text: Oh my God and Heaven, how absolutely corrupt our politicians in Salem have become!!!   They are going to repeal the Corporate Income Tax, which will save countless millions for the filthy rich corporations like Nike, Intel, and Comcast.  In return, this Gross Receipts Tax is nothing more than a hidden sales tax, which corporations will simply pass on for consumers to pay.
  
  The general public: the ordinary citizen, is getting screwed big time here.  This matter is absolute proof that Salem is now controlled by corporations and special interests.  The people of Oregon soundly defeated a tax on Gross Sales in last November's election.   Have our leaders all forgotten that?  Democracy, a government that is of, by, and for the people, does not exist in Oregon anymore.
  
  Our current leaders in Salem are clearly frauds.  They don't represent the people.   They are lapdogs to special interests and corporations.  This is a very underhanded and treacherous deal.
  
  Our state is going to the dogs.