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on The Role of Unions
America's debt and unions ARE NOT CONNECTED.
Compare the two:
46 states combined debt is 126 Billion.
1 week of war in Afghanistan alone, costs $2 Billion.
The unpaid for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the unpaid for Trillions in tax cuts for the rich, the trillions in corporate tax cuts, the unpaid for billions in TARP funds broke this country.
The blame lies with the republican party and on wall street, not main street.
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2011/03/watch_video_of_michael_moore_a.html
posted 2 years, 3 months ago
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on State of the Union
Also, an interesting graphic where you can try to balance the budget. Basically go back to Clinton era policies...
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/13/weekinreview/deficits-graphic.html
posted 2 years, 4 months ago
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on State of the Union
Congresswoman Herrera seems pretty concerned with our deficit and debt. Even though she wasn't able to vote, did/does Congresswoman Herrera support the unpaid extension of the Bush Tax cuts?
posted 2 years, 4 months ago
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on State of the Union
It's incredibly self defeating for the unemployed to vote republican as they do not want to extent unemployment benifits.
posted 2 years, 4 months ago
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on Free Speech or Hate Speech?
This man is a member of the neo-nazi party. How anyone, in their right mind, can defend him or his organization is beyond me.
posted 2 years, 7 months ago
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on Turnidge Trial
I wasn't aware gun control laws limited ones access to explosives as well.
posted 2 years, 7 months ago
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on Ballot Measure 5 Turns 20
If your property taxes are so overwhelming you should buy a smaller home or consider renting.
posted 2 years, 7 months ago
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on Kitzhaber Wins
It seems like one of the only way to balance our budget and to have a consistant/reliable revenue stream in the future is a sales tax.
Are there any plans to introduce a sales tax and if so, what type of rates are being considered?
posted 2 years, 7 months ago
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on Kitzhaber Wins
51% is "out of touch?"
posted 2 years, 7 months ago
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on College For Profit?
Nice to know everyone's got a price.
posted 2 years, 7 months ago
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on College For Profit?
So your solution is to eliminate the Department of Education and maintain the status quo at For Profit Colleges?
Sen. Harkin, Iowa, released a report on For Profit Colleges at the end of September and it found that...
Students at for-profit colleges leave without a diploma at an alarming rate:
- Out of 16 for-profit schools analyzed, 57% (546,749) of the students who entered school between July ‘08 and June ‘09 have already left the schools. In total these schools have lost 1.9 million students in the past three years.
The vast majority of students at for-profits are left with significant loan debt:
- More than 95% of students at two-year for-profit schools and 93% at four-year for-profit schools took out student loans in 2007.
- Only 16.6% of students attending community colleges took out loans during the same time period. At four-year public schools the borrowing rate was 44.3%, still half the rate of four-year for-profit colleges.
For-profit schools mask high withdrawal rates by aggressively recruiting and enrolling new students:
- In 2008-09, one school started the year with an enrollment of 71,246 and ended the year with an enrollment of 89,479. However, the school added 120,638 new students over the course of that year. Recruiters had to enroll 120,000 new students to increase enrollment by 18,000 for the following year.
Despite these dismal student success rates, for-profit institutions are raking in record profits:
- For the 16 companies analyzed, profits in 2009 totaled $2.7 billion. Between FY2009 and 2010, one company more than doubled its profits from $119 million to $241 million, while a second went from $235 million to $411 million.
These “profits” are largely made up of the taxpayer dollars intended to support student success:
- Across 14 schools, federal dollars total 87 percent of 2009 revenues and ranged from 93 percent of revenues to 85 percent of revenues.
http://help.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/?id=aafe9170-4785-44e7-a270-d142e94c64a8
posted 2 years, 7 months ago
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on Measure 75: Wood Village Casino
It would make more sense if this measure opened up gambling statewide, but it doesn't and IMO someone in Lane co. shouldn't have any say in what happens up here.
posted 2 years, 9 months ago
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on Measure 75: Wood Village Casino
Why is this being voted on statewide when it only effects 1 site in Multnomah Co?
posted 2 years, 9 months ago
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on Cracking Down on Gun Violence
Probably meant Hazelwood
posted 2 years, 9 months ago
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on Cracking Down on Gun Violence
The Supreme Court recently struck down cityide handgun bans. In its wake, Chicago passed a new ordinace that
"allows handgun ownership in Chicago but establishes strict guidelines about who can apply for a permit. It prohibits gun shops within city limits and requires potential handgun owners to register their guns with the Chicago Police Department. In addition, it requires handgun owners to have both a city permit and a state firearms identification card.
The new ordinance also addresses where handguns can be stored, saying that home storage does not include a garage, front porch, or yard. Other excluded sites for storage are hotels, dorms, and group living facilities. For transport outside the home, guns would need to be broken down and not trigger ready."
Have you thought of tightening existing gun ordinances for everyone, much like Chicago, to help keep our streets safe?
What is the Oregon Firearms Federation lobbyist afraid of? If you're not a gun criminal, the majority of the proposed laws Mayor Adams is talking about won't apply to you?
posted 2 years, 9 months ago
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on Cracking Down on Gun Violence
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posted 2 years, 9 months ago
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on Bracing for Bad Budget Numbers
and the private sector is doing so well.
posted 2 years, 9 months ago
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on Making a District a Destination
You're right, thiving and vibrant are completely different.
posted 2 years, 10 months ago
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on Making a District a Destination
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/press/i-j/jumptown.html
http://www.historicphotoarchive.com/mcm/Lecture.html
posted 2 years, 10 months ago
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on Making Economics from Lemonade
Qu'ils mangent de l'herbe
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