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on California Connections
One effect of having a two year budget cycle in Oregon is that we have to plan and project for a longer period, unlike California which has year by year budgets. So that's one stability inducing advantage Oregon has.
It would take an entire tax overhaul to plan for more economically efficient and more stable tax revenues i.e. switching from income based tax to consumption tax. This will not happen in Oregon because politicians want both! Oregonians eschew sales taxes no matter how rational.
State governments are no different than the rest of us; their people put their pants on one leg at a time. They need to budget and cut back on expenditures just like the rest of us.
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on Fusion Voting
It’s not surprising that the powers that be, the Democrats, are against this.
Do you or any one know what the Republicans and or Libertarians say about the SB 326?
posted 3 years, 10 months ago
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on World-Class Arts?
Does Oregon need art?
Yes, but not funded by the State of Oregon.
Mainstream thought is that art needs state funding to survive.
The truth is that if art should survive, it will.
If nobody wants art enough to pay for it voluntarily, then art will die a valid death.
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