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Archive Home > 2003 > August > 24 > Tax hike may fail if it goes to voters

Tax hike may fail if it goes to voters

By James Sinks / The Bulletin
August 24, 2003

SALEM - It may be too soon to say history is repeating itself.

During Oregon's recession of the 1980s, state lawmakers and then-Gov. Vic Atiyeh raised income taxes temporarily to maintain programs for police, schools and health care for the elderly and poor.

Lawmakers charted the same course....

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