Common Sense For Oregon

Common Sense For Oregon Common Sense For Oregon is a non-partisan organization committed to supporting Oregon's initiative and referendum system. Want to be part of the action?

Common Sense For Oregon is mainly concerned with four areas.

1) The "Oregon System"

--Common Sense For Oregon defends the "Oregon System" which consists of an inititaive, a referendum and a recall. We are against special interest groups who want to block citizen participation and government by restricting the "Oregon System."

2) Government regulations

--Our goal is to challenge statutes and

rules, which are unnecessary, too complicated or too broad. We want to press for a common sense approach to government regulation at the state and local level.

3) Taxes

--The tax system should be used so that individuals and businesses will pay their fair share in supporting necessary public services. The system should be simple, balanced and fair, it should not be used to punish success or as a social policing tool to redistribute income. We should encourage businesses and entrepreneurs who want to create jobs for Oregonians.

4) Public Safety

--Over the last 20 years, Oregon has made great progress in improving the public safety system as to support law enforcement agencies, hold criminals accountable and provide opportunity for rehabiliatation. We should continue on this path but be careful about those who would undermine accountability for crime. Sign up for our mailing list; http://www.commonsensefororegon.org

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10/17/2016
Any surprise?
10/07/2016

Any surprise?

Oregon is one of the least tax-friendly states in the nation for retirees, due to high property taxes and taxes on retirement income, a financial media company says in a new report. Oregon’s income tax rate ranges from 5 percent to 9.9 percent. While the state doesn’t tax Social Security income, mos...

The US does not make even the top 10!
10/03/2016

The US does not make even the top 10!

In a study measuring the prosperity levels of different countries, the U.S. was only No. 1 on one indicator — and it wasn’t personal freedom.

"The estate tax is a bad way to tax the rich because it violates a principle that economists call horizontal equity. The...
09/30/2016

"The estate tax is a bad way to tax the rich because it violates a principle that economists call horizontal equity. The basic idea is that similar people should face similar tax burdens."

The estate tax is a popular tool to fight income inequality, but it violates the simple principle that similar people should have similar tax burdens.

What are your thoughts about the increased restrictions on vacation rentals in Cannon Beach?
08/29/2016

What are your thoughts about the increased restrictions on vacation rentals in Cannon Beach?

Do you sometimes rent out your home to friends and family members who may visit on vacation in the summer? Not for long, if bureaucrats in Cannon Beach, Oregon, get their way.

Oregon ranks in the bottom 15 in overall freedom. Are you surprised?
08/16/2016

Oregon ranks in the bottom 15 in overall freedom. Are you surprised?

Oregon ranks #37 overall. The Freedom in the 50 States 2015-2016 index from the Cato Institute measures freedom across a range of over 200 policies and across the personal, regulatory and fiscal dimensions.

06/28/2016

Oregon Secretary of State Jeanne Atkins released the annual report on Oregon’s government waste hotline. In 2015, the hotline received 243 initial reports. This continues an upward trend: there wer…

06/24/2016

There are now more non-military government employees who carry guns than there are U.S. Marines, according to a new report. Open the Books, a taxpayer watchdog group, released a study Wednesday tha

06/16/2016

How do outsiders view Oregon? What do you think people outside of our state think of us?

Here is what one "middle-age high school-educated male in the Midwest described it: “Liberal, progressive state, avoid at all cost.”

But overall, "across the country, most people still think of Oregon as a nice place to visit."

You can read the rest of the survey here:
http://pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/311208-188885-poll-gauges-how-outsiders-view-oregon

Which side do you take?
06/15/2016

Which side do you take?

The mass shooting in Orlando, Florida Sunday that's left 50 people dead, including the shooter, is reigniting the debate over gun control in Oregon, with one LGBTQ group calling for the protection of gun rights.Gun control advocates, meanwhile, are calling

06/14/2016

Among some of the findings in the report is this tidbit: "the impact on the Oregon economy would be staggering. The report estimates that more than 38,000 private sector jobs would be lost as a result of this measure. The report states, “Our economic simulation shows that if IP28 becomes law it will dampen income, employment and population growth over the next 5 years.”

Associated Oregon Industries The nonpartisan Oregon Legislative Revenue Office (LRO) released a report to the House and Senate Revenue Committees highlighting the devastating effects that Initiativ…

Young Republicans and Independents in Oregon increase due to the automatic voter registration, according to the Oregon S...
06/07/2016

Young Republicans and Independents in Oregon increase due to the automatic voter registration, according to the Oregon Secretary of State Office.

The nation's first automatic voter registration system may have added about 51,000 new voters since January for this year's presidential election, a rate which far outpaces previous registrations since 2008.

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