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Oregon Finally Legalizes Pumping Your Own Gas After 72 Years(www.thedrive.com)

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Oregon’s Senate has repealed a 72-year prohibition against self-service gas, with new legislation requiring gas stations to staff half the available pumps, while allowing the rest to be self-service. The bill, responding to industry staffing shortages, also prohibits charging more for full-service than self-service, likely leading to the phasing out of full-service pumps.

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Celebrating the removal of an asinine law that forbid people from doing a common task themselves.

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