[cogitator]

Actually Oregonians are thinking that the state legislature continues to waste too much of the taxpayer's money.

The question therefore should be: Is the state government/state legislature of Oregon wasting too much of the taxpayer's money? And if they don't think they are (wasting the taxpayer's money), can the taxpayers show them where it's being wasted?

I don't know if they can; it would be nice if they could. Then the state legislature wouldn't have to cut people off from their Oregon Health Plan benefits, among other things that will be automatically cut when Measure 30 fails.

[enraged]

You nailed it there! Too much waste!
Here's a way to cut some cash, do away with prevailing wage requirements! Prevailing where? Why do contractors get paid 2-3 times what I get paid for doing the same job? Oh yeah, because it's not their money being spent. If you have to personally pay for something would you buy Brand “X” from the factory, or Brand “Xa” (The same said item) from a third party dealer for 2-3 times the amount? Paying a low level employee $22-25 p/h for what the private sector pays $8-10 p/h is just plain dumb. Ask a flagger what they get paid, and see if that seems right for an unskilled private sector job.
Seems as tho cogitator is in a last ditch effort to save his job!

[superloser]

Is the state government/state legislature of Oregon wasting too much of the taxpayer's money?

Yes.

And if they don't think they are (wasting the taxpayer's money), can the taxpayers show them where it's being wasted?

Already been done. Nobody is listening.

If you're trying to advocate higher taxes for Oregon, don't.