If you read Representative Julie Fahey's guest editorial the other day you learned that, despite the claimed budget shortfall, she and other Democrat legislators want to give up "hundreds of millions" in tax relief to low and middle income families. But since those targeted folks don't pay much in taxes, we are really hearing about greater wealth re-distribution through manipulation of the Oregon tax code.  People who pay next to nothing will get increasingly greater refunds of other taxpayer's money.  Pure socialism.  Why give up any money the state is legally entitled to during this current budget "crisis "?  This is not the time for tax cuts for anyone.  About 250,000 returns are filed every year by people who owe no state tax;  they file a return to get free money from the state.  We don't call it a redistribution of wealth or socialism but that is what is going on in Salem under Democrat control.  We need more people paying taxes, not fewer, and more legislators with common sense.