Nuts?
Or people who actually understand the laws of basic economics?
We are where we are not because the government takes enough from "rich people."

Tell me why any private employer (i.e. real jobs) would be drawn to Oregon because of these hikes.

The Government will not save and does not care about you. It will continue to drive unemployment up.
Keep it up, Oregon
WE'RE NUMBER 2!
WE'RE NUMBER 2!

Secondly, the OCPP can hardly be considered a bellwether of actual public opinion.

D, you are nuts. Oregon has one of the lowest corporate tax rates in the nation.

Percentage of Oregon businesses that pay the min. $10/annual tax?
66%! (Including ATT, Time-Warner, and Pfizer.)

Percentage of business owners completely unaffected by the new tax?
93%!

Amount we would have to raise corporate taxes to be in the ballpark with Idaho or Nevada?
$3 BILLION" (and they are not exactly progressive hotbeds)

Amount corporate taxes would actually be raised? $260 million.

Most small businesses in Oregon are partnerships, LLPs, LLCs, and S corporations. These companies will pay a flat tax of $150. C corporations that do not report a profit will only pay about one-tenth of one percent of their Oregon sales. Small business with sales of $500,000 or less will pay just $150 a year.

You are right about one thing. We are #2. Quite possibly because our schools, roads, and health-care levels are crumbling to deep-south levels through lack of funding. Thank you for helping us get there.

We don't listen to Amish auto mechanics, or Christian Science surgeons, or fundamentalist archeologists...why in the 9 hells should we listen to D on taxes???

Yes! Yes!

Second declension neuter accusative plural!

@D
"Or people who actually understand the laws of basic economics?"

You clearly don't.

Trickle down economics don't work. Never have and they never will. Know why? Typically rich people are really greedy and like to get richer. They don't do things like reward hard work with higher pay. They pocket the profits, give themselves bonuses, and tell their employees that they're lucky to have a job and if they don't work harder they won't have a job.

Rabblevox - my point is increasing it will not encourage job growth.

Blacked Out - it's always the other guy that's 'greedy' isn't it?

'Typically rich people are really greedy and like to get richer.'
Wow, ninth grade Marxist stereotypes.
Do you consider your own instinct for self preservation 'greed?'

And how many businesses have a gun to your head while they pull from your wallet?

@D
Thanks for confirming your idiocy by actually using the phrase, "ninth grade Marxist stereotypes."

I'm going to go back in the corner and laugh at your anti-tax pro corporation douchebag stance.