Novick looks forward to joys of another campaign
Steve Novick discusses possible run for Oregon governor in 2010.
Novick looks forward to joys of another campaign:
"Government doesn't create new business," he added. "What it can do is get the fundamentals right and that produces a good business climate."
In Novick's view, getting the fundamentals right means having a well-funded government. For years, he has argued that taxpayers tend not to realize that the vast majority of taxes they pay go to services they value.
Novick is also once again talking about the need for higher taxes, just as he did during his Senate campaign.
"We're going to need to raise more revenue," he said, "and the most obvious place to go is that businesses in Oregon pay 24 percent lower taxes across the board than the average state in the union."
Novick also said he would support a temporary increase in income taxes for upper-income taxpayers to help fund services during the recession - and he wants to divert most of the "kicker" income tax rebates into a rainy-day fund.
Comments