A mere three percent of registered voters of northwestern Oregon think keeping eastern and southern Oregon in the state is worth the cost, according to a poll released today by SurveyUSA, a top-rated pollster.
“On average, people living in eastern and southern Oregon pay less in state taxes per person than the average Oregonian because average incomes are lower in those parts of the state. State spending on highways is much higher per person in those parts of the state than average. This means that Oregon tax rates could be reduced if those counties were no longer part of Oregon."
Sure...let's make it official: Californians and folks from the east coast have already taken over northwest Oregon; so we might as well just hand over the keys.
