Government Needs More From YOU

As BIG GOVERNMENT gets bigger, so does its need for money. All those handouts people think are free come from the pockets of those that have earned, robbed by politicians at the federal, state and local levels. All those public services under union control continue to extort more and more from taxpayers.

Oregon, long a Democrat state, has one of the worse BIG GOVERNMENT tax records in the nation. In 2006 Oregon ranked #4 in Per Capita for income tax, behind #1 Connecticut (Democrat), #2 Massachusetts (Democrat), and #3 New York (Democrat).

2006 Tax-hungry Top 10, income taxes/person (Republican / Democrat based on Red/Blue state assignment from the last general election):

1. (Democrat) Connecticut: $1,648
2. (Democrat) Massachusetts: $1,629
3. (Democrat) New York: $1,596
4. (Democrat) Oregon: $1,464
5. (Democrat) California: $1,405
6. (Democrat) Minnesota: $1,328
7. (Democrat) Hawaii: $1,206
8. (Democrat) Delaware: $1,194
9. (Republican) Virginia: $1,187
10. (Democrat) Maryland: $1,095
    

2006 Lowest 10:

1. (Republican) Alaska: $0
2. (Republican) Florida: $0
3. (Republican) S. Dakota: $0
4. (Republican) Texas: $0
5. (Democrat) Washington: $0
6. (Republican) Wyoming: $0
7. (Republican) Nevada: $0
   
8. (Republican) Tennessee: $32
9. (Republican) New Hampshire: $62
10. (Republican) Mississippi: $431

Source: Tax Foundation. Check out Ron Paul's platform for taxes. Sounds good to me!