Last year Oregon citizens voted in a state-wide referendum to raise state taxes for those making over $250,000 a year.
Kevin Looper, one of the organizers of the referendum, responded to criticism he was promoting class-war:
"You know, it's class war when we're cutting Medicare. It's class war when we're cutting teachers out of our public schools."
http://www.npr.org/2011/10/03/141013128/what-motivated-oregon-voters-to-raise-taxes
