Governor wannabes John Kitzhaber and Bill Bradbury squared off in a televised debate last night. The common denominator between them: more taxes! Surprise, surprise, surprise! Special K (who said Oregon was ungovernable when he last left office) wants a sales tax. Bradbury wants to add another $1 billion to school funding and eliminate pretty much all income tax deductions to get it. Both agree that the kicker refund should be history.
Republicans always get disdainful looks when they accuse Democrats of being the "tax and spend" party but if Butch and Sundance here aren't a tax-and-spend robbers, I don't know who is. Apparently they are slow learners too, since our big neighbor to the south appears to be in a death spiral after following the same policies. Isn't it time for a change Oregon?
www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/04/john_kitzhaber_bill_bradbury_t.html
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