Let's stipulate that all revenue generated by this tax will go into the above. How much of the funds currently budgeted for these areas will now be redirected into other areas? What percentage of the generated revenue goes to education? Healthcare? Services for senior citizens? What are the explicit definitions for these categories? In other words, what is the "wiggle room" that the legislature and governor will have to use the money for non-intended areas such as PERS? What is the net some/gain?

So let's be honest again and admit this is just a general tax increase. This is the same old process that has led us to where we are now at all levels of government; spend and tax, spend and tax, repeat. It addresses no systemic problems for Oregon. It is the equivalent of an obese person punching another hole in their belt to address their eating disorder.

The last thing Oregonians should do is turn-over $3,000,000,000.00 (3 billion dollars) to the status quo to do the same ol', same ol'.