Get your facts right.  Businesses are paying a fraction of their share of the state's revenues as compared to the 1970s.  Maybe that was too high back then, but to claim that they are paying more now is simply untrue.  By the way, studies by even conservative groups place Oregon in the top quartile or so for state business climate.  And if businesses are leaving the state so frequently, why is our state unemployment rate at a historic low?

I have no problem with outsourcing, if that's your point.  But to turn everything into a rant against PERS is not helping promote respectful dialogue.