Excellent letter with seldom-reported specifics on the number of corporate tax breaks enacted by the Oregon legislature, mostly under Democratic majorities.  

While there is plenty of blame to go around for the 26-year failure to undo the damage wrought by Measure 5, the year-in and year-out narrative of Democratic legislators that they are essentially powerless to change things is belied by this sad legacy of complicity in making a bad situation worse  --  through tax giveaways to corporations that pay fewer and fewer taxes.

Democratic legislators have not been held to account for all of these years, so I believe it's safe to assume that they will, one more, time, not rise to the occasion.

Ultimately, it is our fault for not forcing them to do the right thing... and to stop doing the wrong thing.