tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471471289744825428.post6065865216368217428..comments2024-03-11T00:31:41.186-07:00Comments on The Oregon Economics Blog: Oregon's TaxesPatrick Emersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17242234148546323374noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471471289744825428.post-82103085864045562502009-04-21T16:53:00.000-07:002009-04-21T16:53:00.000-07:00TA's right on this, and additionally, I don't thin...TA's right on this, and additionally, I don't think these numbers would change if the Cascade Institute put them together. They come from the Governor's budget; particularly those associated with revenues are pretty straightforward. (Mainly because almost everything comes out of the general fund, as the pie shows.)Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471471289744825428.post-78268318661382251372009-04-17T10:05:00.000-07:002009-04-17T10:05:00.000-07:00Point taken. My use of 'partisan' was inaccurate...Point taken. My use of 'partisan' was inaccurate. I was being lazy - the point I wanted to make is that (assuming there is no debate about the basic numbers) one's interpretation of this picture might be radically different depending on ones political bent. That's all I was trying to allude to.Patrick Emersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242234148546323374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3471471289744825428.post-18290387262743321162009-04-17T09:24:00.000-07:002009-04-17T09:24:00.000-07:00the Bus Project is, by law and action, non-partisa...the Bus Project is, by law and action, non-partisan. we support progressive candidates and policies. which party those candidates belong to is up to them. if a progressive R was to challenge a conservative D (hey, it's possible), the Bus could very well work for that R.<br /><br />but we (and i speak as an active volunteer) do not consider our support of progressive politics to be partisan, not in the way it's usually meant. it's a philosophy, not a party.t.a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07475858074492547248noreply@blogger.com