Chair Meek, Vice-Chair McLane, and Members of the Committee, My name is Daniel Hauser, Deputy Director for the Oregon Center
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One way to improve the kicker for rural communities would be to transform the policy into the Working Families Kicker
There are ways to reform the kicker that would produce more equitable results — reforms that would be good for
As working families across Oregon struggle with rising costs and meager wages, Oregon is on course to send massive tax
Chair Meek, Vice-Chair Boquist, and Members of the Committee, My name is Daniel Hauser (he/him), Deputy Director for the Oregon
Today’s Oregon Economic and Revenue Forecast confirms that a record-shattering, $5.5 billion kicker is on the way. This unprecedented level
Imagine two people. One is a senior citizen who, after a lifetime of toiling in low-paid jobs, now scrapes by
Note: The paper was updated on September 19, 2023 to capture data from a new revenue forecast and additional data
[This op-ed was originally published in the Portland Business Journal] As working families across Oregon struggle with rising costs and
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If you truly care about working Oregonians, fix the kicker