Grandma gave a hot defense of Kicker to her lawmaker

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon
OregonWatchdog.com

A grandmother from Multnomah County sent this letter to her Lawmaker in a stout defense of the Kicker Income tax.

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I am very concerned about the State wanting to take half or any of our Kicker.

I have always lived within my budget. I have rented an apartment in Oregon for almost 35 years. I worked until the age of 70 and only got 7 paid holidays a year in the private sector and never got a COLA adjustment. The last 25 years I worked in health care.

The Kicker has really helped me as I have had cancer 3 times. I could not work during my chemo treatments and 5 surgeries for my breast cancer. The kicker has also helped me after extensive dental work. Or the time a 13 year old kid took his family car for a joy ride, without his lights on at dusk and totaled both our cars. Mine was a 24 year old Camry.

I find it very wrong for the legislature to use the kicker as a slush fund when there has been so much misuse, poor planning and waste.

I think that the State and all the departments need more accountability, so we don’t pay extravagant prices like for the following:

– $273 million for consultants for a new Interstate Bridge
– $1,000 monthly to criminal homeless youth
– $10 million to the Celebrity Food Court
– $75,000 used by Trimet for a zoo part
– $200,000 for a consulting firm to organize a mental-health conference featuring Kotek’s wife – with only 28 guests

I think that you NEED MORE AUDITORS TO KEEP PEOPLE HONEST WITH TAXPAYER MONEY, and to have consequences for people who abuse our money.

One last thought, on the I-5 bridge, only 4% of tri-county people use mass transit. The bridge should not dedicate lanes for MAX. It will be much more efficient to use them for cars and buses. (END)

A beautiful letter!

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