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When the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., stood in front of the Lincoln Memorial to deliver his famed I
In the years to come, Oregonians could be on the hook for massive subsidies to wealthy investors, as a result
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As 2019 draws to a close, we look back at the Center’s publications that proved most popular. Here they are,
Following the failed playbook of trickle-down economics, the tax package lavished massive tax cuts on the rich and corporations.
Income inequality in Oregon has reached yet another record high. In 2017, the year with the most recently available data,
The number of taxpayers reporting annual income of $1 million or more has risen faster in Oregon than any other
In 2013, the Oregon legislature created a tax structure that favors rich business owners, to the detriment of Oregonians who
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