This is the logo for former Governor John Kitzhaber's shadow political committee, Onward Oregon, and the reason why you should vote "Yes" on Ballot Measures 66 & 67.Here's the argument:
"Voting Yes on Measures 66 and 67 will protect thousands of jobs right here in Oregon. If the measures fail, it will mean layoffs of teachers, nurses, in-home care workers, care providers, and state troopers. Voting Yes will bring millions of dollars into Oregon’s economy, protecting jobs and local businesses when we need them most."
If you take hundreds of millions of dollars out of the private sector, how is it that this translates into bringing "millions of dollars into Oregon's economy..."?
Well, we need to protect government jobs, silly. And that 30 percent wage increase we just gave those government workers.
There is no explanation why people who earn under $250-thousand dollars have no neck muscles. Just another unexplained mystery in this particular video.
Just what is the "sell" message in this video? That we have somehow let the "rich" and the "wealthy" off the hook. What hook is this? They haven't been paying taxes? Could that be because they haven't been making any profit? So we pass a new tax that taxes not the profit earnings of companies, but their gross revenue?
And make it retroactive.
What if you think mebbe we should spend less on government than more during a recession?
Well, that's anti-something.
What do we get from the AFL-CIO?
"$250,000 is what your family income is if Measure 66 affects you. Make less than that? Your taxes won't change a cent!"
Hope you don't work for a Sub-Chapter S employer. That income thingy that you worry about? When you're out of work, you don't have to pay an income tax. You'll still have to pay the mortgage, but you are relieved of the income tax burdern.
Remember, you're voting for Hope!™ and Change!™.
Don't be surprised when you get it.
