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Today in Salem lawmakers face off with budgetary issues during the first constitutionally mandated annual session of the Oregon Legislature next month. Occupiers in Salem face off with lawmakers.
state revenues have been doing the downward dog since July. At this point it is a question of priorities: where to make cuts to state services and public agencies. And if the slide continues legislators are searching for that algorithm that will determine Oregon’s path with drastically reduced revenue.
Clearly, tax breaks for the wealthy is a failed strategy that has not produced jobs – it has in fact reduced jobs. This is the cognitive disconnect no one wants to talk about.
Currently Democrats hold a 16-14 edge in the Senate but the House is evenly split, putting Republicans firmly at the negotiation table.. .
- KBOO