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Defended your Kicker Tax Refund
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Lane County Income Tax
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A 2007 sample of some of Taxpayer Association
organization's media interviews and press conferences.
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Sample of 2007 Newspaper Headlines
Defending Tax Kicker
“ ‘The kicker is the public’s money’ said the Taxpayer Association”
Bend Bulletin 8-13-07
Opposing Sales Tax
“The Taxpayer Association warned that any effort to pass a sales tax would
likely be referred to voters as a ballot measure”
Albany Democrat Herald , 2-1-2007
Fighting Beer Tax
“The Taxpayer Association agreed, ‘Why do we have to go sock it to people who go
out and try to enjoy a beer’ “
Ashland Daily Tidings , 4-4-2007
No New Taxes
“Lawmakers should try to work with the existing revenue that they have, and not
keep on coming up with different tax ideas, which wind up costing taxpayers
more, even though they promise it won’t”
Jason Williams, Klamath Falls Herald, 2-1-2007
No Tobacco Tax
“Tobacco is already an overtaxed product.”
Jason Williams, Ashland Daily Tidings, 4-25-2007
Protecting Double Majority
“The double majority was defended by Cascade Policy Institute and the Taxpayer
Association of Oregon.”
The Oregonian , 3-1-2007
Runaway Spending
“Their spending is limited only by their imagination.”
Jason Williams, Corvallis Gazette Times, 1-21-2007
Tax Freedom Day
“The Taxpayers Association called attention to several proposed tax
increases in honor of Tax Freedom Day.”
Statesman Journal,5-1-2007