Stop the Metro Wage Tax

@StopTheMetroTax

In the last three elections alone, Metro has raised $3.6 billion in taxes. Join our campaign to protect local businesses, jobs and family paychecks.

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    Sep 7

    Metro is celebrating this Labor Day by proposing a tax on every dollar you make. Could someone please let them know that we're in the middle of a global pandemic and recession?

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  2. Nov 3

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  3. Nov 2

    Metro's transportation package is out of step with the region's current needs. "The projects need complete review given what our post-pandemic commuting/work/travel needs will be." Vote No on 26-218.

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  4. Nov 2

    "Business is already struggling and this will hurt hiring significantly." Metro's permanent wage tax is poorly written and even more poorly timed. Vote No on 26-218.

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  5. Nov 1

    A measure focused on equity "should pay as much attention to how monies are raised as it does to how they’re spent.” Metro's permanent payroll tax will burden struggling businesses without effecting needed change. Vote No on 26-218.

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  6. Oct 31

    Metro’s transportation measure, which claims to focus on issues of equity, will spend the majority of funds on “projects that disproportionately benefit whiter communities and higher income households.” Vote No on 26-218.

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  7. Oct 31

    Metro claims their transportation package is equitable, but “if a light rail line through the richest, whitest portion of a region contributes to ‘equity’,” then what investment doesn’t count as equitable? Vote No on 26-218.

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  8. Oct 31

    The Tualatin Chamber of Commerce is urging a No vote on 26-218 because they support mobility, infrastructure, and reducing carbon emissions but Metro's claims about the measure’s impacts are overstated and misleading while burdening local businesses.

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  9. Oct 31

    Tualatin's Chamber of Commerce wants "the right investments to move our region forward together," which is why they urge a No vote on Measure 26-218 which will "drive wedges, play politics, and cut paychecks." Vote No on 26-218.

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  10. Oct 31

    Business groups like the Tualatin Chamber of Commerce were at the table with Metro to work on a reasonable funding package, until Metro switched to an "unfair and regressive tax" on businesses during a recession. Vote No on 26-218.

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  11. Oct 28

    Local businesspeople say that Metro's permanent wage tax will kick them while they're down without delivering on its claims to reduce emissions and congestion. Vote No on 26-218.

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  12. Oct 28

    Small business people call Metro's permanent wage tax "unfair", "reckless", and "unfathomable". Despite its claims, it will hurt "the livability of our region and will only add more sprawl." Vote No on 26-218.

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  13. Oct 27

    Metro's transportation plan not only "does virtually nothing to reduce carbon emissions," it also would encourage driving. Vote No on 26-218.

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  14. Oct 26

    Mark Spiegelberg owns a local small business called The Barbers. Metro’s permanent wage tax will hurt his business, his employees, and his customers. Vote No on 26-218.

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  15. Oct 26

    Metro's permanent tax on wages has been called "reckless" and would affect business that are not making a profit. Vote No on 26-218.

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  16. Oct 25

    Metro's permanent wage tax will be applied outside the Metro region, can be raised and applied more broadly without a vote of the people, and will tax more than wages. Metro's track record does not inspire trust with local biz leaders. Vote No on 26-218.

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  17. Oct 25

    Three regional chambers of commerce agree, "Metro has failed to tell the whole story" about its transportation tax that was written with "maximum flexibility" and minimum accountability. Vote No on 26-218.

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  18. Oct 24

    Redundant, congestion-creating, and problematic: Metro's transportation measure will take much-needed wages to "fund projects that few people will use." Vote No on 26-218.

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  19. Oct 23

    The "crown jewel" of Metro's transportation measure, the SW Corridor light rail, is a "rarely used facility that will worsen our region's congestion" and will cost $2.8 Billion in wages. Vote No on 26-218.

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  20. Oct 23

    Measure 26-218 will have almost no effect in reducing carbon emissions from transportation, an "incomprehensible oversight". Vote No on 26-218.

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  21. Oct 22

    State Rep. Janelle Bynum, a leader of the House BIPOC Caucus, joins other regional Democratic leaders in opposing Metro's permanent wage tax saying there's "a disconnect about who's really paying." Vote No on 26-218.

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