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Podcast: Cascade CounterPoint
Episode: QP: Oregon’s Budget: Out-of-Control Spending and Misplaced Priorities
Description: Full text: If you feel like Oregon politicians are spending more, but you’re getting less, you are not alone and you are not crazy. State spending has spun out of control, and we have little to show for it.
According to the state budget office, spending from the state’s general and lottery funds has doubled since the Great Recession. That’s a huge increase, especially since Oregon’s population has only grown by 11% since then.
The biggest growth has been in the human services budget, driven by Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act. On...