But Why?

Oregon Live headlined today that they think downtown Portland is unsafe and uninviting. I can't imagine why. Maybe we should alask the developers of the new Ritz Carlton hotel that has halted construction midway, or the other new and first class older hotels like The Benson who are dying from low vacancy rates. Ditto cultural events in downtown, the Oregon Historical Society Museum, etc, ad nauseam. Perhaps the Portland City Council can add a new business tax to put Portland's homeless in the hotels and buy them season tickets to cultural events. See - problem solved!

https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2021/05/downtown-in-distress-portlands-core-is-unsafe-and-uninviting-residents-say-in-new-poll-threatening-citys-recovery.html

Oregon is a Bottom Feeder

The American Legislative Exchange Council puts out an annual report ranking states by State Gross Domestic Product. It looks at the move out/move in ratios, wage growth, job creation, etc. And guess who finished in the bottom 10 states in the country? You guessed it - Oregon! We had great company: California, New York, Illinois and other blue states. Tax the snot out of businesses, regulate the bejeepers out of 'em, spend like there's no tomorrow ... yeah, that's the ticket! And it's also probably just a coincidence that Oregon hasn't landed a major new high tech plant in 20 years, including the two that Intel has recently announced that went to Arizona. Gosh, maybe we can all work for the government.

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