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I couldn't have said that better myself.
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Right on!
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If you have specific examples of state government waste, fraud and abuse, maybe you should call the Secretary of State's office. They have auditors who check out allegations such as yours. Also, you could contact your state representatives about such matters and they could schedule a hearing about your examples. Maybe you want the state legislature to set up a watchdog agency like GAO to monitor state spending? That's already been proposed by Sarasohn who writes for the Oregonian. Maybe he could help you. I can only speak for Oregon teachers and instructional assistants who I have worked with during the past 8 years. For the most part, they are hard working, intelligent and inspirational people well worth their salaries and benefits.
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Measures 66 and 67 don't address the kicker law, so save those comments for your state legislators. Regarding accountability in education, the Oregon State Department of Education just submitted a grant application to the federal Department of Education that would make Oregon teachers more accountable for student test scores. It was a joint effort between Union and Management. You say you want government run more like private industry? Like AIG, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, GM, Bank of America? Are those good role models?
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Amen, brother.
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You sound like you either work for Nike or went to the University of Nike (Oregon). I have an economics degree from the Wharton School of Business and I'm voting yes on both measures.
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Sorry, doc, but your bedside manner stinks! Go to Haiti, I think they need doctors there.
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Tony, I'll tell you what makes businesses attractive to Oregon. It's an educated workforce with great schools. If these measures fail, the school district where I'm working as a substitute teacher will lay off 90 teachers or reduce our school year by 16 days. I read the Willamette Week article too and it makes a strong case for yes on both measures.
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Thanks for doing the math.
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I am a small business person who has seen fewer sales in the past year. So, I feel your pain. However, there are many more people out there that have it worse than us. Measures 66 and 67 shift the burden from the middle and lower classes to the upper income classes. Most public servants do a good job (I audited many during 27 years with GAO). But, without funding you're not giving them a chance to improve.
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Thank you for your yes vote. You have come out of the dark and into the light. Don't second guess your vote. You have started to build a third leg onto Oregon's broken tax stool which has only two legs. No voters have no leg to stand on!
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I agree. Go Rachel!
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Where was your voice when the legislature was debating this isssue? They hashed out all of the pros and cons of these ballot measures in Salem like we elected them to do. The people of Oregon have already given tacit approval to both of these measures when they elected a democratic majority in Salem. Your views are too little, too late.
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Richard K uses a lot of numbers and words to argue semantics. Could he be doing this to raise the ghost of sales tax opposition that has haunted this state for too many years? I'm sure that the 2.5 percent of corporations affected by these ballot measures would cheer his arguments. Richard K is missing the big picture. Oregon's tax system is a broken stool with only two legs to support it - income and property taxes. Any change to our state's lop-sided tax system which solely depends on income and property taxes is a broken model. So even a sales tax would be an improvement. Vote yes on Ballot measures 66 and 67.
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