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Nothing to Lose and Everything to Gain
Temporary income tax hike would not raise taxes for typical seniors
A new analysis of the temporary income tax
increase on the Jan. 28 ballot shows that the typical
Oregonian over age 65 will not have increased
taxes as a result of the measure. The study by the
Oregon Center for Public Policy shows that,
while the average elderly taxpayer will pay $83 or*
less than $7 a month, over the three years the
measure is in effect, at least half o f the elderly
taxpayers will see no increase in taxes as a result
of the measure.
"The typical elderly Oregonian has nothing to
lose and everything to gain by voting for Measure
28," said Charles Sheketoff, executive director of
the public policy research institute.
Sheketoff noted that in the fifth special session taxpayers get something for nothing out of Mea
the Legislature adopted $310 million in budget cuts sure 28.”
The average tax is higher than the tax that will
that will go into effect if Measure 28 does not pass.
The cuts were included in House Bill 51(X). The be paid by the typical elderly Oregonian because
-------------------------------- the average is skewed
Legislature tied across-the-
by the high incomes of
board cuts in services, in
iThe Legislature tied
relatively few elderly
cluding cuts to senior ser across-the-board cuts in services,
Oregonians. “The typi
vices, to the success of the
including cuts to senior services to cal elderly Oregonian
measure.
earns significantly less
"At least half of elderly the success o f the measure
than the wealthiest eld
taxpayers can vote for the
erly O regonians and
measure, preserving vital
reduced federal taxes. Taxpayers that itemize will
be able to deduct their increased tax liability when
calculating their federal income taxes. This deduc
tion will offset about 25 percent of the additional
state tax.
A copy of the OCPP analysis, “Something for
Nothing: Seniors and Measure 28, the Temporary
Income Tax Proposal on the Jan. 28 Special
Election Ballot” is available at www.ocpp.org.
The Oregon Center fo r Public Policy is a non
profit, non-partisan research institute that ad
dresses budget, tax and other issues important to
low and moderate income Oregonians, the major
services, and not pay any additional taxes," said pays less in taxes each year," said Sheketoff.
Sheketoff. “In other words, at least half of elderly
Some of the tax increase will be offset by ity o f Oregonians.
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B u s h s h o u ld u se all o p tio n s w ith Ira q , in c lu d in g in s p e c tio n s
ate rates to defend this nation and
The N A A CP Board o f D irec
her honor.”
tors has unanimously passed areso-
lution that expresses opposition to
Dem etrius Prather, youth board
w ar against Iraq before all options
m e m b e r w ho re p re s e n ts the
are exercised, including but not
N A A CP Youth and College D ivi
lim ited to U nited Nations arms in
sion, made up o f m em bers 25 and
spection.
"T his resolution reflects serious
younger from across the U nited
introduced the resolution. Youth
cans and all A m ericans about this
board m em ber D enisha D elane
Ju lian B ond, ch airm an o f the
a s g o o d a s it g e t s !
No monthly
maintenance fee !
No m in im u m b a lan c e!
States, Japan, Korea and Europe,
discontent am ong African A m eri
risky and perilous adventure,” said
F R E E C H E C K IN G -
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Earns a d iv id e n d !
authored the measure. The reso
Julian Bond
lution also calls on N A A CP col
lege chapters to host town hall m eetings on
N A A C P board o f directors.
cam puses across the country to gauge student
T he reso lu tio n takes P resid en t Bush to task
fo r not m aking a co n clu siv e case fo r the use o f
sentim ent about the possible war.
d ead ly force in the case o f Iraq and calls on
F ounded in 1909, the N A A C P is the
n a tio n ’s oldest and largest civil rights or
ganization. Its half-million adult and youth
members throughout the United States and
the world are prem ier advocates fo r civil
rights in their communities, conducting voter
m obilization and monitoring equal oppor
tunity in the public and private sectors.
the U nited S tates g o v ern m en t to ad d ress and
allo cate reso u rces to the issu es o f in justice
and terro rism d o m estically as w ell as in tern a
tionally.
M oreover, the resolution said that African
A m erican and other m inority youth and young
adults are “enrolled into service at disproportion
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