How do you spend billions on development, load a car with more sensors than a fighter jet, and somehow it still drives like Biden’s behind the wheel?
Writer: Ian
@TinaKotek What have you been doing this whole time? Our taxes have increased, education standards in OR has been dramatically reduced, enrollment in public schools has dropped, businesses have been leaving OR, and Portland is a mess. Oh, now I remember!
What do you think? Oregon’s Democrat Supermajority in action… 👇🏻👇🏻
-Second worst place in America to invest
-6.5 million square feet of commercial vacancy
-The top 20 office towers have lost 57% of their combined value in 5 years
-6,700 jobs lost… 25,000 in population loss
-Ranked 80 out of 81 in real estate attractiveness
-Over 2000+ overdose deaths in the past few years
-Homelessness grew from 4,500+ in 2020 to 11,400+ in 2024
-The overall crime rate is higher or nearly double on specific crimes than the national average
-Portland’s combined tax rate for top earners is the second highest in the nation at 13.9%+
-Oregon’s current fifth graders posted bottom-of-the-barrel math scores that were measurably worse than those in 45 other states
-CNBC reports Oregon is one of the worst states for business
-Oregon is listed as the fourth-worst place to move to
-Office buildings are 30% empty… The iconic U.S. Bancorp Tower just sold for $45 million—80% less than it sold for in 2015
-Major employers like Wells Fargo, Standard Insurance, and Unitus Community Credit Union have fled downtown or left entirely
-The state’s economists say Oregon is in a growth recession or near-stagnation
The War on Business Backfires in Portland… Instead of asking how to attract good jobs, Democrat politicians declared war on employers. They piled on regulations, made permits nearly impossible to get, and raised taxes again and again. Democrats seem to believe businesses have magical money trees that can absorb infinite punishment.
Just a reminder that Oregon has a Democrat Supermajority and they have filed so many lawsuits against Trump that we have lost count, so any policies that have ruined this state land squarely on them.