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I am grateful that the House and Senate Leadership chose to act with some courage to make sure that, while our state suffers from the worst recession of my lifetime, it does not gut and decimate essential services provided by the state. The additional revenue that was raised was critical to balance the over $2 billion in cuts. Raising taxes at any time is politically risky but we had legislators who demonstrated boldness and faith in Oregon's voters that we the people recognize this is a time to work together for shared, fair solutions.

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