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People who commute from that county in Washington to work in Portland have to pay Oregon state income tax. Income tax makes up the bulk of Oregon's state budge
by sct202 8y ago
People who commute from that county in Washington to work in Portland have to pay Oregon state income tax. Income tax makes up the bulk of Oregon's state budget which partially funds their K-12 system : https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_state_budget_and_finances https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_state_budget_and_finances . So the commuters are technically paying for some of the costs, maybe not enough?