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If You Like Happy Endings
You’ll Love Ballot Measure # 1
ot so long ago most Oregonians hail good jobs
properly taxi's were cut by an
“ I M G O ' N G TO I t
M l * to
xee a Mr
healthv busim-ssey affordable homo ami
average of J Ç V Homeowners were happv.
it
I u d ir the Balanced lax .System.
great sdtools for their children
- i f every
This paul for U mosth b\ taxing (ami taxing
ami taxing
ORtaoN
THAT A t AN i
7 0 ,0 0 0
JO B S !'
If wt ••*n p to at ' u « u m v i w
y o p x u l s . w »
o a* u v it * » /V * t w
Vml those companK-s ouisule
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(he V Hh largest stale in America,
buuness
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) their I hhih - s ami paychecks. in a
dangerous. unbalanced way
Si cm ti (hough Orcg'*n was only
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does d o w n ' -
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h o m e , eve*/
Oregon, widi all tliose
jobs for Oregonians? Tins put
Oregon hai k on their list
" 1 C a NSU*E
yorh '
USB A H
INCOME
peopk'N property laxo wen- the
Nth highest. Their income taxes
Meanwhile, local Oregon businesses were hiring Vml luring
were frd highest! Ranking them
The Balanced lax System also cut Income (axes by an
right up there with New V»rk
average of 10",. t o o ...
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cur,
t o o
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Itili when tiles thought about lowering their lugli pmperts axes Oregonians ran
into a very lough problem
*wf TOURISTS
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"WHO CAN
HAHI A
DICISION
Line that f
nr home
A CHILDS
You see. their properly taxes were being usisi to lumi
Vml the tourists? Well under Measure Ts Balanced lax
will
BUT TttJtcxXS M X
EVERY SCHOOL CHAO
IN OREGON AHO PUT
A COMPUTI* IN
Si stem this were contributing at least $.!(» million dollars
a year to Oregon's economy
filmatimi Thai meant they hail lo choose between
irtRY
UfSiKXM
protecting their bornes ami a iTiiklsmlucatmn
JUST fO*
starters
e d u c a t io n 7“
Vml all it look to balance Oregon's tax
system was a yes vote for Measure
0 I. Vml ion
o| the moms netted hv
the retail sales tax went directly to
Ys for the kuLs
education. Bv law
"wc j«* r
well,
WAN T TO
»0
nokidy thought to ask
"IT C U T S PROPERTY
TAXES u p t o 35 %
a n d in c o m e T a x e s
u p TO t o % T O
BALANCE A S %
RETAIL
SALES
TV4 X *
To
SC H OOL .*
them how this lelt
foi iserxkxlv hi
" N O W WE D O N ' T H A V E
TO CHOOSE B E T W I E N
O u * HOMES BUSINESSES
A N O O U * C H I L Û R E N 'S
Oregon, that meant
mu- thing
EDUCATION *
OH BOY, I DON T GET TAxEO ON
Jobs wen1 another problem.
G R O C E R IE S
PRE S C R IP T IO N
m i D ie iN E S
G a s o l in e
new h o n e s
I nhalaiiced taxes were costing Oregonians |obs h\ hurting small businessi-s ami
a u t o m o b il e
TR AD E IN S
N O U S EN O LO
U T I L I T I E S flREWOOO RENT
A N D N O * TQ A í f PATHENTS
M ED ICA L P I N T A L HOSPITAL
B il l s , a n d M O R E *
large companies .dike
lust like homeowners. small business owners were forced to pa\ the same high
Ik'st of all Oregon's Balanced Tax
Svstem is fair to Oregonians with
lower incomes Most necessities
are exempt from the retail sales
tax.
pn>|M-rrx taxes whether this made moms or not \nd sometimes, this hail to lav oil
• Tue moneR m y
p r o p e r t y t A x e s ,
th e r t w t R p io p l E
I CAN
m er'
Vml il lour household earns less than SI” still, von qualify lor .i sales tax
workers to pay those taxes
refund. Vml il vou re a renter mu gel one too
Vml some companies thinking of moving to
'THE POUT/CANS
Oregon, and bringing
('lus. most ini|Mirtant ol all. . . the entire Balanced lax
thousands of Jobs (or
flan was TAMI'TK I’KOOI. Il was actually written into
Oregonians, crossed
Oregon's constitution so the politiciaas couldn't play
( )reg< »n i it! their list
with it.
C AN T CHANGE IT
WITHOUT
my
) VO TEr
Iks ausi' is out of SO
Hits could alvvavs lower the retail sales tax. hut tlus
states hail a more balani ml tax plan than Oregon
couldn't raise it abut* S% without a vote of all ik* people
is tcu R ists . wí
it
t a
The tourists were another problem.
fnu
XiOt 'V OAn»sr
The tourists used Oregon's roads— our highways— our parks
our poke protection— our fire departments All those
Did tservoiie live happily iser alter"
expensive things wen- k ing paid for hx Oregon's taxpayi-rs
Nokulv can guaran ter that
Vml the tourists i user had to pay their lair share
But il you re an Oregonian who has tust ak>ut had it with unbalanced taxes, u h i
"W h A TX JO O A t A T ABOUT HIGH PROPtTTY
T A X IS , H lf A /NCOM l TA X tl.U H iN H O TH lH T,
A f x t t m o f to * t o u r is t s a n d a
W tA H SCHOOL- S Y S T tM ’ ■
I rankh. no mie was surpnsed when thè
inopie of Oregon Ivegan lo gel a little
can make a Balanced lax System for Oregon a realm on September 17, l‘)KS.
By voting “Yes" lo r Billiot Measure 1,
and the Balanced lax Plan.
mlgy akmt .di ibis Vs tlus saw il. tks
li.nl a righi lo thè good thmgs a baiatimi
tax sxslmn wmikl hrmg
It probabh won l make umr lilt a lairx tale But at least the inghuiure will k ' over
Itili t k r r were some folks who were v» tnghlemsl of ani tax measurv th.il tlm
fought agallisi Balanini laxes witlmut mer actualh umk rstamling Measure # I
Hut thinking Oregonians were saying.
Hus collidil i think ninne reason win
this shouldn I balance their taxes and
solve those problems
r
Help us gel the message
to even m ore Oregonians.
~A BALANCED t a x
SrS TlIA WOULD MS AN
H O R l JOBS GOOD
SCHOOLS SSCuRt HOMES
AND HULL THY I W H f n t S
ANO TOURISTS PATINO
mem
share ‘
send:
$.!(• l
SIO
$S
Kven SI lor Measure #1
to fVople for a Hiller Oregon • PO Box ¿StWKl • hirtluid. t)regon
Name
0 THE B A L A N C E O TAX S Y S T E M
S o l v í o O ur p r o b l e m ! 0
Vml so (fits did And after months of
I mm
Address
work Measure I fo ra Balanced lax
System was bom .
Phone: Home
A im ! it worked like this
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