tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471471289744825428.post490843059441221483..comments2024-03-11T00:31:41.186-07:00Comments on The Oregon Economics Blog: Getting Back to TaxesPatrick Emersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17242234148546323374noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471471289744825428.post-32046882841087469862008-01-26T22:18:00.000-08:002008-01-26T22:18:00.000-08:00It is, perhaps, not entirely irrelevant that Orego...It is, perhaps, not entirely irrelevant that Oregon has not traditionally been a low employment/high unemployment state. Rather, Oregon's employment started to diverge consistently form national trends only after the state adopted its own minimum wage. <BR/><BR/>Oregon also depends heavily on international trade. Divergences used to be driven by the trade-weighted value of the dollar. Again, that is no longer the case.<BR/><BR/>As for revenue volatility, this is a complex issue (see http://www.aspanet.org/scriptcontent/index_par_t<BR/>2p_archives.cfm>), but the property tax is a better bet than sales taxes. Besides, tax design and administration trumps tax type.<BR/><BR/>fthompso@willamette.eduFred Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02979504812638374338noreply@blogger.com