Roll up your sleeves, Oregon

Why do we live here? Why do we keep coming here? This Oregon journey has been going on for quite some time, from the earliest Oregonians - those who, thousands of years ago, crossed the Bearing Land Bridge to the Oregon Trail - to today, where somewhere in this state, someone is unpacking their belongings and calling Oregon their new home.

[Oregon is Disgusting]

It's cheaper than California.

That's it.

[tGrouchy Goat]

Oregon is Disgusting wrote:

It's cheaper than California.
That's it.

So what? If you can't lead a satisfying life, then its not worth it, even if it were...free

[Oregon is Disgusting]

Oregon isn't free but it is still considerably cheaper than California.

[Neal]

Disgusting … I’ve been meaning to ask; are you putting your considerable intelligence and apparent spare time to work on establishing a single-payer health program for our nation? I’ve notice you support it several times around here and (quietly) applaud you.

I’d do more, but am doing what I can to curb and reverse illegal “immigration.” It’s a shame to watch our social services, especially the Oregon Health Plan, devoured by newly legalized and “undocumented” aliens. It’s a rallying cry for Republicans to demand “we” stop funding any social welfare programs.

Anyway, I’d be quite impressed to see a name change and watch you put yourself to work.…and if you told me you were already working on it, elsewhere, I’d be pleased. For what it’s worth…

[Oregon is Disgusting]

OREGON UNEMPLOYMENT HITS 12.4%

"An optimist could look past Oregon's record jobless rate -- 12.4 percent in May, with a staggering 240,000 unemployed -- and celebrate hiring gains in construction and other industries.

After all, Oregon lost only 100 payroll jobs in May, compared with the revised figure of 8,100 jobs that vanished in April. May's decline is the smallest monthly loss by far, seasonally adjusted, of the past 10 months.

But the misery index remains acute in a state where almost one in six people receives food stamps. More than 600,000 Oregonians -- another record -- got food-stamp benefits in May, up 27 percent from the same month last year.

Oregon Employment Department economists who released May's jobs data Monday said the numbers fell far short of a turnaround. The state would need to add 1,200 to 2,000 jobs a month just to stay even with population growth, said David Cooke, an agency economist.

A one-month gain of 1,700 construction jobs, compared with the normal May increase of about 1,100, hardly amounts to a trend. More losses are expected this year in the battered building industry as the state's overall employment outlook remains grim. "

UH OH

[Neal]

Oregon is Disgusting wrote:

UH OH

That’s it? That’s where your “priorities” lie? Have you no redeeming values? If so, you’re extremely messed up… If not, prove it

[Grouchy Goat]

Oregon is Disgusting wrote:

OREGON UNEMPLOYMENT HITS 12.4%
"An optimist could look past Oregon's record jobless rate -- 12.4 percent in May, with a staggering 240,000 unemployed -- and celebrate hiring gains in construction and other industries.
After all, Oregon lost only 100 payroll jobs in May, compared with the revised figure of 8,100 jobs that vanished in April. May's decline is the smallest monthly loss by far, seasonally adjusted, of the past 10 months.
But the misery index remains acute in a state where almost one in six people receives food stamps. More than 600,000 Oregonians -- another record -- got food-stamp benefits in May, up 27 percent from the same month last year.
Oregon Employment Department economists who released May's jobs data Monday said the numbers fell far short of a turnaround. The state would need to add 1,200 to 2,000 jobs a month just to stay even with population growth, said David Cooke, an agency economist.
A one-month gain of 1,700 construction jobs, compared with the normal May increase of about 1,100, hardly amounts to a trend. More losses are expected this year in the battered building industry as the state's overall employment outlook remains grim. "
UH OH

UH OH is right. Unemployment was 16.7% in Deschutes County, and rising, for May.

[Real]

Too many people for paradise! Send em home to the rustbelt… or Mexico.

[Don Quixote]

Real wrote:

Too many people for paradise! Send em home to the rustbelt… or Mexico.

Quite the contrary, we need more people, preferably with a voice to rid this state of the corruption within our state government. Also the department of homeland security and FBI, DEA etc. has got to stop sending in their criminal subterfuge to set people up and send them to prison. I have your names I know who you are, you think you'll get away with your shit, your wrong so wrong, the FBI has fumbled everything they have been involved in since their inception in 1911. I have no faith in any of these agencies, anyone that does is inherently weak and deserves nothing.

[Oregon Is Disgusting]

Oregon quality of life on a scale of 1 to 10:

negative 20.

It is the WORST place to live. The people are rude, violent, mean-spirited, psychotic, loud, cold and untrustworthy.

Period.

[Bovine Breeder]

You got that right OID