OUT. >> AMERICA IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE POLITICALLY DIVIDED EVERY DAY. BUT I FOUND AN ANSWER TO THIS DIVISION RIGHT HERE IN THE HEART OF, WAIT, WHERE THE HELL ARE WE AGAIN? DEEP IN EASTERN OREGON ONE PATRIOT HAS COME UP WITH AN INGENUOUS PLAN TO FIX ITS STATE'S POLITICAL GRIDLOCK. >> MY NAME IS MIKE CARTER, CITIZENS FOR GREATSER IDAHO. >> SO WHAT IS MOVE OREGON BORDER. >> WE WANT TO ADJUST THE BORDER, TAKING EASTERN OREGON AND SHIFERLTING INTO IDAHO TO HELP MAINTAIN A CONSERVATIVE VALUES THAT IDAHO HAS OVER THERE. >> YOU'RE LIKE THE FIRST GUY I HAVE EVER MET WHO WANTS TO GO TO IDAHO. >> FOR DECADES OREGON HAS BEEN A BLUE STATE WITH MOST OF ITS POPULATION CONCENTRATED AROUND PORTLAND IN THE NORTHWEST. BUT THE CONSERVATIVE EASTERN COUNTIES OF OREGON ARE SICK OF THIS LIBERAL BAR RESTA BULL SZ HIT AND GET THE-- OUT OF OREGON AND BECOME PART OF GREATER IDAHO. THERE WAS THIS ONE THING THAT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. >> OKAY, THIS MIGHT SOUND CRAZY BUT WHY DON'T YOU JUST MOVE TO IDAHO? >> BY MOVING THE BORDER WE'RE CHANGING WHO GOVERNS US, WITHOUT HAVING TO PULL UP OUR STAKES. >> YOU WANT THE IDAHO WITHOUT HAVING TO BE IN IDAHO. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> INGENUOUS. >> I WANT A BETTER GOVERNMENT OVER ME. >> BUT YET YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE IN IDAHO. >> NO, NOT HAVE TO LIVE IN IDAHO, NO THE HAVE TO MOVE, CAN I STAY WHERE I LIVE RIGHT NOW. >> EXACTLY, SWI GREAT. >> YEAH. >> AND IT'S NOT IDAHO. >> RIGHT. >> AND AS CRAZY AS THIS IDEA MIGHT SOUND THIS MOVEMENT HAS MOMENTUM. NINE OREGON COUNTIES HAVE ALREADY PASSED BALLOT MEASURES TO EXPLORE JOINING IDAHO. WITH TWO MORE VOTING IN NOVEMBER. SO WHAT EXACTLY DO THESE PEOPLE HATE ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBORS IN THE NORTHWEST? IT IS PRETTY OF THE SAME STUFF ALL FOX NEWS YOU HEAR ABOUT WHATEVER CITY THEY LIVE NEXT TO. >> I GREW UP AROUND PORTLAND. USED TO BE ABLE TO WALK ON THE STREETS AND STUFF, NOW YOU GET SHOT. >> RACIAL RIOTS IS THE REASON, BREAK IN, FREE TV, YOU KNOW. >> THEY VOTED IN FOR THE MORE MARIJUANA PLANT, NOW THEY WILL PUT IN THE MUSHROOM PLANTS. >> I HEAR YOU BUT IDAHO? >> IT'S NOT MOVING TO IDAHO, IT'S BRINGING THE BORDER OVER. >> OF COURSE, YOU DON'T WANT TO MOVE TO IDAHO, THAT WOULD BE CRAZY, YOU WANT TO BRING IDAHO. >> YES. >> THESE CULTURAL DIFFERENCES ARE TEARING OREGON APART. BUT NOT EVERYONE THINKS DIVORCE IS THE ANSWER. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW SCHOLAR NORMAL WILLIAMS. >> THIS IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, MOVING A STATE BORDER EVEN FIVE OR TEN YARDS IS TREMENDOUSLY DIFFICULT. SOUTH CAROLINA AND NORTH CAROLINA DID THIS JUST IN 2017. >> OKAY, WELL, IT'S BEEN DONE BEFORE. JUST DOING MORE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE STATUTE THAT BOTH STATES HAD TO DO TO JUST DEAL WITH 19 HOMES BEING MOVED. >> YOU MOVE THE OREGON IDAHO BORDER BY 300, 400 MILES, THE COMPLEXITY OF THAT IS JUST OVERWHELMING. >> MAN, YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN SUMP A BUMMER ON THE OREGON TRAIL, WOULD YOU HAVE BEEN THE GUY LIKE WHAT ABOUT TIE FOID WHAT ABOUT DISTERIA, WHAT ABOUT THE EXOS OF-- TURNS OUT THAT THE TON OF ON STACK EMS ON THE TRAIL OUT OF OREGON. LIABILITY. STATE DEBT. PENSION OBLIGATIONS, AND A LONG LIST OF INCOMPATIBLE LAWS. ESPECIALLY RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA. LEGAL IN OREGON, NOT IN IDAHO. BUT LUCKILY MIKE HAS THOSE ANSWERS. >> I DON'T HAVE THOSE ANSWERS. I SHOULDN'T ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS BECAUSE I'M NOT IN THE DECISION PROCESS. >> THEY ARE JUST THE IDEAS GUY, WALKING IN YOUR HOUSE AND GOING LET'S GET A DIVORCE. >> LET'S SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT IT LET'S PUT IT INTO THE LEGISLATURES HANDS BECAUSE THEY ARE THE DECISION MAKERS. >> LEAVE IT THO THESE POLITICIANS, THE SIEM POLITICIANS YOU WANT TO CECEE DID E FROM, LET THOSE GUYS HANDLE THIS? >> YEAH. >> BUT WILL THIS IDEA EVEN MAKE IT TO THE STATE HOUSE? NITPICKY NORMAN SAYS NO WAY. >> THE PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO VOTE FOR IT ONCE THEY KNOW THE COST. >> WHAT COST. >> IDAHO IS GOING TO PAY TO PAY OREGON FOR THE VALUE OF ALL THE LAND AND BUILDINGS THAT THE STATE OF OREGON OWNS IN EASTERN OREGON. >> HAVE I BEEN THERE, IT LOOKS VIRTUALLY WORTHLESS. >> A VERY CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE OF THE COST WOULD BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 10 AND 15 BILLION DOLLARS. >> OH, YOU THINK IDAHO IS NOT GOOD FOR IT, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY POTATOES THESE GUYS SELL? A LOT. >> STILL HE HAD A POINT. EASTERN OREGON WASN'T JUST TRYING TO DIVORCE PORTLAND, THEY ALSO WANTED TO MARRY IDAHO. WAS IDAHO READY FOR THAT LEVEL OF COMMITMENT? I HEAD FORD DOWNTOWN IDAHO? TO FIND OUT. >> I THINK THEY'RE WELCOME. >> I DON'T SEE WHY NOT. >> EASTERN OREGON IS PRETTY MUCH JUST LIKE IDAHO ANYWAY. >> WELCOME WITH OPEN ARMS. >> YEAH. >> JUST WAIT UNTIL THEY HEAR ABOUT THE PRICE TAG. >> HOW MUCH WOULD YOU PERSONALLY PAY FOR EASTERN OREGON TO JOIN IDAHO. >> I WOULDN'T WANT TO PAY ANYTHING. >> WELL YEAH, BUT I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IDAHO WOULD HAVE TO BUY OREGON'S STATE ASSETS TO MOVE IT OVER IT IS JUST NOT AS SIMPLE AS. >> OH, I DON'T KNOW, 10 MILLION. >> CLOSER TO 10 BILLION. >> THEN THAT SAY HARD KNOW. >> IN IS WHAT IDAHO WILL GET, A SEAPORT, MAYBE. 800,000 ANGRY GUN-TOTING CONSERVATIVES. AND A TON OF EMPTY DESOLATE LAND. >> IDAHO HAS ALREADY GOT HOWEVER MANY ANGRY GUN OWNING TRUCK DRIVING PEOPLE, I THINK WE ARE ABOUT CAPPED ON THAT BNS WOULD YOU BE OKAY TO DRIVE AN EXTRA SIX HOURS FOR LEGAL WEED. >> SORRY, I DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS THERE. >> THAT SAY 12 HOUR TRIP. >> YEAH, THAT DOESN'T SOUND GOOD. >> I MEAN AT THAT POINT YOU MIGHT AS WELL DRIVE TO MEXICO AND GO FRESH COCAINE. >> EVEN IF YOU PAID US WE WOULD LET YOU COME IN. >> EVEN IF EASTERN OREGON PAID TO YOU JOIN IDAHO YOU ARE LIKE NO. >> ARE YOU TELLING EASTERN OREGONIANS TO [BLEEP]. >> WITH A HEAVY HEART, I DROVE THE SIX HOURS BACK TO MIKE TO GIVE HIM THE BAD NEWS. >> SO IDAHO SAID NO. BUT LET ME JUST PITCH YOU SOME OTHER STATES TO JOIN. OKAY. WASHINGTON. >> NOT AS CONSERVATIVE AS IDAHO SO THAT SAY NO. >> OKAY WHAT ABOUT CALIFORNIA. >> THAT SAY DEF NO. >> OKAY. HOW ABOUT NEVADA. >> NORMALLY NEVADA WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF IDAHO. >> NO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN NEVADA AS IT IS RIGHT NOW. >> NO. >> GOLDILOCKS, I'M TRYING TO HELP YOU HERE, OKAY. YOU CAN'T BE CHOOSERS. >> YES, WE CAN. WHO KNOWS MAYBE SOME DAY IDAHO IS THE BIGGEST STATE IN THE UNION. WHY CAN'T PART OF OREGON, PART OF KENTUCKY, PART OF IOWA, WHAT ABOUT COMING TOGETHER EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T SHARE A COMMON BORDER. WHY CAN'T WE JUST BECOME THE STATE OF IDAHO. >> MAYBE MIKE HAS A POINT. WHY CAN'T WE ALL JUST DECLARE WHICH STATE WE WANT TO BE A PART OF REGARDLESS OF WHICH STATE WE ACTUALLY LIVE IN. FORGET GERRYMANDERING AND REDISTRICTING. LET US FIGURE IT OUT OURSELVES. >> BY POT WE ARE INVESTED IN ME BY [BLEEP] NOBODY, I HEARBY DECLARE YOU A MAN IN IDAHO. >> NO ONE IS GOING TO CHECK THIS REAL T IS KIND OF LIKE VACCINE
Ronny Chieng: Brilliantly Condescending
Sitting here in Bend like How come he don't want me man
Eastern Oregonians bitch about how their tax payers money is always spent on the same section of the i5 in Portland that has been under construction since the creation of the earth.
Wait until they find out that the i80 in Boise has been under construction since the dinosaurs roamed the earth. Won't that be fun?
In short, they'd just be shafted by Idaho and their meager tax monies will build roads for the evil city dwellers of Boise.
In their own words “if you don’t like it then leave”.
I can’t remember where I read it but last time this whole greater Idaho thing was making the rounds there was a survey done of the pro Idaho people. When asked about giving up the state welfare programs that Oregon gives like ohp people said they didn’t want to lose those. Eastern Oregon gets more money from Salem then they send in taxes. They would not get that sort of state funding from Idaho and would have to give up stuff they use.
Idaho does not want the welfare or infrastructure maintenance burden. That entire area has the GDP of a poorly run Arby's.
It'd be 10-15 billion to buy the assets. Idaho couldn't even begin to maintain them. Boise can't provide the same level of rural welfare that all these folks are used to living on.
Move there then? Why is it so hard for people to understand?
Similar to the morons who want to start the State of Jefferson.