Oregon counties have been on the federal dole for decades. Some of them get as much as two-thirds of their budgets from federal funds, unlike most other counties that rely on local taxes for most of their money.
Now that federal money is being cut off, and the counties are crying poor. “Just give us one more year,” they say, “to ease this painful transition.” Of course, that is what they said last year, and the year before, and the year before that. But they never did anything to prepare for the reduced funds.
