My name is Daniel Hauser, tax policy analyst for the Oregon Center for Public Policy, and I respectfully submit this
Tax Justice
Tax justice is central to economic justice. Taxes are how, together, we fund schools, health care, transportation, and the many public services that foster quality of life. Unfortunately, wealthy elites and the corporations they control have rigged the tax system in their favor, building a system that asks least from those who have the most.
Tax Justice
Tax justice is central to economic justice. Taxes are how, together, we fund schools, health care, transportation, and the many public services that foster quality of life. Unfortunately, wealthy elites and the corporations they control have rigged the tax system in their favor, building a system that asks least from those who have the most.
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Oregon can take an essential step to fix the widespread problem of corporate tax avoidance by enacting corporate tax transparency.
Oregon can take an essential step to fix the widespread problem of corporate tax avoidance by enacting corporate tax transparency.
Citing “ample evidence” that corporations have been using aggressive tactics to avoid paying taxes, a report released today by the
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