There is an underlying assumption in this opinion piece and that is that a corporate tax will tap new monies.  Monies that will not come from the ordinary citizens of Oregon.  This unfortunately is incorrect.  Corporations exist to make a profit.  If they cannot make a profit they go out of business.  Thus if we impose a higher corporate tax, the affected companies will immediately raise prices to maintain their profit margin or, if they cannot, they will go out of business or stop doing business in the state of Oregon.  Thus the corporate tax is simply a sneaker tax to extract money from John and Jane Q. Public citizens of Oregon.  Perhaps the corporate tax to help schools would be good.  That's a matter of opinion, but those who support higher corporate taxes should clearly understand where the money will ultimately come from.