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Clackamas County Democrats

Clackamas County Democrats

False

No link between elections and tax increases

Says Clackamas County Measure 3-401 "will hurt our county, cripple economic growth, and increase our taxes with excessive special elections." 

Don McIntire

Don McIntire

True

McIntire is on the money

"We’re spending $12,000 bucks a kid a year in the school system."

Jefferson Smith

Jefferson Smith

Mostly True

Some of those tax breaks are off limits.

Says "at the state level we're spending more on tax expenditures than we are on public safety, health care and education combined."

Suzanne Bonamici

Suzanne Bonamici

Pants on Fire!

Do not take PolitiFact Oregon's name in campaign vain

PolitiFact Oregon gave Rob Cornilles a Pants on Fire for a claim about taxes and fees.

Rob Cornilles

Rob Cornilles

Pants on Fire!

She has voted for many taxes, just not 60

"She’s voted for 60 tax increases, hurting the middle class and small businesses."

Yes on 79

Yes on 79

Half-True

There’s no double tax to stop -- at least not yet

Says constitutional amendment would "help to stop unfair, double taxation on real estate."

Judy Shiprack Diane McKeel

Judy Shiprack Diane McKeel

Half-True

A technical change isn't necessarily support.

Say "in November 2010, voters overwhelmingly supported the idea of creating a (library) district."

Oregon Transformation Project

Oregon Transformation Project

Mostly False

One number does not a ranking make

Oregon has the sixth highest combined death tax rate in the country.

Tom Hughes

Tom Hughes

Mostly True

How do you define the Pearl?

Twenty percent of housing in Portland’s Pearl District is ‘affordable.’

Rob Cornilles

Rob Cornilles

True

His precision is the key

Says "51 percent of federal tax filers paid zero federal income tax."

Bloggers

Bloggers

Mostly False

Christmas tree people wanted it before Obama was in office

Obama creates new tax on Christmas trees, fees get passed on to consumers.

Matt Wand

Matt Wand

Mostly False

Context is sorely lacking

Says "Every time the Legislature 'suspended' the kicker, most recently the corporate kicker in 2007, Salem spent every penny and failed to stabilize the state's revenues."

Jeff Merkley

Jeff Merkley

Mostly True

Payroll tax holiday puts jobs on holiday, too

Says allowing the payroll tax holiday to expire would end up "costing another estimated 900,000 jobs in 2012."

Tobias Read

Tobias Read

True

Tied with Hawaii

Says Oregon is "near the top or at the top of the list" when it comes to capital gains tax

Mark Daniels

Mark Daniels

False

Shoppers can avoid the charge

A 5-cent charge on paper bags is a tax.

Ron Wyden

Ron Wyden

True

To death and taxes add time and money

Americans spend 6.1 billion hours a year complying with tax law. It costs us $163 billion to comply with our tax laws annually.

Mary Olson

Mary Olson

Half-True

Not quite yet.

Says "there is a plan formulated by Chair (Lynn) Peterson and the cities in Clackamas County to further increase this fee in three years and split it up on projects between the county and cities."

Matt Wand

Matt Wand

Mostly False

Just a drop in the bucket

Says Nick Kahl made it harder for many families to cover basic health care expenses.

Taxpayer Association of Oregon

Taxpayer Association of Oregon

Half-True

It was a special day and he had help

Says "Richard Devlin raised your taxes by $1 billion in a single day."

Chris Dudley

Chris Dudley

Pants on Fire!

He said no such thing

Says John Kitzhaber wants a sales tax so people without jobs pay taxes.

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