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Old 10-12-2011, 12:09 PM   #33
Lamplighter
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It can be done... but it takes some forethought, as discussed in the link
Blue Oregon
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The recently concluded Oregon legislative session demonstrated
that there is an effective tool for reining in out-of-control tax subsidies and loopholes
— the sunset provision.

A sunset establishes a date by which a law automatically expires.
With a sunset, a recalcitrant minority cannot hijack our democracy
when it comes to curbing tax code spending
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Two years ago the 2009 legislature used a three-fifths vote to add sunsets to all tax credits
— just one of several types of tax expenditures — that did not have sunsets.
The 2009 legislature also directed future legislatures to always include a sunset
when creating or renewing a tax credit spending program.
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