When legislators were putting together the bills that became Measures 66 and 67, the state’s largest business associations—the ones funding the opposition to 66 and 67—were busy writing their own alternative tax proposal.
Under the name “Oregon Alliance of Business Associations,” Associated Oregon Industries, Associated General Contractors, and others pushed a tax plan that would have raised $888 million—by taxing middle-class families and small businesses. They would have raised taxes on every family and small business making more than $15,200.
The Oregon Business Association proposed a plan that would have raised more than $1 billion by...raising taxes on middle-class families and small businesses. They would have raised taxes across the board on everyone—starting with minimum wage workers—by 1 percentage point.
Both plans would have shifted the burden on to everyday Oregonians. The legislature wisely chose to raise taxes instead only on the corporations and rich households still doing well in this recession.
Download these PDF files to read their plans for yourself:
AOI Tax Plan.pdf
OBA Session Proposal.pdf
