Five Oregon counties vote to leave state, create 'Greater Idaho'
Given the article&#x27;s mention of Rural vs Urban I lean towards the belief that this is driven by a sense of both conservative values in government and probably a lack of understanding in how the government of the people serves the people.  More precisely how taxes and math work.<p>The GAO and similar offices should do a better job of preparing reports on where every collected tax dollar is being spent; both in the physical sense as well as in the sourced income sense.  A citizen should be able to approach this from either the government side (pick a city or unincorporated area) or enter their zipcode and approximate income and see where the money is flowing from and to.  Of particular interest would be trying to categorize areas with positive or negative contributions to a person&#x27;s or region&#x27;s productivity.  Investments in infrastructure, such as education or for transport (of various things), should also be given special categorization as they are some combination of a shared burden and long term payoff.<p>Though I find understanding the deeply divided viewpoints in the US very elusive.  My personal believe is presently, for lack of data that I can digest, that the far right is probably focused around emotions.<p># Possibly religious, in that some interpretation of ancient values systems drives them to desire a simple world in which those are imposed upon others?<p># Possibly anarchist, in the sense of some romantic fantasy of self reliance (minimal government) and true grit; while forgetting or being ignorant of how society and government provide benefits (E.G. civil services such as fire, medical, and security aid).<p># Possibly just believing the lies of people that say things they want to hear.<p>Or maybe the driving force is something different entirely that I haven&#x27;t realized because it&#x27;s just so obvious to someone that believes in it that it doesn&#x27;t get said.<p>Offhand I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s likely to be religiously based, and if it&#x27;s charismatic attraction based I&#x27;m not sure what siren song is luring the voters.<p>I wonder if the interactive report on government spending and tax effectiveness might help find a common ground, or at least salient points to discuss for those who don&#x27;t understand the benefits of buying in bulk and enriching the commons.