Or is it, is Oregon getting stupiderer? I don't know as it's hard to tell here in the Pac Northwest where the I.Q.'s of our elected officials are being sold off to fill their pockets. The only catch is, they weren't doing so great in the beginning!!

 

In 2005, the citizens of Oregon piped up against Governor Kulongoski's heavy taxation, budget drilling, fool-hardy prison:

 

 

The State is absolutely convinced that by 2014, we'll have imprisoned (long-term) at least 17,000 Oregonians. Unfortunately, at the current rate, that number is much, much higher. In fact, with all the jails added in and short-term prisoners, that number escalates dramatically! For a state with only 3 million people, our prison population, that's a LOT. Don't be fooled - the real numbers are higher.

Oregon currently has 30 people awaiting the death penalty...

Oregon has a 30% recidivism rate

Oregon has 14 prisons (only 1 being max security)

Oregon has about 13 - 14,000 people in prison (http://content.usatoday.net/dist/custom/gci/InsidePage.aspx?cId=statesmanjournal&sParam=30470335.story)

 

Now for the ignorance:

Yes - the governor is making it appear as if everything's awesome. Dice the school budget - throw in a prison! Hey, afterr all, these guys talk about the budget like they're all about to get rich quick. and the rest of us are the peons footing the bill!

 

The governor promotes less gvt intrusion, then creates laws to control lives like measure 11....

He promotes supporting an economy turn-around, then cuts off stimulus monies to unemployment benefits to support profiteering projects like a new prison....

He attacks racial disparity in Foster Care, and then sends out MORE support and new appointments at DHS to take MORE kids away from their families...

 

This man is not only corrupt, he's not too bright. But, are Oregon prisons overcrowded? Yes, in fact, they are. But, rather than spend stimulus monies to 'deal' with these problems, to provide correctional/rehab opportunities, to improve education and what-not, he reduces school year terms, throws people in little cells never to see them again and then begs the feds for more stimulus money! He's GM, Ford and the others all rolled into One!

 

 

But wait, there's MORE -

 

Pacific Power, the main provider for Oregon, has approached the government with a request to increase business and residential costs.

http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=123908194629056300

They prepared a FIVE HUNDRED AND FORTY FOUR page "brief," to justify their logic. And, the reason is?

 

They need to fund more infrastructure to handle the growth and bigger income they're planning on from a population boone. HAHAHAHA - yup - they want to increase the costs for THEIR POCKETS!!! Talk about AIG....

Great - more governments - more lying. Just what we need. The Governor's office is raping the people for their OWN gain, the utility companies are cheating the government - at OUR cost and then trying to rape us in return, and the list goes on and on and on!

Dear IRS and State Financial Folks,

I am writing you to hereby, formally let you know that I am demanding a refund, in full, of the taxes I have paid since... ever. I would also like to inform you that I am no longer going to pay taxes .... ever. My justification for this is sufficiently supported under the United States Constitution, the Declarations of State and Federal Governmental law and the dictates of my rights as an American. Of course, I will no longer be requiring your services, or the few services that have been continuously forced upon me. Instead, I will be directly paying the agencies whose services I do require for their continued support. As for the monies that I am supposedly 'owed' via social security and other such services, I am demanding that you do not use this as your basis for your calculations, but, in fact, that you provide a refund based in full, upon what I have physically paid in. The monies I have paid in are more than 50% gone based on their misappropriations, and so, you will have to return everything to me. Finally, please be informed that I believe your office is rude, crude and a social injustice to the American people. I would just as soon spit on you as see you, and I say that in whole, as a Christian, knowing that God pretty much feels the same way.

So, first off, why I am demanding a refund of everything I have EVER paid in to taxes.

1. You do not represent my interests in war or in the efforts of our troops and you have betrayed my Democratic right to vote on such issues by allowing the Government to send troops to war whenever they want. Besides, the majority of monies I have paid for our troops has not gone to them, but more than 80% of it has gone to 'specialized,' over-priced, black-box projects that resulted in technology that is now boxed up in a warehouse and useless. I agreed to pay for the troops to protect this country, not scientists to build toys.

2. This stimulus package has already multiplied the gross, national debt by an amount so far beyond reason, that it alone, accounts for all the money that I have paid in. And, instead of being used to support the 'people,' where I would have preferred, Congress and the President have acted in direct opposition to the people and have fed the money to financial institutions and insurance companies that do not provide me any services, do not affect my life and quite honestly, it was bad enough that Congress was getting fat and rich off of me, but to know that non-governmental agencies are getting fat and rich off of me is insulting and intolerable.

3. The U.S. Government forgave the rest of the world their debts, running up our own bills, and then used my money to pay off our debts to other countries. Debts, which I might add, have come at an even greater cost to our economy and hurt my job and cost me a healthy paycheck. This includes outsourcing jobs and education which has increased the price of tuition in college, and prevented me from having the right to pursue a positively supporting lifestyle, for the whole of America.

4. A good portion of my money has gone to fund you. While that, in and of itself, is enough said, given your flippant attitudes, your rudeness, your exempt-ness from law, the fact is, I do not enjoy working, to pay you as my employee, so that you can mistreat me, step on me, hurt my friends and loved ones and quite honestly, your services are no longer required, so as your employer: you're fired. Additionally, my money has been used for agencies like CPS that continue to go unmonitored, hurt innocent children and if you dare have the audacity to take this to a court of law, I am going to enjoy, most thoroughly, watching you stand before the World, on camera, and justify why you should be permitted to take my money to hurt innocent children. Choke on that.

5. A good portion of my money is consistently being used to establish fear-mongering and abuse me through increased law enforcement, prosecutions, court rooms and jails that I did NOT approve of. These institutions are not keeping me safe. They are interfering in my life, and quite honestly, they owe me a LOT more than they can afford in all the heartache and fear they've caused throughout the years. When these people make quadruple the amount I do, and yet harass me and treat me like garbage, well - it's like having to pay for YOU. I DO NOT support it.

Just FYI, what I AM going to do with my money is this:

•    I will join with a group of others in determining what the Fire department's budget is - and contribute.
•    If the police are willing to get back down to doing what it is they're supposed to, I'll contribute.
•    I WILL be giving my money directly to the schools, so you don't suck out over 50% for your overhead so they can actually function.
•    I will be investing my money into areas where I believe it can grow, not the banks, not the insurance companies and sure as heck not the rest of the world, except where trade is openly and freely supported with countries who don't want to see us dead and that we are treating respectfully.
•    I will be giving my money to certain types of assistance programs such as programs that help the disabled, where these programs are not run by the GOVERNMENT and give people free money because they're "depressed," but give money to those who are ACTUALLY disabled and ACTUALLY in need and working to get a better life. (of course, I’ll prioritize on those being ripped off by the pharmaceuticals…)
•    I will give my money to the politicians that consider MY vote as important. The politicians who actually CARE what the PEOPLE have to say and represent us will continue to have my support - in fair proportion to the work they do.
•    I will give my money to those government agencies that compete for my business and can show me how they are properly utilizing the funds to support me, whether it's right now, in the future or at an unpredictable time when I might need them. I will not pay $5000 for toilet seats in government facilities any longer. Believe me, it will be fun to watch them have to answer for all they do. Of course, this last one will include everything ranging from libraries to school programs, and other reasonable services that are designed to help the whole of humanity, not some special interest groups.
•    I will give my money to prosecutors who bring cases with factual evidence and don't risk sending innocent people to prison.
•    I will give my money to courthouses that place Constitutional Rights before personal agendas.

And the rest, I'll figure out for myself (i.e. properly investing my social security retirement monies so I actually HAVE some when it comes my time to retire). Because, in truth, you have done nothing but squander, waste and abuse the funds I have entrusted to you. And, while you may only be the 'financial' department for the Government, I hold you just as responsible as I do them for collecting and properly allocating my money, because that is YOUR JOB. It's NOT to harass the people and be jerks. It's to do good bookkeeping. And, by the current state of the economy, as accountants with a current $21 trillion dollar deficit - YOU SUCK.

Of course, I will be taking my check to a REAL accountant to confirm that you have properly refunded EVERYTHING as I have NO reason to trust your accounting skills. Please be advised that I will bill you for any amount that you do not properly provide me at the standard collections interest rate you screw people with of: 3% per DAY. I would thank you for your services over the years, but the truth is, your services have been worthless. Thank you for your time today, and God Bless...

Sincerely,

The livid Americans of this Country

...... wouldn't it be nice....

... on the other hand - if we ALL sent this in this April - wouldn't it be AWESOME - after ALL the money Obama is spending, to see their faces!!! Almost worth it...

ahh... to dream