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

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From: ZenIsWhen
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:20

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"cor" <cor@exchangenet.net> wrote in message 
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> "Paul J. Berg" wrote:
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>> I think it is great that Oregon could be put back on the map for
>> economic growth instead of the bottom.
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> What list puts Oregon at the bottom?
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>> 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
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> Institute voluntary slavery and 20cent an hour minimum wage minus 
> benefits?
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>> 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.

We should take it back to the early 1900's, where people worked 18 hours a 
day, seven days a week - for peanuts .... and people like Mellon, Carnegie 
and Rockefeller made millions upon millions?

BTW - it's the government OF the people, By the people, and FOR the people.
"Corporate friendly" isn't even mentioned!

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