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For some reason the URL did not post properly. Check the Oregon Center for Public Policy and the article by Michael Leachman from August 2008. www.ocpp.org. And, you are welcome to challenge my argument, but please don't make it personal.

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Check the following website: http://www.ocpp.org/cgi-bin/display.cgi?page=cp0808window. And yes, for the years leading up to 2005, PGE paid the corporate minimum tax. My point is that businesses have all sorts of tax shelters that working families do not have. Yes, they create jobs. But, they need to pay their fair share. Argument aside, the fact is that the legislature has intentionally shifted costs away from the state to families, and has done so for over 10 years.

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My oldest son graduated from UO in 2005. During his years there he held a variety of typical student part-time jobs. Each year, he paid more in Oregon state income taxes than did Portland General Electric Corporation! The dramatic increase in higher education costs is a direct result of legislative policy that has intentionally shifted costs away from state funding to students and families. And, as a higher ed faculty member myself, I have seen this year after year!

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