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Re: a dumb query? pls humor me



Steve Lamb wrote:

> Paul Johnson wrote:
>> We had 1% unemployment in the clinton years.  It's several times that
>> now.
> 
>     Nice lie, Paul.  1%?  Where?

Oregon.

>> State of Oregon Department of Employment.
> 
>     Not clear on the separation between Federal and State governments, are
> you?  Also unclear on the fact that your state supposedly has crappy
> unemployment while other states which do not enact those policies don't.
> Might there be a relation there?

I think it might have a little more to do with the fact that as soon as Bush
got to pass a new budget, the northwest suddenly dropped to 49 (Oregon) and
50th (Idaho) for federal money reinvested in the states.  Bush has a
vendetta against Oregon that isn't exactly unstated.




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