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Decades of evidence show that the tax rates of high-income households are unrelated to economic growth.
In the continuing effort to extend health coverage to all Oregonians, a Basic Health Program may just be what the
In the continuing effort to extend health coverage to all Oregonians, a Basic Health Program may just be what the
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Under a tax loophole passed in 1999, nine banks that are plainly doing business in Oregon enjoy a legal fiction
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