I haven't been exposed to a state that has all 3 taxes, but I know here in Texas we don't have an income tax, and I bring home a lot more money. I'm not sure how that helps or hurts the state though. Our property taxes are high here (5-6k a year) so that would be about the same. Toll roads is another way for a city to make some quality income. In Houston, there are a couple of them, and I heard they earn about 1 million oer day. Portland's wouldn't be near that much, but if it brought in 50k a day, it would be huge. It's one of those taxes that you don't really feel the pain of because it's only like a quarter or two each way. In Oregon you could probably sharge a quarter per trip to downtown, and still make enough to fund several school programs. Then again, you could also do that by letting the Indians build a cassino in the city of Portland. I have also been a big proponent of legalizing gambling in some of the coastal, or central Oregon areas and allowing some cassinos to build there. Multiple jobs, and taxes from those would be tremendous.
Duds responds............. http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2010/09/new_dudley_tv_ad_seeks_to_pin.html
