Oregon Democrats to Con Voters With Changing Word 'Tax' to 'Assessment'...

Oregon reports:

Democratic lawmakers are considering a plan to sidestep election laws so they can handcraft ballot language for two proposed amendments to the Oregon Constitution. They want to give Democrats extra say in what voters are told about proposed health and housing provisions, in the expectation that would make voters more likely to approve them.

Democrats in the Legislature carried out a similar plan last year, rankling Republicans, who described the tactic as subversive and undemocratic.

That time, Democrats were able to write the ballot language for Measure 101, the health care funding measure that voters passed with ease last month. With Democrats in charge of the ballot language, they avoided calling the funding package a "tax" in favor of the term "assessment." Republicans challenged that wording with the Oregon Supreme Court, which okayed use of the term "assessment" on ballots.

When words lose their meaning....