Bill subverts petition to end Oregon death tax

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon
OregonWatchdog.com

Right now, State Representative Kevin Mannix is circulating a petition to abolish the cruel Oregon death tax (also known as estate tax) which hits you when you die and for which 38 other states have already abolished.   If enough signatures are gathered this could be on the November ballot.

The liberal politicians know this petition is popular with the public, so they drafted SB 1511 to subvert it.

SB 1511 tweaks the death tax so it exempts a few more Oregonians at the bottom of the scale while at the exact same time RAISING the death tax rate for higher valued estates.   Under this switch, the politicians guarantee that the State of Oregon government will not lose a penny.  This way politicians can say they made reforms to the death tax and no petition is needed to abolish it.

SB 1511 raising the death tax rates for higher-value estates will only continue the exodus of business owners leaving the state to avoid the tax.  As said, 38 states do not have a death tax.

The best answer to this subversion is to double the efforts to get the death tax petition on the ballot this November.

The Taxpayers Association of Oregon is helping the campaign circulate this petition.

You want a copy?  Email us at [email protected].

(provide an address where we can mail the petition)

We will send you a petition for and your family, friends to sign.

The Taxpayers Association of Oregon was part of the big coalition that helped collect a quarter million signatures for the gas tax (Chief petitioners Senator Starr, Rep. Diehl, Jason Williams of Taxpayers Association).   We can do this again!