West
Oregon ballot measure would tax big corporations more, return revenue as rebate to residents
Oregon voters will have the opportunity on Tuesday to vote on a first-in-the-nation ballot measure that would levy an additional tax on large corporations to be returned to the people as a basic-income “rebate.”
The measure would increase the corporate minimum or corporate income tax by 3% on sales above $25 million, which in turn would provide the Beaver State’s 4 million people with an estimated $750 each, according to its chief proponent.
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.”
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.
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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. (Jim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Lower-income residents could opt for a direct cash payment, according to another analysis.
Gisbert told States Newsroom that big corporations should “pay their fair share.”
“And when they do that, could you use about 1,600 bucks for yourself and every member of your household? Yeah. Fantastic. Vote yes.”
The measure is supported by several left-wing entities, including the Oregon Progressive Party and the Pacific Green Party, but notably has bipartisan opposition.
Oregon Reps. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, a Republican, and Val Hoyle, a Democrat, joined Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek, and top Oregon corporation Nike in that regard, according to several reports.
“It is a tax so bad that even prominent Democrats stand with Republicans in rejecting it,” state House Minority Leader Jeff Helfrich, R-Hood River, told Willamette Week.
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Oregon voters will have the opportunity on Tuesday to vote on a first-in-the-nation ballot measure that would levy an additional tax on large corporations to be returned to the people as a basic-income “rebate.” (REUTERS/Joel Page)
Kotek told the outlet that the ballot measure “may look good on paper” but predicted it would “punch a huge hole in the state budget” and risk essential services for the working families it seeks to help.
Chavez-DeRemer said in August the new tax-and-rebate would cause statewide inflation and would be “the last thing our state needs right now.”
“Join me in Voting no on Measure 118,” she said.
In its own analysis, the Tax Foundation railed against the proposal, calculating that with the minimum gross-receipts tax of 3%, a qualifying company with profits running at 7% would face an effective 42% corporate income tax.
The only other state with anything remotely similar to the tax-to-rebate program is Alaska, which Gisbert cited in wanting to provide Oregonians a similar return.
The Portland, Oregon, skyline. (Joe Sohm via Getty)
For more than 40 years, Juneau has paid Alaskans a dividend of the state’s revenue from oil and energy production.
However, Alaska’s dividend is not an additional levy on the oil industry, but a slice of the state’s standardized revenue returned to the people.
The lowest annual dividend was $386 in 1982 and the highest was $3,284 under Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy in 2022.
Dunleavy has pushed for higher dividends for Alaskans while lambasting the federal government for continuing to attack oil and gas exploration in the Last Frontier, and thereby risking the dividend.
“President Biden is searching for oil anywhere on the planet except at home,” he told Fox News Digital in a prior interview.
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Washington
Georgia featured at Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON — The Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C., is featuring Georgia among its participating states. The fair had to close for several hours Friday because of the heat, but reopened to visitors.
Georgia’s booth showcases the state’s No. 1 industry: agriculture. The display focuses on peaches, peanuts, Vidalia onions and poultry.
One fairgoer said Georgia’s agricultural offerings were a surprise.
“I was not aware that you did eggs in Georgia. I should have figured that out since Waffle House is pretty much in every town, but that was a learning, and then, of course going along with eggs is chickens,” the attendee said.
All states are represented at the fair, though not all are participating directly.
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Wyoming
WATCH: The 1937 Movie Wings Over Wyoming
There are many great old Western movies set in Wyoming. For many years, the Western cowboy theme was all the rage in theaters. We’ve shown many of those old movies on this page. Here is one we missed.
Wings Over Wyoming is an alternate title for the 1937 64-minute American Western film Hollywood Cowboy, directed by Ewing Scott and George Sherman. The movie stars George O’Brien as a film star who thwarts a protection racket targeting local cattle ranchers and is available to stream on Tubi.
Why was this Western originally released under the title Hollywood Cowboy? Later, the title and the poster were changed. Something to do with marketing, I’m sure. George O’Brien is a vacationing Hollywood cowboy star who is forced to become a real-life hero when eastern racketeers try to run a protection scheme on local Wyoming cattle ranchers.
The plot is simple, as was often the case with old cowboy movies of that time. The hero is on vacation in Wyoming. He gets a job at a local ranch run by Violet Butler and her niece to escape city life, only to battle an eastern crime boss running an extortion and protection racket against local ranchers. The mobsters harass and kill ranchers for protection money, including causing stampedes by bussing herds with a biplane.
The film was directed by Ewing Scott and George Sherman, and released on May 28, 1937, by RKO Pictures before being re-released as Wings Over Wyoming in 1947.
It is notable for blending classic Western elements like horses and guns with modern 1930s elements such as cars and airplanes.
Below is a gallery of great old movie posters, all Westerns made about old Wyoming.
A movie poster is supposed to attract people to see the flick by showing them what they like.
In the case of that means beautiful women, tough men, fistfights, guns, and action scenes.
Often an old movie poster for a bad movie is just as bad as the movie itself. It told little of what the movie was actually about.
But who cares, they were all about the same thing. That same sill plot over and over again. Before TV that’s all people had to watch, and it was considered good, at the time.
Vintage Wyoming Movie Posters
I love walking down the hallway of a modern movie theater and looking at the old posters of vintage movies.
That got me thinking about old Westerns based on Wyoming. How many of those posters are still around?
Many are, and many are for sale online, if you want to decorate your home, or even home theater, with classic and mostly forgotten movie posters.
Most of these films were made before the era of television. Hollywood was cranking out these things as fast as they could.
The plots, the scrips, the acting, directing, and editing were SO BAD, they were good.
Gallery Credit: Glenn Woods
Wyoming Pickup Truck Office View
Gallery Credit: Glenn Woods
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco’s fireworks show ends in hours of gridlock involving Waymo cars
San Francisco’s Fourth of July celebration along the city’s waterfront quickly turned into hours of gridlock, dangerous fireworks incidents and a surge in emergency calls.
Thousands packed Crissy Field to watch fireworks launched from the Golden Gate Bridge. But once the show ended, it wasn’t exactly a smooth ride home.
While many left with great memories. Others found themselves stuck for hours in gridlock, caught in a massive backup involving dozens of Waymo cars, while firefighters across the city were responding to fires and serious fireworks injuries.
For Rose Peterson, the ride home after San Francisco’s Fourth of July fireworks took an unexpected turn.
“We were pulling up to a four-way stop and this guy was shooting off a firework in the middle of the road, and then our Waymo starts driving, and we’re like ‘Wait, what’s happening?’,” she said.
No one inside was hurt, but Peterson says the experience left her questioning how autonomous vehicles respond in unpredictable situations.
“I definitely think it needs to be more sensitive of anything that can come into the path of the road,” she said.
That wasn’t the only challenge after the show.
As thousands left Crissy Field and the Presidio, traffic came to a standstill. Among those stuck was Dave Guingona, who had friends visiting from the Philippines and wanted to show them a memorable Fourth of July in San Francisco.
“Five minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes went by, then we realized people were getting out of their cars, yelling and screaming at these Waymos because there were no drivers,” he said.
He says nearly two hours later, Waymo employees finally began driving the vehicles out.
“They had a great time, but this is what they’re going to remember for the rest of their lives. This was unbelievable,” he said.
While traffic barely moved, San Francisco firefighters responded to more than 500 calls for service, including four fireworks-related wildfires, numerous outside fires across the city and a vehicle fire on Connecticut Street believed to have been sparked by illegal fireworks.
Crews also responded to two life-altering fireworks injuries.
Captain Jonathan Baxter says the incident Peterson experienced in the Waymo was another reminder of how quickly things could have turned tragic.
“That situation could’ve had a far worse outcome—not only for the individuals in the car that could’ve been injured or worse—but for the individuals who lit the fireworks. They could have their life altered for the rest of their lives as well,” Baxter said.
Waymo says extreme traffic congestion disrupted operations for several vehicles after the fireworks and crews worked with city officials to clear them from the area.
The company also says it’s evaluating the incident surrounding fireworks, adding it’s committed to learning from situations like this.
San Francisco fire officials are reminding people that even fireworks marketed as “safe” can cause devastating injuries and fires. As for Waymo, the company says it’s reviewing both last night’s traffic congestion and the incident involving Rose’s ride as it looks for ways to improve operations during major events.
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