god I get so sick of you uneducated sheep wasting my time with your mindless drivel. It was reported extensively by the RG back in the day we were internationally known as Tax Hell, USA, and the reason why Oregon could not get business to invest here. It is historical fact Oregon liberal communities invested millions of dollars to develop sister city relationships to overcome this, and why we granted property tax relief to foreign corporations offshoring jobs here. That is exactly how Eugene got Hynix to invest $1.2 BILLION locally. You quote me crap about 2017 when I clearly was speaking about 1980's-1990's and an example of tax cuts kick starting our tanked economy. I also addressed why this doesn't work for states like Kansas.