A legitimate need still does not justify a tax increase. Only a legitimate need *and* nothing already in the budget that could be cut, can justify a tax increase. Do you seriously think that there is nothing in the Oregon budget that could be cut?A legitimate need could justify a tax increase if the need was crucial.
No, as I said, only if there was *also* nothing already in the budget that could be cut.
I think anything in the Oregon budget that could be cut would probably come close to 10% of the needed Billion plus dollars.
So you accept without question the Rat/RINO claim that those billions were "needed"? Some conservative you are.
I understand why they had happen what they did and they do need to rectify it.
They budgeted like the stock market tax gains would never stop and they got burned.
It is a spending problem. A balanced budget amendment and a bond to be paid off would be the only way to avoid state bankruptcy that I could see them doing.