The latest revenue forecast shows that Oregon is in a revenue crisis, not a spending crisis. Oregon is now $142 million in the red for this budget period, and based on data from the Budget and Management Division, next biennium Oregon will be short $1.1 billion in meeting the essential budget level.
The Governor and legislators should address Oregon’s revenue crisis with revenue solutions.
Read the statement by OCPP executive director Charles Sheketoff: Governor and Legislature Should Solve Revenue Shortfalls With Revenue Solutions.
News Release: Economic Downturn Threatens Oregon Kids’ Health Coverage , November 11, 2008
CenterPoints: Hands Off Our School Children’s Recession Cookie Jar, October 2008
News Release: Measure 59 Would Raise Taxes on Retirees and Other Oregonians, October 17, 2008
News Release: Employment-Based Health Coverage Shrinks in Oregon and Nation, October 9, 2008
CenterPoints: A $75,000 Bargain for Oregon Taxpayers, September 2008
News Release: Vulnerable Oregonians at Risk of Missing Out on Stimulus Checks, September 24, 2008
News Release: Oregon's Minimum Wage Hike Helps Offset Rising Costs, September 16, 2008
News Release: Weak Jobs Report Suggests Oregon Is in Recession, September 15, 2008
CenterPoints: Window Dressing or Real Reform?, August 2008
News Release: Statement by Charles Sheketoff, executive director, OCPP, on the September Oregon Economic and Revenue Forecast, August 28, 2008
Issue Brief: No Contest: Why expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit is better for working families and Oregon than the Tax Bracket Increase, August 26, 2008
News Release: Oregonians Still Mired in Poverty and Lacking in Health Insurance Despite Slight Income Gain for Typical Household, August 26, 2008
News release: OCPP Analysis Shows Oregon Makes Progress Against Food Insecurity, August 22, 2008
Report: No Gain, Just Pain: Most Oregonians would not benefit from Measure 59, but they would lose public services, August 18, 2008
Public comment on the Western Climate Initiative’s July 23, 2008 “Draft Design of the Regional Cap-and-Trade Program” (PDF), August 13, 2008
News Release: Oregon Comes Out a Loser in Trade Balance with China, July 29, 2008
News Release: OCPP's "Because facts matter" Tagline Wins National Award
, July 16, 2008
News Release: Child Tax Credit Fix Would Help 155,000 Oregon Children, July 15, 2008 CenterPoints: Data and Common Sense Be Damned July 2008 CenterPoints: The New Deal Still a Good Deal June 2008 News Release: Low-Income Advocates Support Whitehouse on Climate Change CenterPoints: Leave No Teacher Behind, If You Want the Best Schools May 2008 Op-Ed: Save the Timber Payments by Chopping the Tax Cuts, May 30, 2008 News Release: New Report Calculates Pay Advantage of Union Jobs in Oregon News Release: Tax Break for Wealthiest Oregonians Exceeds Lost Timber Payments May 13, 2008 CenterPoints: Underscore the "Us" in sustainability April 2008 News Release: Oregon State and Local Taxes Hit Poor and Middle Class Harder Than Rich April 24, 2008 News Release: Walden and Hooley Act to Protect Oregon Against Medicaid Cuts, News Release: New Data Shows Oregon's Wealthiest Pulling Away From the Rest, Fact Sheet: Expanding the EIC in 2009, March 26, 2008 CenterPoints: A Tax System that Matches Oregon Values, March 2008 News Release: Oregon Doubles Its Venture Capital Without Income Tax Break, 39 Oregon groups express alarm about new Medicaid rules, March 10, 2008 Fact Sheet: New Medicaid Regulations Will Reduce Federal Health Care Dollars to Oregon, March 3, 2008 CenterPoints: Economic Inequality Reemerges, Opportunity Withers, February 2008. News Release: President's Proposed Budget Cuts Would Hurt Oregonians and Shift Costs to State, February 21, 2008 Issue Brief: Where Will the Pain Be? OCPP’s subprime maps can help legislators target education about foreclosure scams addressed by HB 3630, February 19, 2008 Issue Brief: Fiscal Danger Ahead: Why Oregon must decouple from the bonus depreciation business tax break to save $100 million and protect public services, February 13, 2008 News Release: Federal Business Tax Break Triggers Fiscal Emergency in Oregon, February 11, 2008 Fact Sheet: Subprime loans affect families and communities in every corner of Oregon, February 1, 2008 News Release: OCPP Finds Racial Pattern in Oregon's Subprime Lending CenterPoints: Oregon Lottery Scratch-its: The New Joe Camel, January 2008 News Release: OCPP to Poor: Gamble With Oregon Health Plan Lottery January 28, 2008 News Release: Economic Stimulus Package Leaves Oregon Exposed January 25, 2008 News Release: More to Qualify for Oregon Health Plan as Poverty Line Rises January 23, 2008 Issue Brief: No Special Treatment: Seven reasons why Oregon should not reduce or eliminate the income tax on capital gains January, 21, 2008 News Release: OCPP Finds that Cutting Income Tax on Capital Gains Would Harm Nearly All Oregonians January 21, 2008 Issue Brief: Food Insecurity and Hunger Statistics by State January 15, 2008 Issue Brief: How Big an Umbrella Does Oregon Need? January 8, 2008
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