Arguments For and Against
Supporters of Measure 5 were upset because a rise in real estate valuations, caused by an economic boom and the continued influx of new homeowners in the bounded Portland metropolitan area, caused a rapid rise in taxes, threatening to force residents on fixed or low incomes to move. Many also liked the provisions of the measure that required equalization of school funding among schools statewide. Proponents hoped or expected that schools would be protected by the introduction of a sales tax. Opponents warned that the measure would lead to massive cuts in government services.
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