States In A Hard Way

[BLAZER PROPHET]

http://money.cnn.com/2010/05/05/news/economy/state_budget_cuts/

Oregon knows what to do. Raise taxes. Not once, but twice. I wonder if it will be three times. Or four or five once all of this ends.

 

[MARIS61]

Oregon didn't actually raise taxes so much as reproportion them to restore them back to where they used to be. Maybe 2 or 3 posters on this board were affected negatively, but overall paying more taxes is a small price to pay for the priviledge of being rich.

That said, neither party in Oregon has made any serious overtures to cut or even slow spending. Both parties are pushing all kinds of projects and programs like they always have.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Oregon didn't actually raise taxes so much as reproportion them to restore them back to where they used to be. Maybe 2 or 3 posters on this board were affected negatively, but overall paying more taxes is a small price to pay for the priviledge of being rich.

You are correct. Oregon did not raise taxes. We simply redistributed wealth.

That said, neither party in Oregon has made any serious overtures to cut or even slow spending. Both parties are pushing all kinds of projects and programs like they always have.

Could you cite a few examples of the republicans doing this, please?

 

[blazerboy30]

It baffles my mind that it comes as a surprise that government should have to make big cuts when the economy takes a big down turn.

 

[Eastoff]

Could you cite a few examples of the republicans doing this, please?

do you mean current administration? I don't think any republicans have really increased spending since Bush went out of office. Although Bobby "hypocrite" Jindal makes me laugh.