But the Oregon Constitution is easily amended.
"In Oregon, once an initiative amendment to its constitution has been
placed on the ballot by initiative petition, or once a legislative
amendment has been referred to the people by a simple majority vote in
the state legislature, a simple majority of favorable votes is enough to
ratify it. Placing a petition for an amendment on the ballot requires a
number of valid signatures of registered voters equal to eight percent
of the total number of votes cast in the last gubernatorial election,
higher than the six percent required for a change in statute. See the
list of Oregon ballot measures for initiative amendments."
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Oregon_Constitution#Differences_from_U.S._Constitution
On 12/29/2010 11:10 AM, Daniel Seigler wrote:
sir,
as i stated in 'contact us' on that website, your plan, although
'worthy', is, unfortunately for you, DIRECTLY contrary to the
Constitution of Oregon Article XI Section 1, "*Section 1. Prohibition
of state banks.*The Legislative Assembly shall not have the power to
establish, or incorporate any bank or banking company, or monied [sic]
institution whatever; nor shall any bank company, or instition [sic]
exist in the State, with the privilege of making, issuing, or putting
in circulation, any bill, check, certificate, prommisory [sic] note,
or other paper, or the paper of any bank company, or person, to
circulate as money.–"
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Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:00:25 -0500
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Support a State Bank for Oregon
Dear Daniel,
It's still the last few days of 2010, but the Oregon legislature is
already preparing to consider a *Working Families Party proposal to
create the Oregon State Bank.*
"'One of the main
reasons why we're
having trouble with
jobs is because there’s no credit out there,' says
[Barbara] Dudley,
...co-chairwoman
of the Oregon
Working Families Party."
*Portland Tribune*
February 18, 2010
*Declaring our Independence from Wall Street*
In 2009, when the depth of the nation’s economic crisis was only first
being understood, the Working Families Party began organizing
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do something about it.
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For the past year and a half, we have been building support for a
proposal to create a publicly owned bank modeled after the highly
successful, 91-year-old Bank of North Dakota.
Right now the State or Oregon deposits billions of our tax dollars in
the very same Wall Street banks that crashed our economy. Our
proposal would redirect some of those deposits into the Oregon State
Bank which would then partner with local community banks to get credit
flowing again to small businesses and farmers.
The Working Families Party is now working with a broad coalition of
small business, agriculture, community banks and average working
people called *Oregonians for a State Bank*.
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*
Working Families Party:
*/*A Political Party for the Rest of Us*/
We have seen what happens when Democrats and Republicans decide to
"compromise" in the name of giving millionaires and billionaires yet
another tax break while continuing to put the squeeze on average
working people like us.
The Working Families Party was founded to build power for working
people the only way anybody has ever done it in the past: by
*organizing and fighting for what we believe it.*
And, we have a plan.
Our plan will use Oregon's new "fusion voting" system to *build an
electoral coalition of working people.*
Fusion voting--which we helped pass in the 2009 legislature--allows
minor political parties to particpate meaningfully in elections
without being marginalized as "spoilers."
Additionally:
* Our plan will establish a *network of community based chapters*
across the state.
* Our plan will develop an organization that can *communicate with
working people across Oregon* via traditional and on-line media,
as well as using grassroots, door-to-door organizing.
* Our plan will build a movement to declare Oregon's independence
from Wall Street by establishing the *Oregon State Bank.*
/
/
*You Can Support the WFP*
Did you know that Oregon law allows you to support a political cause
of your choice for up to $50 ($100 for couples) and receive that money
back on your taxes?
This is a tax credit -- not a deduction -- so that means the first $50
that you give to a political party like the Working Families Party
equals */$50 less that you pay in Oregon taxes. Or if you get a
refund it means $50 more right back to you/.* (Find more information
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*_So, if you give $50 to the Oregon Working Families Party by December
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Thank you for all you do,
Steve Hughes,
State Director, Oregon WFP
www.OregonWFP.org
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The Oregon WFP thrives with the grassroots support of small donors!
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