Controlling costs: beating high fuel prices
High gas prices are hurting small businesses of all kinds, nationwide. And how to cope has become a hot topic of conversation among business owners and entrepreneurs.
In Character: Jeffrey St. Clair, editor of Counterpunch
Leftist critic Jeffrey St. Clair is working to turn politics upside down from his quiet little subdivision in Oregon City.
Business should consider Kitzhaber’s health ideas
“I chaired the Health Care Subcommittee in the 1989 session of the Oregon Legislature and carried then-Senate president John Kitzhaber’s Oregon Health Plan to the House floor. I remember vividly the floor debate I had with now-Congressman Greg Walden over the “employer mandate” which was a part of the plan. He won!”
Government should stay out of the health care arena
“If government got out of the business of dictating coverage, more people could afford to purchase policies.”
Look for health care solutions in further restrictions, control
“Kitzhaber’s problem: The forces of socialism in this state want more services for more people and don’t want to pay for them. Kitzhaber’s solution: How do we get businesses to pay for it since federal dollars are not enough and state dollars come from everyone?”
Commercial insurance firms: a statewide ranking
Commercial insurance firms sorted by region and ranked by licensed commercial agents in Oregon.