Don’t steal Kicker, loot SAIF for PERS scandal bailout

Your wallet, your business and even non-profits are not safe under Governor Kate Brown’s plan to fix the $26 billion government PERS pension crisis.

Gov. Brown has proposed a rash of new tax hikes which include widespread surcharges on license fees Oregonians have to pay in order to have a job, visit a park or get married. Brown also proposes to steal the current Kicker Tax Refund of over-collected State tax funds. The current Kicker Tax Refund is expected to return an average $336 in refunds to Oregon taxpayers in 2020.

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