Nope. That would be contrary thinking....dangerous to young minds...

I wonder whether any newspapers could be persuaded to publish an "Ayn Rand Quote of the Day"? Or perhaps run the "From Each According to His Ability, to Each According to His Needs" chapter from AS?

Yep a lot did, which brings into doubt whether their opinions have any validity or weight anymore. Obviously not this time, the urge to get "free" outweighs the fact they just screwed the whole system they were supposedly trying to protect. All the cost now goes into the medical system who will jack their rates 10% for everything to pay the huge taxes, yet they dont care, just give me "free stuff". Looters at work.

The Bend Bulletin also advised a "no" vote.

Yep, the Statesman Journal, it and the Oregonian keep competeing for best Democrat reporting of the year awards. No truth or facts, unless skewed where they want them. Amazingly a lot of the papers actually told people it was a rip off, considering that Kommie Kate had about 12 million in out of state lobbyist money to spend, which raises the question, why?

With the addendum, Or Anything Else.

You do mean what formerly was called the Statesman? And gee, I thought the proper term was "fee." Naturally, not only will these funds disappear, but the cost of health care will be passed on to patients, and concierge care and the like will thrive.

True, she just loots anything she can crawl to on her 4 legs...like any reptile...

Here is from the Saleme fish wrapper: "The bill imposes a 6 percent tax on large hospitals, 4 percent tax on small hospitals and a 1.5 percent tax on insurers and managed care groups. The taxes are expected to produce $673 million for the state health plan. The expenditure will draw a $1.9 billion federal match."

Indeed, I have come to the conclusion any party that rises needs to have the motto: TANSTAAFL.

How is the "fee" levied, then? As a percentage of the previous year's receipts? Or a projection of current expected earnings? Sorry, I'm not familiar with the sordid details.

At least cow dung can be used to make things grow. From what you say, she's not reached that level. Something more caustic perhaps, radioactivity?

Methinks there is something rotten in the state of Oregon. In the past I would have said , "How are they getting away with this?" but because of the revelations and actions of the past two years, nothing surprises me any longer. Corruption, thy name is politics.

That should be an effective demonstration of socialism. Love to see it play out.

Well she paid herself to lobby, uh, who? Others in state government. Corruption on the half baked shell...

Again, how do you revolt as taxpayers, when they take it from you without your consent? They attach it to things you need like cars, and blackmail you. No ax is freely given, yet they still loot you.

Oh yea, and this pile of cow dung woman, got here job when the idiots of PERS addicts voted in John Kizrobber, for a 3rd term, but he had to resign as his girlfriend used her position to get hundreds of thousands in contracts, and he helped, so he had to bail 2 months into next term, and she succeeded. Then, they elected her as his clone, as long as she left PERS alone and kept the money flowing to her voters. She broke the law now, and no one is batting an eye. They had to force Oregon to cough up the data, just like Judicial Watch has forced the Dumbocraps in DC to cough up their crap, and still no one does anything.

How do you do a tax strike when they take it before you get it? It is an completely broke and corrupt system.

Oh, you do not know the half of it. Oregon is so deep in the cess pool of Democratic addiction, the PERS retiress have voted them in for the last 20 years, as the evil Republicrats had the gall to tell them they can't suck at the teat forever as the cow will die. No one wants to hear that. So now they have been passing tax after tax (just like Kalifornia) with mystical ideas like "for road improvements" that you will never see, and the money magically goes away. To PERS, to keep it from going bankrupt. Now they want 1 billion for "Climate Change Job creation" (carbon tax and cap) which will also "disappear". They audited DHS (health and human services) and found 100 million in errors, 60K people on it they should not be, then got our idiot voters to give them 300 million in new taxes on healthcare policies and programs, to fund more waste and abuse (which will also magically disappear, to PERS). Kalifornia has been playing the same shell game for 10 years now, and is about out of room to rape the people. Oregon will follow.

It is extremely true in Oregon, but Kalifornia is making it's grab, I posted an article for how they want to take half of the tax cut from companies as "theirs".

Power corrupts all.

This person seems to truly deserve the title of "Wonder Woman." It's a wonder how she got elected and stays in office.

Once the governors (any governing body) has moved to socialism (forced and conscripted involvement of the people) there is no way to 'unwind' this. It doesn't require a bloody revolution just the refusal of taxpayers to submit.

Gov. Brown is using stealth tactics to gradually force an "official" sales tax on Oregon residents. First, a 1/2% "fee" was imposed on each new car sold; now, our idiot voters have approved a "fee" on some health care services and providers. We need to rebel against such revolting developments. To affected health care providers: tax strike, anyone?

About 6 months ago, I moved to Santa Fe, NM, after 15 years in Oregon (albeit on the east side of the Cascades, which is still halfway sane compared to the west side of the Cascades, as Nickursis describes it). Before that, 25 years in northern California. I can say that I had no idea how deeply entrenched socialist failure is now that I'm here. There is not even a conversation to be had with anyone about how the political system is totally corrupt and ineffective and based totally on the politics of envy. The Republican governor would qualify as a Democrat elsewhere. Truly, the inmates run the asylum, and the poverty, even in Santa Fe, is breathtaking. Out of the frying pan . . . etc. I'm running out of options and time, and am attempting to connect with the few underground Trump supporters who are in hiding. It is like living Atlas Shrugged in real life.