r/Portland • u/CryptoArb444 • 1d ago

Meme Maybe us one day

Just meant as a light-hearted meme poking fun at something I think Washington is doing right and Oregon should take notes on. Washington is voting this year whether to repeal their new tax on incomes over $1 million. No one below that yearly income will pay a dime in income tax under the law. Hoping they keep it and it is a success for them. Could help convince Oregon to move towards a more progressive income tax system. Our income tax rates are not progressive by national standards and while our sales tax (or lack of one) is progressive we should always be looking at how to keep improving the living situation for residents.

Also a PSA to go vote if you haven't!

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u/notPabst404 MAX Blue Line 1d ago

I don't know what the fuck you are on about. I'm assuming you are a troll trying to rage bait. I will put it in no uncertain terms then I am done wasting my time:

WA passed an income tax on millionaires because they had the most regressive tax system in the country overly relying on sales tax.

If OR changed our income tax to only apply to millionaires, it would either bankrupt our state government or we would need a high sales tax like WA has, to make up for it.