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that's not true if you aren't a  C corp and most small business isn't.

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Does anyone wonder why we have the second highest unemployment in the country and we don't even make cars.My understanding is that small business provides approximately 80% of the jobs, why would anyone open a business in Oregon when it's much cheaper to be in Wa. Ida or Nv. California beats to it's on drum.As a long time democrat I can't believe we don't revamp the tax system in this state. We don't know the difference between C corps  and  small business usually S, LLC, partnerships and others which will be taxed at a higher rate 10.5% is a penalty and lower than the much larger C corps but we don't lobby and pass the money around Salem. We have two taxes and sharing property tax revenues for school funding when we use a different system in each county for evalution of propery tax is also a major problem and one reason the schools hurt so bad maybe they could ask Washington how they do a better job at sharing the property tax burden.Keep up the good work Salem maybe we can be number one next time. 

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