Re: Measure 48 could give Oregon the nation's fastest economic growth

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From: Ken Smith
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 18:13

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Don Homuth wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 09:17:15 -0700, pjberg@webtv.net (Paul J. Berg)
> wrote:
> 
> 
>>I think it is great that Oregon could be put back on the map for
>>economic growth instead of the bottom.
> 
> Or not -- either way.  It's not at the bottom.
> 
>>But, I also think people need to think even bigger -- that is global
>>competition. For us to compete with China and India we need to have a
>>government that is as effecient and business-friendly as possible. The
>>way we ran Oregon state government 20 years ago cannot be the same we
>>run it today.
> 
> For starters, are you prepared to reduce US wage scales to those of
> furn competitors?
> 
> That's their competitive advantage, after all.

   That's where things are headed, aren't they?  Governments all over 
the world, prostituting themselves to the highest bidder.  Kansas City 
will become the busiest port in America by 2020 and your currency will 
be the Amero, if the global corporate fascists have their way.

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