Lars Larson: Last minute gas tax mischievousness

By Lars Larson
NW and national radio host,

The Northwest Nonsense

Oregon democrats seem to realize there’s massive public opposition to their plans to pass the biggest tax increase in state history…allegedly for transportation.

I say allegedly because less than ten percent of the money goes to roads and bridges if they pass the tax.

Remember that Democrats hold super majorities in both houses of the legislature.

They hold every statewide elective office…so they can pass anything they want.

This summer, they proposed 15 billion in new taxes over ten years…but voted no

They then proposed a smaller multi billion dollar hike…and voted no

Now, today’s special session.

This week, nearly 3-thousand testified on their plan and more than 90 percent testified against it…mostly folks who have to pay the tax. The only folks testifying in favor, are those in government who stand to benefit

Go figure.

So, in the last 24 hours, majority democrats pulled their own nearly 6 billion tax hike plan…ripped out 40 pages and thinned down gas and fee increases.

Experts testified ODOT has plenty of money to pay its bills but much of it is committed to projects that have already died, like the Rose Quarter I5 widening.

Meanwhile, most of America is seeing the lowest Labor Day gas prices in 5 years…while Oregon and Washington are paying the highest prices in the nation.

Bad leadership can be very expensive.

That’s the Rose City Rap. Join me at noon on KXL for First Amendment Friday. I’m Lars Larson