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The "luxury goods" sales tax has existed since at least 2018. The catch is that it was limited to new vehicles. I bought a new motorcycle in 2018 and if I recall I had to pay something like .005% the value of the bike as a tax to register the vehicle. It turns out that any new motor vehicle sold in Oregon after 2018 was subject to that tax. This law seems like it will expand the tax and raise it by 2.5%.
As others in the thread have said - I'm not necessarily against paying more in taxes if it goes to a good cause, but the stated use in the text of the bill itself is $750/mo payments to low income people. I'm no genius but I can tell you right now that if word gets out you can smoke meth in public AND get $750/mo from the government - all kinds of urban campers are going to be flocking to this state for the handouts.
As others in the thread have said - I'm not necessarily against paying more in taxes if it goes to a good cause, but the stated use in the text of the bill itself is $750/mo payments to low income people. I'm no genius but I can tell you right now that if word gets out you can smoke meth in public AND get $750/mo from the government - all kinds of urban campers are going to be flocking to this state for the handouts.
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