Democratic Momentum Against Metro Wage Tax Surging
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 22, 2020 Contact: Jeff ReadingCommunications…
With families struggling to make ends meet, Metro’s regressive new tax will impact wages and benefits for 70% of all workers in the Portland area. This is not a tax on profits or the wealthy – it is a permanent new tax on working people’s wages and benefits.
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“As the Chair of the Oregon Senate Revenue Committee, I don’t believe taxes are evil and I strongly support a transportation system that delivers health and economic benefits. But Metro has done a poor job of uniting the two in this proposal. It needs to be sent back to the drawing board.”
— Senate Revenue Chair Mark Hass
“Throughout my career, I have been a steadfast supporter of transportation. There are absolutely improvements we need to make, including fixing bottlenecks in the region. But this is too big, too bloated, and too burdensome.”
— Budget Chair Betsy Johnson
“I’m definitely not anti-tax or anti-transit. But when the pandemic hit and the recession followed, that’d be a time to reassess both what is needed and how it affects the various folks who work and would be affected by it. I don’t see that happening and I think the collaboration that’s really needed has dissipated, so I’ll be voting no.”
— Treasurer Tobias Read
“It seems ridiculous to be raising taxes on business in the middle of a pandemic on top of other taxes that are coming due,” said Schrader. “It makes no sense to levy a new payroll tax that discourages employers from hiring new people.”
— Congressman Kurt Schrader
“I’m inclined to vote no. It’s not the fundamentals of it so much as it is the timing – making sure our economy has a robust recovery.”
— Representative Janelle Bynum
“As the Chair of the Oregon Senate Revenue Committee, I don’t believe taxes are evil and I strongly support a transportation system that delivers health and economic benefits. But Metro has done a poor job of uniting the two in this proposal. It needs to be sent back to the drawing board.”
— Senate Revenue Chair Mark Hass
“Throughout my career, I have been a steadfast supporter of transportation. There are absolutely improvements we need to make, including fixing bottlenecks in the region. But this is too big, too bloated, and too burdensome.”
— Budget Chair Betsy Johnson
“I’m definitely not anti-tax or anti-transit. But when the pandemic hit and the recession followed, that’d be a time to reassess both what is needed and how it affects the various folks who work and would be affected by it. I don’t see that happening and I think the collaboration that’s really needed has dissipated, so I’ll be voting no.”
— Treasurer Tobias Read
“It seems ridiculous to be raising taxes on business in the middle of a pandemic on top of other taxes that are coming due,” said Schrader. “It makes no sense to levy a new payroll tax that discourages employers from hiring new people.”
— Congressman Kurt Schrader
“I’m inclined to vote no. It’s not the fundamentals of it so much as it is the timing – making sure our economy has a robust recovery.”
— Representative Janelle Bynum
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 22, 2020 Contact: Jeff ReadingCommunications…
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