Published in the Benton Co. Republicans 1/17/2010 e-Newsletter [Excerpts from Phil Knight, co-founder and chairman of Nike, who wrote a guest column in the Oregonian on January 16, 2010] - “Measures 66 and 67 should be labeled ‘Oregon’s Assisted Suicide Law II’. They will allow us to watch a state slowly killing itself,” said Phil Knight, co-founder and chairman of Nike. ∴ Knight points out that Nike is now the only Fortune 500 company left in Oregon. Headquarters for other big companies that used to be in Oregon (The First National Bank, U.S. Bank, Pacific Power, Willamette Industries, Georgia-Pacific, Jantzen, White Stag, G.I. Joes, Monaco Coach, and Meier and Frank have fled Oregon. They are now headquartered elsewhere, are controlled by non-Oregonians or no longer exist. ∴ “We are way too anti-business. [Measures 66 and 67] are anti-business, anti-success, anti-inspirational, anti-humanitarian, and most ironically, in the long run, they will deprive the state of tax revenue, not increase it. ∴ There are words to describe what we are doing with 66 and 67: It is called a death spiral.”
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
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