March 07 2021
Paul Nys: In my mind, this is a contract with the state . To unilaterally impose more taxes is unacceptable.
Responding to the guest editorial, It s time to reconsider Oregon s timber severance tax by Regan Fisher:
First, the Portland resident who advocated taxing rural Oregonians an additional severance tax must subscribe to the old adage that taxes on someone else is better.
This family pays property taxes, a harvest tax, a severance tax, and of course, federal and state income taxes. In the pending legislative proposals (bills), there is not a single incentive for forestland owners to offset additional and grievously unfair increasd taxes.