After living in Portland/Salem for 20 years and being forced to move because I could not afford to live there anymore; moving to Southern Oregon has been eye opening. There is a complete disregard for rural Oregonians. And the biggest factor is big government. Why are hardworking Oregonians being taxed into poverty so a few government employees can make 6-figures and retire millionaires? PERS will bankrupt the state while these government employees cling to the belief that “we serve the people of Oregon.” The Democrats have ruined Oregon and Kate Brown is their leader. Stop trying to blame people for wanting a better life. If you want to see what the future holds for Oregon, just look South. Mass exodus from California while drug addicts continue to shit on the steps of the capital. What’s going to happen to socialism when there are no more people to tax in Oregon...except those rich government employees?
As an Idahoan I disagree. Oregon needs to jettison northwest Oregon and leave it to its future failure. Why should they allow Portland to drag eastern Oregon into the mud? Worse yet, Portland is asking eastern Oregon to help pay for the state's demise.
"Oregon’s diversity of communities, geographies, and ways of life is a source of our state’s strength."
I agree, but Portland is poisoning that diversity. The left will never embrace eastern Oregon values. They can't. Their beliefs forbid them from considering any other views.
"At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child — miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats.”
After living in Portland/Salem for 20 years and being forced to move because I could not afford to live there anymore; moving to Southern Oregon has been eye opening. There is a complete disregard for rural Oregonians. And the biggest factor is big government. Why are hardworking Oregonians being taxed into poverty so a few government employees can make 6-figures and retire millionaires? PERS will bankrupt the state while these government employees cling to the belief that “we serve the people of Oregon.” The Democrats have ruined Oregon and Kate Brown is their leader. Stop trying to blame people for wanting a better life. If you want to see what the future holds for Oregon, just look South. Mass exodus from California while drug addicts continue to shit on the steps of the capital. What’s going to happen to socialism when there are no more people to tax in Oregon...except those rich government employees?
As an Idahoan I disagree. Oregon needs to jettison northwest Oregon and leave it to its future failure. Why should they allow Portland to drag eastern Oregon into the mud? Worse yet, Portland is asking eastern Oregon to help pay for the state's demise.
"Oregon’s diversity of communities, geographies, and ways of life is a source of our state’s strength."
I agree, but Portland is poisoning that diversity. The left will never embrace eastern Oregon values. They can't. Their beliefs forbid them from considering any other views.
"At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child — miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats.”
― P.J. O'Rourk