Friday, December 17, 2010

Oregon was California dreamin

The suffer Californism:
California's massive economic collapse -- which has resulted in 926,700 jobs lost from July 2007 through June 2009 and an unemployment rate of 11.6 percent -- is now becoming Oregon's problem. As Californians, largely for lifestyle and cost reasons, head north across the border, they have helped swell Oregon's ranks of both unemployed and, perhaps equally important, underemployed.
Our analysis of California migrants has shown a gradual reduction in their earnings over what they were earning in the Golden State. There also are less quantifiable impacts. Portland, a city attractive to many unemployed and underemployed younger Californians, could well be becoming the "slacker" capital of the world.

Oregon suffers from adopting the 30 years of Jerry Brownism in politics. So we will bankrupt together, in fact, we can join Northern California Brownies with Oregon Brownies during the state restructuring.

Picking on Jerry Brown is going to be hard to resist for four years.

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