This is nothing more than the latest forced-extraction grab by a government (in this instance, Oregon's). Governments are desperate -- to the point of panic in many locales -- for money ... absolutely, positively desperate.
They have enormous government-employee pension obligations that are paid out monthly and a huge gibs-me-dat portion of the population that the shrinking number of productive citizens must pay for.
42 posted on 07/03/2015 8:05:42 AM PDT by glennaro