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Old 02-08-2020, 01:44 AM   #8391 (permalink)
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Yikes! This hits close to home, and it's quasi-ontopic:

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=oregon+carbon+tax

Scanning the first page (since anything further is 'deep web') it looks like gas goes to $4.00, natural gas up 11%, small businesses fail; and Oregon becomes a failed state like California.
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Portland Passes "Green New Deal" Carbon Tax, First Of Its ...
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/202...t-of-its-kind/
Referring to it with happy little buzzwords such as "climate justice," the city of Portland will soon be implementing the first (and hopefully only) "green new deal" carbon tax in the nation, which city "leaders" estimate will suck $60 million out of the [Portland] economy.

Oregon Carbon Tax to create poverty. Just like California ...
https://oregoncatalyst.com/43599-ore...alifornia.html
By Taxpayer Association of Oregon. Oregon is modeling it's carbon Cap-and-Tax plan (also called Cap-and-Invest) on California's Cap-and-Tax scheme which has played a strong role in the state's spike in gasoline, heating and electricity prices which has in turn helped push California into the highest poverty state in America.

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