Who We Are
The Taxpayer Association of Oregon is a citizen grassroots non-profit founded in 1999 by Jason Williams and Don McIntire.
We work towards:
- lower taxes
- government transparency
- protecting liberty
- exposing government waste, fraud and abuse of our tax dollars.
Don McIntire (right) is famous as the author of Measure 5 the property tax limit measure approved by voters in 1990. Before Measure 5, property taxes had no limit and many seniors were taxed out of their homes. If it wasn’t for Don McIntire’s Measure 5 your property taxes would be 40% higher. Craig Flynn (left), who helped Don gather signatures, is a charter board member of the Taxpayers Association of Oregon.
-James Mayer
Oregonian Reporter, 10-9-05
Helped stop statewide tax increases:
- Defeated local wage taxes (Salem 2023).
- Defeated local gas taxes (Newport 2021, King City 2016).
- Jason Williams became first widely known as a key leader who helped defeat the statewide 1% income tax increase Measure 28 (2003).
- Launched statewide referendum petition drive to successfully repeal the $600 million income tax surcharge Measure 30 (2004).
Helped stop local taxes:
- Defeated local sales taxes (Wood Village 2006, Ontario 2018, Hood River County 2019)
- Defeated local cell-phone taxes (Portland 2009, Keizer 2010, Corvallis).
- Defeated local income taxes (Lane County 2007, Eugene 2011)
We love to have fun spreading the word about government corruption…
Our social media sights receive a million views a year.
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