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Oregon Legislature faces likely budget shortfall
Montana Standard ^ | Jan 29, 2018 | ANDREW SELSKY and CHRIS GRYGIEL

Posted on 01/29/2018 6:23:33 PM PST by artichokegrower

Oregon's Legislature faces a likely budget shortfall as it prepares for the 2018 session that starts next week, the Senate president said on Monday.

Senate President Peter Courtney, D-Salem, said at an Associated Press forum that the Legislature "got a break" because voters last week passed Measure 101, which imposes a tax on hospitals and health insurers to help pay for Medicaid for low-income residents.

(Excerpt) Read more at mtstandard.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: budget; oregon
Democrats in the House intend to focus on establishing a right to health care, investing in public education and mitigating climate change, among other priorities, said House Majority Leader Jennifer Williamson, D-Portland.


Oregon is broke because they expanded Medicaid greatly so now they need to focus on climate change? That right to health care will work out well.

1 posted on 01/29/2018 6:23:33 PM PST by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

the loons on the left can’t governor for shit.


2 posted on 01/29/2018 6:25:57 PM PST by snarkytart
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To: artichokegrower

Didn’t the voters in Oregon pass some tax the “rich” referendum several years back?


3 posted on 01/29/2018 6:29:06 PM PST by Stayingawayfromthedarkside (Look, is it America that I see again?)
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To: artichokegrower
…imposes a tax on hospitals and health insurers to help pay for Medicaid for low-income residents.

Dig deep into your pockets, hospitals and insurance companies and cough up the lucre. Don't you DARE pass that cost on to your customers. Free Medicaid for all! Ain't socialism grand?

4 posted on 01/29/2018 6:29:22 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: snarkytart

” A bill in the rules committee would also require presidential and vice presidential candidates who want to be on the ballot in Oregon to fill out financial disclosure forms or release their tax returns”

Not in the Constitution Oregon. Gonna succeed from the Union along with California?


5 posted on 01/29/2018 6:34:26 PM PST by artichokegrower
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What, there’s not enough money to fulfill every Leftist’s fantasy in Oregon? Could have fooled me. (LOL)

Leftist policy works great until you run out of everyone elses money.


6 posted on 01/29/2018 6:38:21 PM PST by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
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To: artichokegrower

Has more state workers per taxpayer than any other state in the West. Now they want to hit us with a Global Warming tax.


7 posted on 01/29/2018 6:46:25 PM PST by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: artichokegrower; goodnesswins; PROCON; VeryFRank; Clinging Bitterly; Rio; aimhigh; Hieronymus; ...

If you would like more information about what's happening in Oregon, please FReepmail me.

8 posted on 01/29/2018 6:53:04 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

It passed with votes from the dims in Portland and Eugene.

I voted “No” on it.


9 posted on 01/29/2018 6:54:41 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: artichokegrower

Perhaps if they fine a few hundred more bakers for not being PC compliant.


10 posted on 01/29/2018 6:56:25 PM PST by lurk
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To: Salvation

Oregon is a fine state outside those two cities (well, maybe add Ashland and Salem). But we keep considering Idaho.


11 posted on 01/29/2018 7:08:15 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Marion County (which includes Salem) usually votes conservative.


12 posted on 01/29/2018 7:27:42 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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A week or two ago somebody mentioned that Salem was actually a conservative area. I must conclude that your state government hasn't grown sufficiently large yet. 😏
13 posted on 01/29/2018 7:31:39 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: artichokegrower

Does Oregon have a mandated balanced budget? The linked article doesn’t say and outlines a fairly ambitious agenda, especially in 35 days.


14 posted on 01/29/2018 7:57:08 PM PST by luv2ski
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To: Salvation

I voted “no”, but I had no doubt that it would pass.


15 posted on 01/29/2018 8:39:49 PM PST by Inspectorette
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