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‘ Based on recent experience, defeat of Ballot Measure I could mean
postponing the inevitable until some urn* after the year 20U).' said Jack
Zimmerman in a column tilled Why Measure One is called balanced the
August 1» installment of his weekly column. "Salem Scene." He bases his
prediction on the fact that the g-| defeat of the sales tax in 1969 was so
devastating to the legislature that they did not again propose a sales tax until
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Oregon voters have consistently voiced opinions against a sales tax and
the legislature has repeatedly repackaged ballot measures and sent the
sales tax question back to the voters
Glancing through the voter s pamphlet, the arguments in favor and
against sales tax all sound vaguely fam iliar
A sales (ax w ill reduce
property taxes by an average of 35 percent and income taxes an average of
9 7 percent schools won t have to depend on property taxes all lax payers
will pay a “ fair share of taxes, more jobs, and government spending w ill be
kept in control A sales tax is a regressive (ax. it is unfair, bad for the
schools, does not guarantee that income and property taxes w ill not
increase w ill mean the loss of jobs and tourists who come to a duty free
state to vacation
The one new wrinkle this year seems to be the "comic book format which
was used to present the balanced tax plan" to voters After reading the
book prepared by People for a Better Oregon we were overwhelmed by the
logic and good sense of the plan which would do so much good for the slate
and Its people
With so much creativity and money behind the campaign to sell the
"balanced tax plan," we begin to wonder, however, if it really is balanced
or if People for a Belter Oregon and the Oregon legislature aren't trying a
bit too hard to promote an additional tax plan The issue on September 17
is still "Do Oregonians want a sales tax'” '
Voters haveanswered that question before with a resounding No " If we
reject the issue again on September 17 in as great numbers as in 1969 will
the legislature really gel the message or w ill voters have to prepare a
"comic book" to convince the legislature that Oregonians do not want a
sales tax’
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Michael Robert Parka. Portland
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Donald Walter Bristow, lone
Exceeding the Maximum Speed. '68
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To the Editor
Ballot measure No I. or the Sales
and fs e Tax 'correct name,, not
Oregon » balanced tax plan as
quoted in the comic book put out by
the group wanting us to foot our own
property lax relief with a sales tax
Why would a new buxine»« come lo
Oregon with a tales tax’ They know
property tax can still go up -cities
and counties still get a six percent
lax base
Schools get 6 and 12
percent tax base the firxt two years
if the tales lax paxses
More job* in Oregon because of
sales tax. that * a laugh Wr don t
have a sales tax now and companies
are not hiring
They talk of tourist money for
Oregon -do you know we would lose
more in revenue from our neigh
boring slates such as Washington.
Idaho Nevada and California’
These people come here to buy big
items because we have no sales tax
If the sales tax passes we will have
an extra tax burden of $109 6 million
a year on our shoulders The yearly
coal of collecting this new tax would
be $30 5 million, that is more than
tourists would bring in plus we lose
the out of stale business
They say you get 35 percent tax
relief, an example to the contrary
your income ix $25.0(M, home value
$50.000. properly relief $385. me on.*
tax relief $142. breakeven pur
chases $10.500
Five percent of
$10.500 equals $525 i no relief
S Margaret Wilson
Chairman Iwine County
Consumers < Opposing
Sales Taxes
223 Conestoga Way
Eugene. OR 97401
N o. 1 Ls a real bummer
To the Editor
I would like to urge all the people
of Morrow County lo get out and vote
Sept 17 The Sales Tax. Meaxure
No |. it a real hummer they are
saying that we will get property tax
cuts and we wouldn t have to worry
about school funding anymore, etc
Well. I. for one. think we should have
school budgets voted on then we can
keep them in line Also what little
property tax relief we would get
would hie so small compared to what
we would lie paying out it would be
coating us far more
Think about buying a car. even a
$ iixxj one then pay tax on it. clothes,
and any thing else you wanted extra
money out the window If the state
would completely eliminate our
state income tax. and replace it with
a sales tax. maybe’ ” then, but with
a state income tax. plus property
tax plus now a sales tax on top of
them all
Who do they think they are dealing
with a bunch of uneducated idiots’
We know full well that in couple of
years with their increases and add
ons that we w ill be paying more than
we are proposed to save
This is a new Added Tax Not an
equlization tax It does not elim i
nate either property tax or income
taxes It simply adds a new tax to
To the Editor
Chore Gloves
Aluminum
Scoop Shovel
Sales and Use Lax not balanced tax plan
consumers purchases of 5 percent
My property tax runs about $500
more or less a year If we got 35
percent off of that It would be. $175
Say I decided to purchase a new car
at $ 8 txxi at 5 percent that's $4no sales
tax Buy the kids new school clothes,
say three kids one new outfit each
jeans, socks, shoes, underwear,
shirt, and a coat, say $150 each,
that's $450 plus add another $50 for
school supplies and you have $500.
then pay $25 more to that I could go
on and on but as you see. we must
vote this measure down, because we
w ill be paying a lot more than we
could save
Another thought is if we did get a
tax run by the state to completely
pay for our schools. I wonder if (he
state wouldn't completely control
our schools, too. what is taught and
etc’
This sales (ax package does not
guarantee that property taxes would
stay down We could end up with
property taxes that are higher than
they are now in a couple of years,
plus be paying a 5 percent tax to
boot
I urge you lo "Vote No" on
Measure No I
Charlene Papineau
Concerned Tax payer
An Open le tte r to the People of Oregon
! R U M l i M P E R
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Letters to the E ditor
350 Main Street
Lexington, Oregon
Next Tuesday, on September 17,
the people of Oregon w ill be going lo
the polls to make a critical decision
It may well be the most important
public decision that many of us
make a t citizens and Oregonians
To many Oregonians, the question
being considered may tie reduced to
whether or not we have a sales tax
If that s all it were. I d oppose the
measure, as I did last time around
However. I want to assure the
voters, and especially those who
have supported me over the years,
that the outcome on Ballot Measure
I - the referendum to give us a
balanced lax plan
is much more
than that
I wouldn't urge its
adoption if It weren't
The question of whether or not we
have a sales tax. in fact, may almost
be insignificant when it is weighed
against the potential benefits of the
balanced tax plan That is one of the
reasons that I ’ve been encouraging
Oregonians not to oversimplify the
Measure I proposal It is essential
that we take a look al the "big
picture" and consider all the bene
fits of a balanced tax plan as well
as the consequences to continuing
our over reliance on the property
and income taxes
It also is essential that we Irak
over the horizon and examine the
potential (or achieving an even
better Oregon
-Instead of overburdening the
property and intotne taxpayers, we
would have equity in our tax struc
lure which would result in reduc
tions in the property and inco
taxes
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-Instead of the current haphazard
approach to out educational funding,
we would achieve stability in our
school systems - and. even more
important, assure that the children
of Oregon are receiving consistent,
quality basic education
Instead of being threatened with
more escalating taxes, we would
stabilize the tax system
and the
sales tax ceiling would he locked into
the Constitution so that it could not
be increased by the legislature
Instead of potential employers
by passing Oregon because of our
high property and income taxes, this
change would encourage a new era
of economic development which
would create much needed jobs
Instead of subsidizing the tour
ists who visit Oregon they would
pay a la ir share lor Ihe stale
services they use through collection
of a sales tax
a step that would
bring in about $26 million in added
revenue lor the slate
The list goes on and on II is clear,
however, that passage of Hallo)
Measure I is an essential reform
element in planning and preparing
for Oregon x future
Measure I is our chance lo w rite a
new chapter for The Oregon Story -
a chapter on tax reform and econo
mic recovery This can be the most
important first step ( iregon w ill take
in this decade
Thank you
Barbara Roberts
Secretary of State
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