an expert beader. Disappointed
with this answer, Woody threw
away the medallions she had
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beaded. Her grandmother
fetched them from the trash,
sewed pins to the backs and
wore them to an event; proudly
telling everyone her grand-
daughter had made them.
Another reading evoked the
memory of her grandparents
telling stories every morning
during breakfast. Reflecting,
Woody imparted on how much
in love her grandparents were
and how often they giggled.
She told of the time her grand-
father visualized her grand-
mother as “a beautiful little girl
on a beautiful horse with beau-
tiful long glistening braids.”
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vation and she uses ancestral
experiences and contemporary
issues to express the voice of
native communities today.
Woody is open about her
family and her background, a
group she portrays with human-
ity and sympathy. Raised by
her grandparents, the wisdom
of her ancestors was evident
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ily and nature. “I was raised
in a family that always had me
think about other people,” she
said.
Woody likens the theory
of quantum science and quan-
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