Let's give a shout out to Oregon Governor Kate Brown for her courage in declaring a "climate emergency" to implement cap and trade policies.

Her timing was impeccable. While attention was diverted by the hype over the Corona virus she slipped the knife into every Oregon resident and business in the state, making them even less competitive than they already were.

She also timed it perfectly to coincide with the largest stock market dollar loss in history, crippling the Oregon economy and making it even less able or likely to recover. All of the large users of energy in the state have already stated that they will have to leave under these new policies, so the industries that would have helped Oregon recover will be relocating to Idaho, Montana and Nevada who are all much friendlier to free enterprise and the capitalist system.

This blatantly unconstitutional action is going to also cost the state millions in litigation, placing an ever greater tax burden on Oregon residents too poor to flee the state.

It has already impacted property values negatively, while raising the value of real estate in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming thus making it even harder to re-locate.

Way to go, Kate. Way to go.

https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/opinion/2020/03/13/gov-kate-brown-executive-order-cap-and-trade-big-gamble-guest-opinion/5021485002/