You conveniently neglect to mention that the money an Oregon resident uses to purchase a car will have already been taxed by the State Income Tax, then will incur the 2.5 percent tax passed on by the car dealer in order to pay their tax on gross sales. The proper way to value the car's purchase is in gross income before taxes required to purchase it. When valued this way, that car will cost more in Oregon (7.0 to 9.9 percent income tax plus 2.5 percent = 9.5 to 12.4 percent) than it costs in Washington (6.99 to 9.99 percent sales tax depending on municiple taxes). And I have not even included any Oregon municiple taxes which make it even worse.

NO on 97. It's a bad thing.