Oregons population will boom in the coming years

[Gonz]

should Meausre 23 pass.

Imagine, all the sick people from other states moving there. All the old folks in AZ deciding to uproot Sun City & take up new residence. FL would become a ghost state. The homeless (& wdeep too) would have a new place to call home.

$1.7 billion per annum? Are they serious? This will balloon to 1.7 TRILLION within a decade. Guess who's gonna pay for it. The taxpayers. They'll pay & pay & pay.

SUMMARY: Creates Oregon Comprehensive Health Care Finance Plan to pay for medically necessary health services, regardless of preexisting conditions, from health care practitioner of participant's choice. Includes some services for injured workers. All residents eligible. Creates board to establish compensation schedules for services. Requires board, legislature to ensure that government payments for participants' health services go to plan's finance fund. Board to recover costs of provided services if covered by health benefits, insurance. Requires certain contributions by workers' compensation insurers, self-insureds. Plan also funded by: additional progressive income tax not to exceed 3.9% of total statewide personal income, 8% of individual's taxable income; additional employer payroll tax with maximum, minimum rates. Rates otherwise set by board. Authorizes certain tax credits, exemptions. Other provisions.

ESTIMATE OF FINANCIAL IMPACT: The measure would require state expenditures of not less than $1.7 billion per year on a recurring basis. State tax revenues would increase by not less than $1.7 billion per year. The financial effect on local government expenditures cannot be determined. There is no financial effect on local government revenues.

I suppose it couldn't happen to a more communistic bunch. Let them try the grand experiment & America, as a whole, will learn.

of course, they have some other interesting possibilities too..

Measure 14

SUMMARY: Legislative referral. Amends constitution. Currently, Oregon Constitution, Article VII (Original) (rendered obsolete by Article VII (Amended) and statutes enacted by Legislative Assembly) provides historical threshold for expanding number of Supreme Court Justices on basis of "white" population. Measure removes references in sections 2, 10, 14, to "white" inhabitants and "white population." Currently, Article XVIII, Section 2 lists questions for 1857 election regarding ratification of Oregon Constitution; Section 4 lists proposed text for 1857 election to adopt provision in Bill of Rights excluding "negroes" and mulattoes" (adopted in 1857 election; repealed in 1925); Section 5 provides for initial legislative apportionment based on county. Measure removes references in Sections 2 and 4 to "negroes" and "mulattoes"; removes Section 5 reference to "white" inhabitants. Corrects misspelled words.

ESTIMATE OF FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial effect on state or local government expenditures or revenues.

and the "let 18 year olds serve in public orifice" Measure 17 hehe

oh & one last one.

Please rise forJudge None of the Above
Measure 21


Full List

I'll have to stay up late for the OR polls to close. This should be good.

 

[Professur]

So where are we now?

 

[Professur]

So where are we now?

 

[unclehobart]

It was defeated by a 4 to 1 margin.