I'm sure they have their reasons. #1 being the fact that in Oregon, Democrats have a supermajority in all 3 fucking branches. The republicans are unable to get anything done that THEIR voter base wants.
Take the carbon tax shit that they just walked out on. I know it's a shitty thing to do, but then again, it would pass AS-IS no matter what they vote, because of the supermajority. So as the final compromise, they want the bill to be on the November ballot, for the people to vote on it. Now, is that such an unreasonable request?
“Cap-and-trade has become an extremely divisive issue in the state,” she said. “It doesn’t matter what party you’re in, the bases are pulling the legislators in opposite directions. It needs to be referred to voters.”
Just broke my personal record for number of consecutive days without dying!
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