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What do I know? Other than Oregon is number ONE in the nation..in UN employment. But our legislature is busily working to fix things. The Democrat liberals want to increase the state budget by $1.5 billion...those nasty Republicans? Those horrible right wing conservatives? They want to be merciless. They propose slashing & cutting, hurting the elderly, making sure we have no police & fire. You see, they suggest only a $1.3 billion increase. In the meantime, one of the State's large employers, Louisiana Pacific, is about to pull it's home office out of Portland....but the State is offering tax incentives in order to get it to stay, while telling we peons that taxes have nothing to do with the fact that employers are fleeing Oregon.
All that said, I think the overall USA economy is enjoying a rebound..overall growth isn't fantastic, but it's better than it was 6-7 months ago...and in many states, employment and consumer confidence are up.