Oregon's secret surplus is fools' gold - Oregon paper attacks FreeRepublic

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[timestax]

Ain't life wonderful!;o) 16 posted on 01/28/2003 9:36 PM PST by dixiechick2000 (Democrats ARE an evil terrorist organization!) [ Post Reply

DITTO !

[dixiechick2000]

Oooooh! It sounds like a new thread in the making. Keep me posted!

[dixiechick2000]

This is a GREAT night!

[Grampa Dave]

Great job.

What a bs er and a whiner this left winger is.

You guys caught him with his hands and his elbows in their hidden cookie jars.

Also, remember a 4% cut in a proposed 6% increase in a budget is not a deficit. The lying libs like to portray this example as a deficit.

Good job.

The left wing sleaze bags in Oregon and California make the Enron sleazebags look honest.

[Sir_Ed]

The Oregonian had an article on their editorial page that said they will have an on-line only story on "The phenomenom of 'Freeping'" this coming Thursday...

Should be interesting!

Ed

[Timesink]

This money is not available for General Fund uses.

Just like the tobacco fund money, Mr. Landauer?

[Timesink]

The Oregonian had an article on their editorial page that said they will have an on-line only story on "The phenomenom of 'Freeping'" this coming Thursday...

I hope they don't mind if we repost it here. After all, it'll quadruple their circulation.

[Eastbound]

Here's Walter Burien's Page, the original whistle blower on this topic.

[chance33_98]

Oregon Attacks, Freepers victorious, details at 11 Ping

[Carry_Okie]

The Oregonian had an article on their editorial page that said they will have an on-line only story on "The phenomenom of 'Freeping'" this coming Thursday...

Cool! I always wanted to be a phenom.

[Blood of Tyrants]

The word "reserves" only means that they have taxed you MORE than what is required to run the government for years and years.

[EBUCK]

I will, but I get the feeling that some of what he said is true...

[EBUCK]

Please post it and ping me!! I'd love to see it.

[EBUCK]

Yup, bait switch, lie, cheat, steal, and then LOSE!!! Funny huh? After all their bleating about cuts it only took a few letters to local papers to get the message out and fin, it was over. Not one "major" media outlet ran anything counter to the OEA company line yet they still failed...great day to be an Oregonian!

[EBUCK]

phenom = John Travolta with a tumor right???

[Eva]

It sounds as though Oregon needs some tort reform on workmen compensation funds. Who is benefitting from the interest on all this money?

[JudgemAll]

Rubbish! Oregon enacted temporary tax increases twice before in order to ease recessions' hammer blows to public services. A 45 percent Oregon income tax surcharge was imposed in 1955. It was in effect for that year and for 1956, then ended. In 1982, Republican Gov. Vic Atiyeh and the Legislature's Democratic majority collaborated on a one-year income tax surcharge rising from 5 percent to almost 9 percent depending on ability to pay. It was extended for two more years by the 1983 Legislature and then died.

Two instances in how many "millions"? Billions of $$s????

[JudgemAll]

The Unemployment Insurance Fund may be used only to provide jobless benefits. Similarly, other laws covering fiduciary responsibilities prohibit accessing or using the moneys for other purposes.

??? So they can tax us but they cannot refund the money?

[JudgemAll]

The authors, for instance, were shocked that Saif Corp., the workers' compensation insurer, has piled up $3 billion of reserves over 67 years -- more than enough to fund Oregon's current services shortfall.

This money is not available for General Fund uses. Most of it has been set aside to cover already-filed claims, the rest to pay for injuries for which claims have not yet been filed. Experience enables the company to estimate these future claims quite accurately.

Mutuals regularly reimburse their surpluses, why can't this insurance do it?

[Grampa Dave]

You guys did great!

Once the back of the left wing mediot beast is broken, it becomes easier.

You guys have a few backs to break, the Oregonian Pravda, and the commie rags published in your college towns. Those college town rags have zero impact on the rest of Oregon with their bravo sierra. The Oregonian Pravada is the beast to expose as irrelevant.