Oregon ballot Measure 118 sparks controversy and opposition from bipartisan groups

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  • @Greg_Huff
    @Greg_Huff Місяць тому +16

    No no and no.

    • @wdaniel891
      @wdaniel891 Місяць тому +4

      Corporate shill 😂

    • @Greg_Huff
      @Greg_Huff Місяць тому

      @@wdaniel891 malinformed uneducated troll 😅😅

    • @WokeandProud
      @WokeandProud Місяць тому +1

      ​@@Greg_HuffProjection.

    • @bassmaster135790666
      @bassmaster135790666 20 днів тому

      ​@@wdaniel891you do realize it's going to hurt the lower class more it's just like how Democrats are proposing tax write-offs for the ultra wealthy but they don't talk about that when they go campaign

  • @DillanWalker
    @DillanWalker 13 днів тому

    I proudly voted Ef No

  • @katherts
    @katherts Місяць тому +12

    This will most likely pass-Multnomah Co. never met a tax they didn’t like, which leads Oregon. And, basic greed. Be ready for the great exodus of big business from Oregon.

    • @WokeandProud
      @WokeandProud Місяць тому +1

      Fearmongering, it would be more costly to leave.

  • @chriswilliams4575
    @chriswilliams4575 Місяць тому +5

    Ask me the quickest way to drive big business out of Oregon and I will hand you a "Vote Yes on Measure 118" pamphlet

    • @WokeandProud
      @WokeandProud Місяць тому +2

      Fearmongering nonsense.

    • @chriswilliams4575
      @chriswilliams4575 Місяць тому +2

      @@WokeandProud With a name like that I’m not surprised this is ur take, no facts just a baseless comment u heard or read somewhere.
      If this does pass, which it very well could cause we have some of the most simple minded voters in the country.
      The mega Corporations in Oregon will band together and put the best and brightest legal team money can buy and keep it in litigation in the appeals, until it goes to the Supreme Court and will ultimately be appealed.

    • @spL503
      @spL503 22 дні тому +1

      Don't need one, I'm already voting yes.

    • @WokeandProud
      @WokeandProud 22 дні тому

      @@chriswilliams4575 Thanks showing why capitalism is bad very good example the fact that corporations can literally shutdown the will of the people is why capitalism needs to be done away with and the means of production and wealth put into the hands of the working class.
      I don't know what you were trying to accomplish with that comment but you only proved my point and that you're a very good temporarily embarrassed millionaire keep shining those boots.

    • @WokeandProud
      @WokeandProud 22 дні тому

      @@spL503 Based.

  • @xltek1
    @xltek1 Місяць тому +23

    Vote no to all State Measures.

    • @mattalley4330
      @mattalley4330 Місяць тому +4

      Not a particularly rational position. Ballot measures have their flaws but are also a great example of democracy in action.

    • @xltek1
      @xltek1 Місяць тому +4

      @@mattalley4330 not rational? I read all of the Measures we have and made a rational decision. Is that a problem?

    • @mattalley4330
      @mattalley4330 Місяць тому +2

      @@xltek1 No, it is not rational. You are throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

    • @xltek1
      @xltek1 Місяць тому +2

      @@mattalley4330 whatever

    • @iceblinkmender
      @iceblinkmender 29 днів тому

      lol wtf

  • @emerymyers7748
    @emerymyers7748 Місяць тому +9

    All of us working people, will pay for it either way. Regardless, we will get no bonus.

    • @WokeandProud
      @WokeandProud Місяць тому

      Nope.

    • @emerymyers7748
      @emerymyers7748 29 днів тому

      @@WokeandProud yep

    • @WokeandProud
      @WokeandProud 22 дні тому +1

      @@emerymyers7748 Fearmongering sorry but nope.

    • @emerymyers7748
      @emerymyers7748 22 дні тому

      @ lol, whatever man, how long you been working and paying taxes in America? Lmao

    • @WokeandProud
      @WokeandProud 21 день тому

      @@emerymyers7748 Over tweny five years not that it matters.

  • @goldengoat1737
    @goldengoat1737 Місяць тому +3

    What happened to the news? They literally give you zero information about the benefits and drawback and impact that it would have.

  • @joeb9135
    @joeb9135 Місяць тому +19

    no to all allot measures.
    intel just laid off people.
    now more will get laid off if this passes.

    • @ErinSoriano-u5h
      @ErinSoriano-u5h Місяць тому +1

      I literally came to the comments to state this

    • @wdaniel891
      @wdaniel891 Місяць тому +2

      God forbid the millionaires take less of a Christmas bonus

    • @Choppermv17
      @Choppermv17 Місяць тому +1

      So what are you saying is these companies are already terrible but let's let them pay less in taxes so they can stay the same amount of terrible they are now

    • @joeb9135
      @joeb9135 Місяць тому +1

      @Choppermv17 they will pass this tax onto the consumer. higher price for us.
      The other thing they will do is leave the state.
      Government is the problem not the companies.

    • @Choppermv17
      @Choppermv17 Місяць тому

      ​@@joeb9135 lol your like. A person who argues against minimum wage increase because the big Mac will cost a dollar more
      Maybe just maybe the companies should take a slight profit decrease for once but oh no that's communism or something

  • @Auzweed
    @Auzweed 16 днів тому

    Nope! Tax the highest and it rolls downhill to the people.

  • @jerbsherb4391
    @jerbsherb4391 Місяць тому +3

    I like how the one thing people are doing is crying about the corporations leaving. With how much money they are profiting from Oregonians, this law is long overdue. Already voted yes.

  • @Gratefulman1965
    @Gratefulman1965 Місяць тому +1

    No!
    Shame on you Antonio Gisbert. This is socialism right down to the root. Josh Jones keep your grifter cash in California and leave our state alone. 🇺🇸

  • @TheDealer6373
    @TheDealer6373 Місяць тому +1

    These people are billionaires. Albertsons treats their employees like they're not even human beings yet want to give a 53 million bonus to the Albertsons head that would take over c&s for the merger. Then they complain about money problems.

  • @kapuda9364
    @kapuda9364 Місяць тому +2

    So trying to get the corporate out of OR? Will this help mom and pop?

  • @garymitchell7551
    @garymitchell7551 Місяць тому +16

    What happens if these corporations leave? Then does the $25M threshold drop to $20M or $10M … bad idea

    • @NightfallShadow
      @NightfallShadow Місяць тому +8

      Leaving would mean they loose exponentially more than they would if they stayed. It would be the worst possible move. Stop protecting the people who don't care about you. They don't care about you. They assigned you a number and treat you like a commodity. They want this gone because the CEO themself wants to buy another 2 million dollar yacht or another mansion in tahiti and that 5% sales tax would mean they would have to wait a few more years before they could get it.

    • @LizzyC629
      @LizzyC629 Місяць тому +1

      It’s not. It would hurt the corporation more to leave and cost them more.

    • @lauradrew1814
      @lauradrew1814 Місяць тому +3

      ​@NightfallShadow You said it, the CEO will always protect their bottom line and a cat tax will affect Oregon employees and consumers. It's a sad reality.

    • @garymitchell7551
      @garymitchell7551 Місяць тому

      @@NightfallShadow it the workers that pay not the CEO ….

    • @garymitchell7551
      @garymitchell7551 Місяць тому +1

      @@LizzyC629 no it doesn’t cost much to leave bc when they build a new place out of state they may get tax breaks, cheaper land and sell the current location making money

  • @SaltwaterRebellion
    @SaltwaterRebellion Місяць тому +3

    If this goes into action, everything from your utilities to your toilet paper will be affected. The small m8nded think their sticking it to the big guy, but in reality, you're hitting the trades that build your apartments and homes to the people who serve you food. It never hurts the ones you feel it should, period.

    • @mattalley4330
      @mattalley4330 Місяць тому

      Nonsense. Less than 2% of businesses in Oregon will be affected like this.

  • @mrbosky710
    @mrbosky710 Місяць тому +10

    let's tax major corporations so they are less willing to give current employees raises or potentially lay off people to offset their losses on the taxes, sounds like a great long term plan

    • @LizzyC629
      @LizzyC629 Місяць тому

      Cause that’s working so well already right. Stop defending big corporations who don’t care about you and will replace you in 2 seconds. This is an antiquated old excuse. It’s overplayed. Trickle down doesn’t work and hasn’t worked. The current state of minimum wage across the country is a prime example of that.

    • @sieda666
      @sieda666 Місяць тому

      Corporations don't give raises out the kindness of their hearts. They do it to stay competitive and attract the people necessary to keep the company profitable. Expecting corporations to do things at their convenience when it's their fiduciary duty to put shareholders first is naive and the public failure to regulate and redistribute the massive gains made by US corporations is exactly why working class Americans have found themselves struggling a little more and more over the last 40+ years. The current long term plan of "let these wealthy institutions get wealthier" is stealing our livelihoods from us.

    • @wdaniel891
      @wdaniel891 Місяць тому +4

      God forbid millionaires pay their fair share

    • @Dennis-p2l
      @Dennis-p2l Місяць тому

      6:13
      ​@wdaniel891

    • @jerbsherb4391
      @jerbsherb4391 Місяць тому +3

      Oh like they aren't already laying off people and keeping the wages low. Get real friend.

  • @hosermandeusl2468
    @hosermandeusl2468 Місяць тому +1

    SSI gave a $30.00/month raise in my monthly stipend. 30 days before it took effect, my city of Grass Pants raised my water bill with a $30.00/month increase to pay our corrupt cops (while the water quality went down - now it smells like a cross between wet dog & a burnt O ring). So yes, go ahead & give the City of Grass Pants a raise.

    • @knockout9446
      @knockout9446 Місяць тому

      Grass Pants is a beautiful city. I love seeing people walking around in pants made of grass.

  • @sunchild9147
    @sunchild9147 Місяць тому +1

    Is always at our expense. They will just raise prices on everything

    • @WokeandProud
      @WokeandProud Місяць тому

      Fearmongering same nonsense right-wing pundits preach about minimum wage despite all the economic evidence to the contrary.

  • @zacharyhaynes5078
    @zacharyhaynes5078 20 днів тому

    If the big buissness says its a bad idea and spending that much money to stop it. Then it MUST be a god send... anything the big corporations are against im for... vote yes

  • @sieda666
    @sieda666 Місяць тому +4

    I'm on the fence with this one even though I support the general idea. I would like to see some solid evidence that this measure wouldn't hit the state's general fund like the analysis suggests could happen. On the other hand, I have no problem targeting the largest corporate leeches in the state like Nike or Kroger. Even if that whopping 3% tax drives them out of the state (unlikely given the business they would lose) that just means more opportunities for smaller, local businesses. Remember Phil Knight of Nike thought nothing about throwing away MILLIONS of dollars of his own money trying to influence the last governor's race for losing candidates. Millions he somehow "earned' paying sweat shop wages to workers overseas just to turn around and sell their products at inflated prices due to brand recognition/status. Remember Kroger is actively threatening many of our local grocery stores with their attempted merger, just so the new mega-corp can maximize their revenues in a less competitive market. They can afford it, and if they choose not to, we as Oregonians can do better without them.

  • @michelledavies6271
    @michelledavies6271 20 днів тому

    Is it just me or does this seems like a loop hole to provide a “stimulus” check which will just cause more inflation in our state. Just because a corporation is charged more in taxes doesn’t keep them from passing the cost onto the consumer. It’s a NO for me

  • @artinthechurchmeraolive1098
    @artinthechurchmeraolive1098 18 днів тому

    My concern is that if it passes and some of the bigger multi-million dollar companies decide they can just move out of Oregon, would Oregon State still be left required to find a way to pay out for this rebate?

  • @darianosborne431
    @darianosborne431 28 днів тому

    If passed, it will raise the costs on most goods, then you receive the check and then get taxed on it.
    Vote no.

  • @plushprince1020
    @plushprince1020 20 днів тому

    Yes. Yes. Yes. Ask yourself why they have to lie to inform you?
    They said no, so it's an obvious yes

  • @bassmaster135790666
    @bassmaster135790666 20 днів тому

    Vote no because it's going to be a direct tax on food which I can't even afford right now

  • @DillanWalker
    @DillanWalker 13 днів тому

    2k businesses will pay 6.8 billion more in taxes. Really... it would cost just 1 billion for all 2k companies to leave oregon so how do you figure this will work over 10 years you fools

  • @goldengoat1737
    @goldengoat1737 Місяць тому

    How about opening up regulations so people could actually work at this day. I swear to God they’re trying to ruin this place like California goodbye Oregon breaks my heart. I absolutely love this place.

  • @NeverPullOutInMexico
    @NeverPullOutInMexico Місяць тому

    We should be incentivizing big business to set up shop in Oregon, not driving it away

    • @mattalley4330
      @mattalley4330 Місяць тому +1

      We should encourage big business to pay their fair share, unlike now where they do everything to maximize profits at the expense of everything else including human well being

    • @Choppermv17
      @Choppermv17 Місяць тому +1

      Yeah become a tax shelter like the Bahamas and have no money for public services or the police which I'm sure your a huge fan of

    • @NeverPullOutInMexico
      @NeverPullOutInMexico Місяць тому

      @@Choppermv17 have you ever been to the Cayman Islands??? Low crime, and public service seemed fine

    • @Choppermv17
      @Choppermv17 Місяць тому

      @@NeverPullOutInMexico dude your name is never pull out in Mexico I would be shocked if your not a gross sex tourist

    • @KS0102
      @KS0102 Місяць тому

      Corporations are greedy. Something needs to be done to help the citizens.

  • @ryanbradley9383
    @ryanbradley9383 20 днів тому

    This seemed like boarderline propaganda with no real data actually presented

  • @jaredwhitneymedia
    @jaredwhitneymedia Місяць тому +4

    VOTE NO

  • @Choppermv17
    @Choppermv17 Місяць тому

    The ppl who vote against this our the same idiots who vote against raising minimum wage so McDonald's stays chezp

  • @anthonygross1963
    @anthonygross1963 Місяць тому +4

    Oregon isn’t socialist enough already?😂

    • @WokeandProud
      @WokeandProud Місяць тому +1

      They aren't socialist at all and neither this measure learn what socialism is.

  • @dlc3363
    @dlc3363 Місяць тому

    No matter what it looks like the real winners are the ones that got millions from the companies to fight the bill 😂

  • @MonaL-H
    @MonaL-H Місяць тому +3

    If it hurts the wealthy companies im voting YES!!!

    • @donovonpavloff970
      @donovonpavloff970 Місяць тому +2

      It hurts the small businesses also :( I just started and I've been working so hard. I'm not trying to give 43% of my income to the fed and state. I'm not even ok with 32% but they don't want anyone to succeed.

    • @A1vin505
      @A1vin505 Місяць тому +1

      @@MonaL-Hthank you for being honest and open.

    • @A1vin505
      @A1vin505 Місяць тому +1

      The general explanation from my understanding is that it sounds good on the front end by taxing the giant businesses, but will hurt the people on the back end because the giant businesses will lay off their workers to save money. That or begin to provide less benefits to save money.

    • @WokeandProud
      @WokeandProud Місяць тому +1

      ​​@@MonaL-HIt doesn't it only hurts those who make twenty five million and above in profit not revenue.

    • @luxpeganine2489
      @luxpeganine2489 23 дні тому

      @@donovonpavloff970wait, it’s only if you make more than 25mil. If you’re affected by it then you aren’t a small business by any means

  • @SongDog9
    @SongDog9 Місяць тому +1

    Yes

  • @lauradrew1814
    @lauradrew1814 Місяць тому +3

    This make me nervous because of Oregon's history of poor tax management. Remember when the high tax on mj was supposedly to go to schools? Remember that the (multnomah county) Art Tax monies went to admin costs at 99%.

  • @d247lives3
    @d247lives3 Місяць тому +4

    What is the cut off in order to receive the money or are rich people also getting the sixteen hundred dollars?

    • @icydaze
      @icydaze Місяць тому +3

      Every Oregonian will receive a check

    • @LizzyC629
      @LizzyC629 Місяць тому +2

      It’s a tax rebate. You don’t get income restrictions with tax rebates typically.

  • @rjs9298
    @rjs9298 28 днів тому

    Oregon is a joke

  • @Jeremyho439
    @Jeremyho439 Місяць тому

    Harris promises me $25000 to buy a house .

  • @ianfounds1373
    @ianfounds1373 Місяць тому +6

    My annual is nearly 6 figures. Would I like another $1600 in annual disposable income? Sure, I'd love to buy a couple more firearms. Do I need it? Absolutely not - especially not at the potentially devastating economic cost it could have on corporations in Oregon, and thus on Oregon itself.
    If you're going to do this, make it for families near or below median income, and higher for those near or below the poverty line. Even then, I'm not sure if I would vote for it - but as it is, heck no.

    • @Choppermv17
      @Choppermv17 Місяць тому

      Yeah better side with the massive multinational greedy cooperations funding the opposition campaign instead of the people

  • @alewis8765
    @alewis8765 15 днів тому

    Wealth redistribution does not end poverty. Living within your means, working hard, working smart, investing in the future. Maybe pick up a book by Dave Ramsey, or another reputable financial advisor. Start a side hustle, work at it and it may become your main income.

  • @skipmartin3469
    @skipmartin3469 Місяць тому +1

    Everyone/thing should pay their fair share. That said, why should I get a piece of some companies income just because I exist? Of course the corporations are against it for obvious reasons. If everyone/thing is paying their fair share, those in need could get what they need through "normal" channels.

    • @chrisbeck7266
      @chrisbeck7266 Місяць тому

      uhh...no

    • @mattalley4330
      @mattalley4330 Місяць тому

      "If everyone/thing is paying their fair share..."
      That is exactly the problem. Many of the wealthiest people/companies are not paying their fair share. There are years in which the likes of Bezos and Musk pay not one penny in federal income taxes. This measure is a step in the right direction

    • @skipmartin3469
      @skipmartin3469 Місяць тому

      @@mattalley4330 you are correct, of course. At best this measure appears to be a band-aid on a cancer. The system is what needs fixing. Or maybe it needs un-fixing.

  • @13Liberty50
    @13Liberty50 Місяць тому +3

    The Weaponization of Taxation Regardless of which party. Enacting taxation then giving “tax breaks and credits’ to some is weaponization.
    The Federalist Papers. Author: James Madison “The apportionment of taxes on the various descriptions of property is an act which seems to require the most exact impartiality; yet there is, perhaps, no legislative act in which greater opportunity and temptation are given to a predominant party to trample on the rules of justice.”

  • @ddun7478
    @ddun7478 Місяць тому

    Raising the tax will raise the price of goods and services. The only one that wins is the government collecting more tax dollars. The free money will be taxed as part of your income. Bad idea

  • @DanielDagris
    @DanielDagris Місяць тому +3

    So you’re saying a FOX station spent 6 minutes saying it’s bad to add a tiny tax to mega earning corporations, but they provided zero detail as to how the measure was “poorly drafted.” Why would I possibly question their motives?

    • @LizzyC629
      @LizzyC629 Місяць тому +1

      Exactly!!

    • @tyvizenor965
      @tyvizenor965 Місяць тому +4

      That "tiny tax" will cause businesses to leave. We need more jobs in oregon, not less. Theres no such thing as free money

    • @Idontcare-g1n
      @Idontcare-g1n Місяць тому +1

      Business will leave then no jobs then the Domino effect of lowing to taxable threshold, even less jobs then a ghost state

    • @lauradrew1814
      @lauradrew1814 Місяць тому

      You could read the measure and come to your own conclusions?

    • @Choppermv17
      @Choppermv17 Місяць тому

      Well generally people are very dumb and like to be on the mega cooperation side for some reason
      The same ppl who cry about not increasing minimum wage because the big Mac will cost more there just programmed to vote against self interest

  • @Will-zd2lj
    @Will-zd2lj Місяць тому +2

    Complaining about 3% tax increase is WILD! Then beating around the bush to not say corporations can afford it but will just put the tax on the consumer is crazy. I'm voting yes.

    • @donovonpavloff970
      @donovonpavloff970 Місяць тому

      If its 3% for each company working together I could easily see prices increase by 10 to 30%

    • @Will-zd2lj
      @Will-zd2lj Місяць тому +1

      @@donovonpavloff970 Not even it's companies who make $25 Million in sales. The Nike's, Columbia's Ect.

  • @ricardodsavant2965
    @ricardodsavant2965 Місяць тому

    Vote NO on everything.

  • @dp97303
    @dp97303 28 днів тому

    I voted no! any time the government state or federal puts another tax or raise a tax no good dont believe the lie!

  • @dlc1217
    @dlc1217 Місяць тому +1

    Hmmm. Have you seen what happens to a rat when it thinks it sees free cheese? 🪤

  • @goldengoat1737
    @goldengoat1737 Місяць тому +3

    How about opening up regulations so people could actually work at this day. I swear to God they’re trying to ruin this place like California goodbye Oregon breaks my heart. I absolutely love this place.

    • @WokeandProud
      @WokeandProud Місяць тому

      California is doing just fine despite the right-wing lies and propaganda spread about it it's still the most successful state and economy in the union.