From 1915 to 1928, the interurban Red Electric train passed through Hillsdale, now part of Portland. The trip offered a chance for passengers to share their views. My Red Electric blog is a vehicle for web travelers to do the same.
Monday, November 05, 2007
Inequity in Oregon
When I think of America's grotesque income inequity, I think of hedge fund managers or shamelessly rich corporate CEOs back East, whose moral bankruptcy is reflected in their compensation's being 400 to 500 times what their average worker makes.
Here in Oregon no such thing could happen, right?
Don’t count on it.
The Oregon Center for Public Policy has looked into what has happened here over the last few years.
The recently released results aren’t pretty.
For an elite group of Oregonians, the New Gilded Age has arrived. For nearly everyone else, this is a tarnished era of stagnation or worse.
For more, take a look here.
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