OCCUPY THE STATE CAPITOL

program:  Evening News Book content:  0 program date:  Wed, 02/01/2012 Short Description:  OCCUPY THE STATE CAPITOL Visibility Site category:  News & Public Affairs KBOO Station News Featured content:  Display this node in featured content lists on home & landing pages. The Oregon legislature convened today for a one-month special session to address the state’s three hundred million dollar budget deficit. Occupy Wall Street activists from around the state marked the occasion by gathering at the State Capitol in Salem for a day of rallies, workshops and meetings with legislators. One focus of this day of action is tax reform in Oregon. Currently, many corporations in the state pay only a ten dollar minimum tax, even when their profits in the state are in the tens or hundreds of millions. Kirk Leonard with Occupy Salem spoke to KBOO from inside the state capitol 2:54 minutes (850.89 KB)

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