Measure money tops $22.5 million - Oregon and National Politics news from The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
Many supporters of this Ballot Measure 50 even knew it was a crappy piece of legislation. This is what happens when we have a government that can't do right by the public interest: we in Oregon here send the issue to the voters themselves. Which, in itself is a fine idea just as long as the issue is not laden with too many legal technicalities. Unfortunately, BM50 was. Many people opposed it simply on the grounds that it was a bad idea to write a tax into our constitution. I don't know squat about whether that is good or bad, and I am pretty sure that nobody aside from the policy wonks, scholars, and politicians themselves else does either. People were convinced that this was bad - ask them why and few could explain themselves. We can pat the tobacco industry on the back for driving this idea home with voters - their contribution was over 4 times that of the side supporting the measure.
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