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Resident wrote on Dec 2, 2008 9:49 AM:
You guys read the comments on other stories. Most people think that spelling and punctuation are unimportant, and posts by young people are hard to even decipher. Since we aren't getting much for our education dollars, and the people receiving the education are rarely thankful for it, why not go ahead and cut some dollars from the school budgets?
come on wrote on Dec 2, 2008 3:33 AM:
The economy is affecting us all, the government is no exception. No one likes the idea of seeing important services cut, but much like our household budgets; things have to tighten up.
When a state like Oregon has no sales tax, this is what we all have to face. I can't see what choice our legislators have. I think a gas tax is actually a good idea now that gas is the lowest we've seen in 3 years. I'd much rather share the gas tax burden with tourists than pay a sales tax.
When a state like Oregon has no sales tax, this is what we all have to face. I can't see what choice our legislators have. I think a gas tax is actually a good idea now that gas is the lowest we've seen in 3 years. I'd much rather share the gas tax burden with tourists than pay a sales tax.
Richard wrote on Dec 1, 2008 9:44 PM:
this numb skull gov teddy must have taken one cold shower to many when he was a marine,and froze up his one brain that most officers only have..he does need a padded room badly I never thought anyone could have such a case of idiocy as he has....
Joe Sixpack wrote on Dec 1, 2008 6:49 PM:
Green road work with no Diesel equipment just people with wheel barrows and shovels and one lane to cut down on cars and only jobs for legal workers . With schools that teach how to find a job out of state!
Al the Pal wrote on Dec 1, 2008 4:22 PM:
I wonder, in this time of financial woes, if perhaps a trip or two less overseas for the Governor might be in order.
Some of these junkets provide him with a trip that would be a vacation of a lifetime for most of us. Maybe not to Japan, but in terms of dollars spent.
If he raises my cigarette tax again to cover health insurance, I'll just stop buying cigarettes through Oregon and avoid those taxes. I get no benfit from that program anyway.
Some of these junkets provide him with a trip that would be a vacation of a lifetime for most of us. Maybe not to Japan, but in terms of dollars spent.
If he raises my cigarette tax again to cover health insurance, I'll just stop buying cigarettes through Oregon and avoid those taxes. I get no benfit from that program anyway.
tax-and-gougeme wrote on Dec 1, 2008 3:38 PM:
Well said "What a shame". Unfortunately, that will never happen. Never happens in the private sector, won't happen in the public sector. I work for a private company. Everyone's hours get cut except for management.
It's nice for the kids to have health insurance - however, they won't have any schools to go to.
It's nice for the kids to have health insurance - however, they won't have any schools to go to.
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