ACTION ALERT: REJECT FEDERAL TAX GIVEAWAYS TO CORPORATIONS

Date: January 13, 2026

To: All LWVOR members

From: Mark Kendall, LWVOR President

Jean Pierce, LWVOR Action Chair

Peggy Lynch, Natural Resources Coordinator

TAKE ACTION: 

Contact your State Legislators (Click here to find your legislators) 

RSVP for the February 5 rally in Salem

DEADLINE: ASAP

TALKING POINTS

1. Protect families, not the ultra-wealthy. Oregon can recover over $700 million by rejecting the federal tax giveaways to mega-corporations and the ultra-rich—money that should go to schools, health care, housing, and other services working families rely on.

2. Cuts are a choice—and the wrong one. Across-the-board cuts would hit working families, kids, seniors, rural communities, and people with disabilities hardest, even as everyday costs keep rising. We shouldn’t balance the budget on the backs of those already struggling.

3. Disconnecting from the federal tax code is the solution. Oregon’s automatic tie to the federal tax code makes us especially vulnerable to the federal giveaways, costing up to $900 million next biennium. Strategically disconnecting protects vital services and reflects Oregon's values of fairness and shared responsibility.

For more information:

2025 LRO document on effects of HR 1

Oregon Legislative Revenue Office

Thomson Reuters

Questions? Contact  lwvor@lwvor.org.