SALEM, Ore. – Reports from KATU News indicate the left-wing, socialist-adjacent
Oregon Center for Public Policy (OCPP) is leading yet another attempt to take the Kicker
refund from taxpayers to grow state government and line progressive pockets.
“Far too many Oregonians feel the impacts of high taxes, inflation, and other rising costs
due to decades of poor policy decisions. Oregon workers rely on their proportional refund
of over-collected taxes and do not want anyone to reform it, reduce it, or take it away.
That’s why voters enshrined the Kicker in the Constitution,” said Senate Republican
Leader Tim Knopp (R-Bend). “It is beyond disappointing to see the OCPP, a radical
Portland-based nonprofit and longtime Kicker opponent, focus all their efforts on taking
dollars that belong in the pockets of working Oregonians – and misleading people to do
it.”
The Beaver State’s unique tax refund, passed by voters in 1980 and enshrined in the
state constitution in 2000, kicks money back to Oregon taxpayers when actual revenues
exceed forecasted revenues by 2% or more. This year, the personal income tax kicker
will send a record-breaking $5.61 billion – or 44.28% of Oregon income taxes paid – back
to working Oregonians as a credit.
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