government in the news

 The Oregon legislature have been busy bees. All the important things they are doing for the state. They have decided to do away with daylight savings, again. Of course, being the leaders that they are they are waiting for other states to do the same thing. They are also decided to recriminalize drugs. Not a smart move to have de criminalized them in the first place. What the law accomplishes is very little, While you can be arrested for smaller amounts of drugs it is easy for you to get out of serving any punishment because they also made a new class of law for this. And, apparently, this is raciest because it will effect persons of color more. I guess because of the color of ones skin they are not able to follow the law and are above the law. Oh what else. Oh housing. Millions on affordable housing.  That working class Americans have to pay for. Oh and money for low income people to get air conditioners. Seriously, I not only have to pay for someone else house but air conditioners. I don't even have one. I see a lot for rent signs so I am not sure we actually suffer from lack of housing. And I see some very ugly apartment buildings shoved into places they shouldn't be, like the back yard of other houses or in once green spaces with critters in them.

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