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.
Was that targeted solely towards factories, or towards anything leaving Ohio?
That would also explain Strickland’s reluctance to support an exit tax after letting Georgia walk out the door with Dayton’s crown jewel - NCR. He had every chance to prevent the exodus, but did nothing. An exit tax would only have accelerated other departures.
Apparently, the dumbing down of America is accelerating. Voting them selves out of work is the new trendy thing to do.