This is the last of three columns on Measure 97, which proposes to raise funds for education, health care and senior services by increasing the minimum tax on a corporation’s annual sales of $25 million or more in Oregon. In it I consider whether consumers, not the affected corporations, would foot the bill.The “No on 97” mailer I received claims the “$6 billion tax on sales [will be] passed on to consumers.” If true, it’s the [...]
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