[corkoman]

Bye bye jobs.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Well, those corporations can come on down to Tennessee where we don’t punish job-creators.

[17th Miss Regt]

the proposed tax hike would come with major pitfalls for wages, jobs and consumers’ pocketbooks.

Oh, my gosh! Is this even possible? B-b-b-but HOW?

[PROCON]

I lived in Oregon for 17 years until recently.

There are 3 liberal, "progressive" counties that will pass this by a wide margin.

[From The Deer Stand]

Vote “yes” Oregonians and watch the price of your goods and services increase. Then whine about it.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Ignorance is as ignorance does.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

(from the article):" They say it would tap a tiny portion of Oregon businesses
while bringing a huge boost to cash-strapped public education, health care and senior services."

The increases will fund more union members.
I guess we can expect Oregonians to Flee to California for tax relief.
Do I really need a sarcasm tag ?

[comebacknewt]

Idaho and Texas rejoice.

[Salvation]

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

Please send me your name by FReepmail if you want to be on this list.

[Fungi]

Simple, the corporations affected should simply close shop and move outside state lines. See how that feels, stupid commie Oregonians.

[Angels27]

Wow!Is Oregon going to surpass California as the most business unfriendly state?

[ClearCase_guy]

It’s OK — it’s just other peoples’ money.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

You elect communists, Marxist-lites and dumbassed Democrats and this is what you are going to get.

Get out of the way as companies flee the state.

Oregon, welcome to Obama’s unemployment program. You’ve earned it.

[beethovenfan]

Doubling down on failed policies. “Progressives” never learn and never apologize for their screw-ups. This should put Oregon’s unemployment into double digits.

[PittsburghAfterDark]

Say goodbye Nike.

Say goodbye Oregon having a cash cow of an unlimited philanthropic alumni.

Ooops, maybe Phil Knight just doesn’t care.

[R_Kangel]

... Yeah ... Damn those evil wicked mean and Nasty Corporations ...... Who need any jobs when you can get all of that FREE Government Stuff .... That relies on people having jobs to pay for all of that stuff? Yeah who need jobs?

[Mariner]

There's a lot of tech in the Portland area, and Nike too.

They will most certainly leave.

Or, put an office in Reno and take the US income there. Many have done that with a one man office.

[Fred Hayek]

California, Oregon, and Washington will economically fall into the sea.

[econjack]

...how to close the gaping economic disparities between rich and poor in a post-Great Recession era.

Idiots. The fact that 51% of the people are taking gov't transfers in one form or another kills the incentive for some. The more who fall into the gov't dependency trap, the greater this gap will get and the more the politicians will say it's cause for more income redistribution.

Governor Celeste of Ohio passed a tax during the corporate exodus from the pro-union northern states to the South. To staunch the flow, he passed an "exit tax", where companies that closed their doors had to leave 6 months wages so the state could "retrain" those left behind. A few months later he was scratching his head wondering why there were no new companies forming businesses in OH. It looks like these clowns in OR are about to learn the same lesson.

[Rembrandt]

Oreganos,

Say goodbye to those corporations. You hated them. You plan to punish them. You will.

But as they go, the jobs also go.

Stay weird.