Oregon (with exception of Portland and Medford) has a very relaxed vehicle registration process. There are no mandatory emission checks and registration is $86 every 2 years.
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Find me a more "progressive" state in America, one that pays more than $8.95 per hour in minimum wage...
And then, let's ask whether anyone is ever lifted out of poverty by the minimum wage - or whether it's just a way to make people think they are advancing economically, when in fact... they are only led to believe that they are.
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I chuckled a little at Freebeard's comment that Oregon can hardly be considered Progressive. I can hardly think of a more progressive/liberal state.
Economists would agree that minimum wage is pointless, and that it is positively correlated to unemployment. From a humanitarian/civil liberties standpoint, it is quite outrageous for any person or group to require a person to sell their labor for some minimum amount, with the alternative being no work at all.