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Oregon lumber co. cuts workforce by 40% over taxes, fees
KTVZ.com ^ | June 2, 2019 | AP and KTVZ.COM news sources

Posted on 06/03/2019 2:19:22 PM PDT by Twotone

FOREST GROVE, Ore. (AP) - An Oregon lumber company is cutting its workforce by about 40%, citing the state's "regulatory and tax creep."

The Stimson Lumber Company announced Friday that it would lay off 60 jobs from its Forest Grove operations.

CEO Andrew Miller said environmental permit fees, Oregon's Clean Fuels Tax and pending cap and trade legislation are stacking up the cost of doing business in the state.

The company said it will now shift some of that work to Idaho and Montana, where it cost 5% to 7% less to produce lumber products.

In Oregon, Stimson also operates in Tillamook and Clatskanie.

Miller is a longtime Republican donor who has for years railed against new taxes and fees supported by Democrats who have gained power.

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


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal; incometaxes; lumber; oregon; regulations; taxcutsandjobsact; taxes; taxreform; tcja
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What's bad for OR will be good for Idaho & Montana.
1 posted on 06/03/2019 2:19:22 PM PDT by Twotone
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To: Twotone

They just don’t care Mr. Miller, they truly don’t.


2 posted on 06/03/2019 2:21:09 PM PDT by onona (It is often wise to allow a person a graceful path.)
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To: Twotone

If it has a great view and is on a coast, liberals seem to ruin it.


3 posted on 06/03/2019 2:21:23 PM PDT by CincyRichieRich (But the noble man makes noble plans, and by noble deeds they stand. Isaiah 32:8)
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To: CincyRichieRich

ROFL!!!

Because mostly only rich liberals can afford to live in a place with a great view on a coast and they bring their politics with them :)


4 posted on 06/03/2019 2:24:37 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: Twotone

The environmentalists had to have all of the lumber mills (4 or 5) and the other two large forest products mills shut down in Missoula, MT because of all the air pollution they caused.

Guess what American town now has the worst air pollution?

That’s right.....

Missoula, MT

All those good paying jobs gone, and still the worst air pollution in the country.


5 posted on 06/03/2019 2:26:57 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: CincyRichieRich

Liberals ruin everything they touch......................


6 posted on 06/03/2019 2:27:31 PM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Twotone

Countdown until the Oregon legislature proposes a law fining any company that wants to leave for economic reasons. Next step is a government panel deciding what reason is legit and what reason isn’t. The former Soviet Union is not dead, it’s just coming back to life in the USA.


7 posted on 06/03/2019 2:28:25 PM PDT by ExpatCanuck
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To: Twotone

I have no idea how any company can survive in OR with their current tax structure.
Intel and Nike are keeping things together.
They better pray they both stay.


8 posted on 06/03/2019 2:28:34 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: Twotone

Soros owns that state, the top atheist state in the country.


9 posted on 06/03/2019 2:28:50 PM PDT by boomop1 (Term limits is the only way to change this failed government.)
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To: Twotone

Democrats only know how to ruin things.....people, business, cities, neighborhoods, schools, lives , etc.

Democrats never build anything …….. they only know how to destroy.

This is just another example. Just like the Major cities, or health care, or Trade, or now our very Nation is at risk from illegal immigration.

yes, — take a good look around. This Oregon story is just another democrat trophy.


10 posted on 06/03/2019 2:29:55 PM PDT by EnglishOnly (eWFight all out to win OR get out now. .)
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To: Twotone

Hmmmm...people and businesses leaving blue states everywhere. A definite trend is setting in.


11 posted on 06/03/2019 2:30:04 PM PDT by Starboard
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Forty years ago, Oregon had a huge number of forestry, lumber, and pulp & paper jobs and no Indian Casinos. Today it has a huge number of Indian Casino jobs and not much in forestry, lumber or pulp and paper.

I guess the laid-off mill workers can either learn to code or learn to like the new boss.


12 posted on 06/03/2019 2:31:10 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Twotone

We used to harvest 4.5 Million Board Feet of timber in California in the 70’s, as of 2010 it was 1 million board feet! Thanks to Green Piece,Sierra CLub,Earth First, save the snail darder and the lilly livered frog groups,....

https://www.boe.ca.gov/proptaxes/pdf/harvyr2.pdf


13 posted on 06/03/2019 2:33:24 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: Red Badger

“Liberals ruin everything they touch..................…”.

And then they get tired of it and can no longer tolerate it and move on and repeat it all over again, and again and again.


14 posted on 06/03/2019 2:35:36 PM PDT by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Red Badger

Yes...libs ruined everythimg...Oregon is a sanctuary state...a drunk illegal killed 3 teenage girls Friday nite in Salem. ..


15 posted on 06/03/2019 2:36:55 PM PDT by goodnesswins (White Privilege EQUALS Self Control & working 50-80 hrs/wk for 40 years!)
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To: Red Badger

Or see.


16 posted on 06/03/2019 2:37:50 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: eyeamok

And come to CA to kill your kid.


17 posted on 06/03/2019 2:39:14 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Twotone

DemonRats destroy everything they touch.


18 posted on 06/03/2019 3:12:21 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: blueunicorn6

So what do they blame as the source of the pollution now?


19 posted on 06/03/2019 3:15:03 PM PDT by ConjunctionJunction
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To: CincyRichieRich

LIBs ruin EVERYTHING they touch. They are malignancies on civil society everywhere/.


20 posted on 06/03/2019 3:16:27 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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