Originally posted by PDXSVT:
Some other time, on a lighter note, we can discuss a line item veto. Or how while I'm a die hard baseball fan (now you know I'm a whacko) I doubt Portland's SMSA can support one adequately. (Watch out for the White Sox this season)

In the meantime, I doubt people understand how much bang they get for the buck on their tax dollars. Yes, I'm being serious. Sure, everyone gripes. But it's too complicated for most people to understand.

By the way, if taxes are too high, should we all save money by doing away with unemployment benefits?

R. Birk JD/MBA



I can't remember where I read the tax rankings, but I believe it was in the Medford Mail Tribune (they've been known to be wrong before). I can't disagree with you about the baseball thing, Portland just can't support them.

I'm not griping I'm getting taxed too much, but what I'm saying is I don't think I need to pay more at this given time. Infact, I can't pay more at this given time . We do get a lot of services for our tax dollars, but I think we could get more by trimming a lot of the fat.

As far as unemployement goes, if you were to take that away, Oregon's economy would probably collapse.

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