What does Microsoft OS and the Oregon Legislature have in common? When you say NO, they both keep asking you "are you sure?"

Our representatives in the Oregon Legislature have proven once again just how closely they listen to the will of the people of Oregon by proposing ANOTHER 5% sales tax.
HB 2530 which needs 36 votes to pass the House includes a 3% cut in the state's income tax to reduce the rate from 9% to 6% if the sales tax is passed.
Governor Ted "tax-and-gouge-me" Kulongoski said that he'd support a consumption tax as long as it was part of a broader package on tax reform. A spokeswoman for Kulongoski said that the governor's focus would be on narrower issues such as raising the minimum tax paid by corporations, and eliminating the corporate kicker.

Sponsors of the bill include Representative Bob Jensen, along with Republican representatives Sal Esquivel of Medford, Scott Bruun of West Linn, Chuck Burley of Bend and Vicki Berger of Salem.

Last fall, Jensen noted that Oregonians voted against ballot measures to limit state spending and put in new tax cuts. Jensen suggests that perhaps there is a change in voters’ attitudes and that a sales tax would allow the state to collect money from out-of-state tourists and from what he calls "the underground economy".

I'm really confused now... Ted "tax-and-gouge-me" has been telling us for some time (after he was reelected) how much better Oregon's economy is doing, so why do we need a sales tax if Oregon is doing so well?