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		<title>The OB Poll: Darwin had a point</title>
		<description>Discuss The OB Poll: Darwin had a point</description>
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			<title>Small Business is the engine that drives the economy</title>
			<link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/poll-wrap-up/2398-the-ob-poll-darwin-had-a-point#comment-210</link>
			<description><![CDATA[60-80% of all new job growth comes from companies with less than 20 employees. I mentioned this to some of our state legislators a few weeks ago, and asked if there were any plans to involve the University and Community College system in helping to get more small companies making products that can be exported outside our region, and the general consensus is that they would like to see another Nike, or an Intel. The problem is not that Oregon has stupid laws or regulations. The problem is that we lack imagination. We don't need to "get business to come to Oregon." We need to pull our heads out of our asses, stop spouting someone else's talking points, and start working together to solve our common problems. All of the recent downturns in our economy have been driven by companies that we got to "come to Oregon" who eventually left when the grass got greener elsewhere. Or we can just [blocked] and moan. That might be fun for awhile while we circle the drain.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Sean Utt</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Diversify or die?</title>
			<link>http://www.oregonbusiness.com/poll-wrap-up/2398-the-ob-poll-darwin-had-a-point#comment-207</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Oregon has Bloated / Costly / Complex government and regulations. With the rising tax rates, stupid land use laws, poor and expensive education and high personal income / sub -s corp. taxes, there is little that can be done to get business to come to Oregon. As a small business owner I can't build on land I purchase, have stupid regulations I must contend with and the idiotic 'green revolution' that embraces the theory but not the reality. I like the physical place, but there are equally pretty 'Rocky Mountain' spots, where the people shake their heads when I tell them of Oregon.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>John A. Ward</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
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