Beyond Obamacare: Colorado Considers Single-Payer Model

(Hat tip: KimR) - As Republican policymakers nationwide continue debating ways to replace Obamacare with patient-centered solutions, a Colorado group has landed a plan implementing a single-payer model of health care on November’s ballot. Coloradans are already bracing for its impact. Read more at the Read more at Daily Signal Read More......

Voters may get chance to end Dems’ abuse of ‘emergency clause’

In the 2015 legislative session, majority Democrats denied Oregonians their right to refer many bills to a public vote — almost certainly, in at least some instances, because they feared voters would reject those bills if given the chance.  Here’s the story of one such bill — and of how voters, in 2016, might get an opportunity to stem future such lawmaking abuse.

Senate Bill 932, which was approved by the House and Senate in early July and currently awaits Gov. Kate Brown’s signature, credentials illegal-immigrant college students to compete with U.S. citizens for taxpayer-funded Oregon Opportunity Grants.  This is objectionable enough: Plenty of Oregonians, as we’ll see, went on record last year as opposing state-government benefits for foreigners here illegally.

Read more at Oregon Catalyst
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CRNC Presents "Don't Put It On Our Tab: Not Too Big To Fail"

College Republican National Committee (CRNC)

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The College Republican National Committee is thrilled to announce the "Don't Put It On Our Tab" debt-awareness initiative! The national debt poses a lethal threat to our economic future, and we're not about to let the Democrats think we are ignorant to that fact. Help the CRNC stand up and speak out for our generation by signing the petition today!

Did you know that the a child born into this world today owes over $117,000 to the DEBT alone? With unemployment rising, 'entitlement' programs collapsing, and debt skyrocketing how are we ever going to pay that back? The answer is through conservative reform. Join our facebook group ( http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dont-Pu... ) to stay informed 24/7 about the debt, what we are doing to combat it, and to examine potential solutions to it! Read More......

Estacada Voters Pass Tax, Fee Vote Requirement

11/4/2009 - Estacada - The work of AFP-Oregon volunteers and staff led to another taxpayer victory in the Clackamas County community of Estacada last night. Measure 3-346, which will require a vote on all proposed tax and fee increases over 3 percent per year, or any new tax or fee, was approved by a comfortable 56-44 margin. ∴ AFP-Oregon volunteers - led by Dora Morgan - collected signatures to place the measure on the ballot. Local volunteer Steve Locke spearheaded the on-the-ground campaign effort. ∴ "The voters of Estacada have spoken," said AFP-Oregon State Director Jeff Kropf, "and have declared they want to reclaim control of their wallets. In these difficult economic times, governments across Oregon should be searching for ways to reduce the burden they impose on citizens. The City will now have to work collaboratively with voters to determine what programs are worth funding, and what sources of revenue make sense. It's a new era of fiscal responsibility and discipline in Estacada. I can't thank our AFP-Oregon volunteers enough for the tremendous effort they made."

AFP-Oregon has assisted in passing similar measures in Damascus and Cascade Locks, and several Oregon communities are considering the measure in light of local efforts to raise taxes, fees and charges beyond what taxpayers can afford.

AFP-Oregon has 17,000 members in Oregon organized into 30 local Chapters with local leadership which hold regular meetings. AFP-Oregon provides training and motivation to volunteers to go out and work for limited government and economic freedom.

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Oregon: Tax Petitions now available online

Concerned Oregonians: Citizens across the state are hard at work gathering signatures to refer the two massive job-killing tax increases to the ballot and we are having a great response. If you haven't signed the petitions yet, please go to http://www.myafpor.org/. Read More......