Oregon ballot measure would tax big corporations more, return revenue as rebate to residents
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Activists in Oregon are supporting a ballot measure Tuesday that would levy an added tax on big corporations and return the revenue to the people in the form of a rebate.
Antonio Gisbert, a former neuroscientist-turned-organizer and one-time representative for AFSCME, is the chief petitioner of the ballot measure. He told OpenDemocracy in a recent interview, "$750 annually can be negligible or transformative depending on your privilege, income, and socioeconomic status." Charles Creitz is a reporter for Fox News Digital.
Gisbert added a second review by the Oregon government estimated the levy would collect $7 billion and raise the rebate to $1,600-per-Oregonian. In other comments, Gisbert said the new program would greatly reduce poverty in the state. He joined Fox News in 2013 as a writer and production assistant.
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