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An Emphasis on Economic Growth from Central Oregon
Right From the Start A Monday article in the Oregonian by Harry Esteve demonstrates that once you get outside the malaise that is Portland and the “gruppensprechen” that dominates the far left politics...
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The Recession Has Not Ended for Private Sector Employment
Right From the Start The technical definition of a recession is when the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) declines for two successive quarters. From a private sector worker’s standpoint that...
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The very human face of Oregon’s economy
by Doug Drury Unemployment had taken much more from me than a living. It was robbing me of my soul, a downward slide I was ill prepared for. As the nation races towards Election Day on November 6, we...
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10 reasons for Detroit’s historic failures
by Eric Boehm | Watchdog.org The city of Detroit declared Chapter 9 bankruptcy on Thursday, making it the largest city in American history to go through the municipal bankruptcy process. On Friday, a...
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Welfare over work: too close to the precipice
Sen. Doug Whitsett (R-Klamath Falls) Gail and I hope that everyone enjoyed a pleasant and safe Labor Day weekend. The national holiday was created to celebrate the social and economic achievements of...
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Economic Recovery Slowed by Presidential Ineptness
Right From the Start “You can’t just march in and make that argument and then have him [President Barack Obama] making a decision because he doesn’t know what he’s deciding.” “We are Home Alone....
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Shutdown means double pay for Oregon federal workers
by Shelby Sebens| Northwest Watchdog How about we send you home and give you twice your normal salary? Sound like a good deal? In Oregon, about 1,300 federal workers will get double the pay for time...
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Government losing its 50-year “War on Poverty”
by Sen. Doug Whitsett The federal government appears to be losing its fifty-year “War on Poverty”. According to the Heritage Foundation, our nation has spent nearly $21 trillion in inflation corrected...
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2 in 5 potential US workers do not have a job
by Sen. Doug Whitsett The national employment report for March was both encouraging and misleading. On the positive side, the rate of unemployment held steady at 6.7 percent. The report stated that...
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Hard Questions About Oregon’s Employment Picture
Right From the Start Last week the Oregonian published an article on the declining labor force participation rate in Oregon. Well it wasn’t actually an article – it was a rewrite of the Oregon...
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New/Old Thoughts on Welfare
Right From the Start Every now and then the Oregonian, perhaps unwittingly, produces an article that should set Americans thinking about changing the status quo. This past weekend was one of those...
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That “old technocratic central planning impulse” is alive and well in Oregon
By Steve Buckstein One of the most memorable and talked about lines from the November 10th Republican presidential debate came from Senator Marco Rubio, who said, “For the life of me, I don’t know why...
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Give Every Oregon Employer a Personalized Minimum Wage
By Steve Buckstein Union-backed and activist groups are trying to put measures on the November 2016 ballot to raise Oregon’s minimum wage from the current $9.25 to either $13.50 or $15, and to allow...
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Will Oregon Price the Least-Skilled out of the Workforce…Too Slowly?
By Steve Buckstein As Oregon’s February legislative session approaches, Governor Kate Brown wants to head off a contentious minimum wage ballot measure that would raise Oregon’s rate up to $15 per hour...
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Help the Working Poor Adam Smith’s Way
By Steve Buckstein This year’s May Day activities in Portland centered on promoting “workers’ rights” and “resistance to capitalism.” Unfortunately, too few critics of capitalism seem to realize that...
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Making Youth Unemployment Worse
–The unintended negative effects of raising minimum wage rates By Randall Pozdena and Steve Buckstein President-elect Donald Trump has nominated the CEO of one of the nation’s largest fast food chains...
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Shutdown means double pay for Oregon federal workers
by Shelby Sebens| Northwest Watchdog How about we send you home and give you twice your normal salary? Sound like a good deal? In Oregon, about 1,300 federal workers will get double the pay for time...
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Government losing its 50-year “War on Poverty”
by Sen. Doug Whitsett The federal government appears to be losing its fifty-year “War on Poverty”. According to the Heritage Foundation, our nation has spent nearly $21 trillion in inflation corrected...
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2 in 5 potential US workers do not have a job
by Sen. Doug Whitsett The national employment report for March was both encouraging and misleading. On the positive side, the rate of unemployment held steady at 6.7 percent. The report stated that...
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Hard Questions About Oregon’s Employment Picture
Right From the Start Last week the Oregonian published an article on the declining labor force participation rate in Oregon. Well it wasn’t actually an article – it was a rewrite of the Oregon...
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