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Friday, June 12, 2009

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Posted by Sarah Mirk on Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 9:22 AM

"The Pablo Escobar of medical marijuana": Despite the new Attorney General's lax attitude toward medical marijuana, feds sentenced a California grower to one year in prison.

"We don’t want our country to be trapped in a no-hijab situation": Long lines as pro-reform voters actually turn out to vote in Iran's election.

"Today you have let freedom ring.": Obama backs down on letting innocent ex-Gitmo detainees live in the U.S. - they're shipped to work in Bermuda instead.

"They’re used to rejection”: Door to door sales groups recruit Mormons with experience.

"Live with the possibility of destitution or be with Madonna": Madonna wins Malawi baby!

"A whole new era of innovation": The digital TV switch is upon us. Go forth and cram landfills with your old tvs.

"It is a great day for kids": Uninsured children rejoice - health care reform bills pass Oregon Legislature.

The end of the $10 tax: Looks like corporate taxes in Oregon are on their way up!

 

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"Hass asked the Senate to send the bill to committee and to make its tax increases temporary."

Hahaha... when has any tax or tax increase ever been temporary? We're still paying the federal excise tax on phone bills to help fund the Spanish-American war... or, uh... get us out of the Great Depression... er...
Posted by tk. on June 12, 2009 at 10:20 AM · Report
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Great, as a Corporate Exec (HA) it is awesome that the $0.00 profit I make each year will cost me $100. I should really strive to make $10,000,000 so that I will only be taxed .075%!!! Is this really what people want? Many small businesses are corporations for liability reasons and not to dodge taxes (we are taxed ~50% of every dollar we bring in even though we don't make a corporate profit). The $10 minimum was for people like us who don't make a profit, the $10 is so that the person who processes the return can be paid for the time it takes them to process it. Rather than increasing that minimum to $100, why not increase the tax base for the 5% of Oregon corporations that make over $10,000,000?
Posted by abcdwxyz on June 12, 2009 at 12:54 PM · Report

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