Measure 20-114, the public safety tax that will be on the ballot this November. If approved, Lane County residents will pay 1.4% tax on all personal and business income earned in Lane County.
The tax would generate about $23 million, all of that going to public safety and the fight against meth
and social service agencies [KVAL October 5, 2006]
"Most people we talked to in Linn County tonight said
They don't feel the income tax is fair..but Lane County Commissioner Pete Sorenson says the income tax is more fair than other taxes such as a sales tax. "
remember the "I" tax? This is starting to sound like a separate income tax similar to the "I" tax. And of course, once a new tax is passed, it can only go up.
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Just as with all tax increases, the categories are broad. What THEY consider a public safety issue or meth issue is not always what the voter considers a public or meth issue. That is why the money ends up in a different area; their definitions are off. Most Oregonians are wise to the double talk and won't pass a new tax.
From the Register Guard
Measure's terminology criticized
Published: Sunday, October 22, 2006
The ballot language says Measure 20-114 would limit an income tax.
But the effect of a yes vote is to enact a countywide income tax for public safety.
Critics say that's a problem. They accuse Lane County officials of wording the measure to trick people into voting for the income tax.
They figure that some people who don't like taxes will probably vote for the measure, thinking that's how they can limit taxes.
For a taste of that criticism, look at The Register-Guard's Web site blog on the income tax, at www.registerguard.com.
"Deliberate deception," one person wrote, in a posting to the site.
"This is despicable and our commissioners should all be exposed for it," another added.
But Commissioner Faye Stewart flatly rejected the notion of trickery. The wording of the measure "has been a huge concern for us from day one," he said. "That's why we have gone out of our way to try to tell people that if you vote for this and it passes, it enacts the tax."
Nothing on the ballot gives any indication that the measure is a tax increase. For that, voters must read an informational insert that comes with the ballot.
The ballot question is: "Shall County Charter limit income taxes, dedicate revenues to public safety, and provide property tax relief and a reserve?"
Yes, the commissioners simply could have asked voters to approve the tax, said Terry Wilson, county counsel.
But the commissioners want to give people the chance to limit the commissioners' taxing authority, she said - and that requires changing the Lane County Charter.
Thus, the ballot caption for the measure reads, "Lane County Charter Amendment to Limit Income Tax."
Voters must read all of the information in the insert to learn that commissioners already have enacted an ordinance creating the income tax, and that the tax would take effect only if voters approve the measure, which would limit the tax rate.
- Matt Cooper
More money is not the cure - better management is.
Much of the spending for social services are going to illegal aliens and their families, and drug-related families.
Law enforcement must be funded before handout programs. Also, any handouts must go only to legal Oregon residents (legal in the USA as well), and recipients must prove they are drug free (drug testing) as well.
NO MORE TAXES!
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