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Time to close the alligator’s mouth

In Oregon government, some call the chart below “the alligator.”

The chart represents a disturbing projection about Oregon’s long-term fiscal health. Expenditures are the top of the alligator’s mouth. Revenues are the bottom.

As you likely noticed, expenditures exceed revenues.

That gap between....

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