STOP THE GOVERNOR’S PRE-K POWER PLAY
The Willamette Week article “Kotek Says Preschool for All Tax Imperiling Oregon Tax Base” [wweek.com, June 18] presents a flawed narrative about the Preschool for All program and its funding.
Governor Kotek’s claims of declining high-income tax filers are contradicted by independent data: the number of households in Multnomah County with incomes over $500,000 tripled from 2019 to 2023, reaching 7,683. Census data shows high-income households ($200k+) increased from 31,536 in 2019 to 51,183 in 2023. The alleged decline was based on incomplete data and the perceived drop in high-income revenue was due to temporary macroeconomic factors, not a mass exodus…