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Oregon Measure 118 - $1,600 for every Oregonian, paid for by giant corps who mostly pay less taxes than you do.
(www.yesonmeasure118.com)
this post was submitted on 23 Sep 2024
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I'm for UBI at the federal level, but everything I've read/heard about the details of 118, including from my tax lawyer sister, is that it's terribly written and would be bad policy as a result. We've had some wacky referendums in Oregon over the years, a lot of naive good intentions. I'll probably have to dust off my reading glasses for the text of 118, because if we try UBI and it fails, it'll be a warning example to discourage everyone else - the same way that the decriminalization-without-recovery-support was
I’ve heard from multiple places that the text of the bill has some pretty big drawbacks, specifically enough that the governor has come out against it. I can understand the impact to businesses but it has such clear social benefits.
If the text is bad, let the legislatures pass an amendment or a new measure for us to vote on. They bungled the drug decriminalization rollout so I’m not ready to let them kill another good policy. I refuse to throw in the towel on progressive policies. Let’s do referendums every year and force the change the people or Oregon want.
Yeah this is a good call - I will be digging into this before making up my mind.