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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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Low-income Oregonians will benefit from an increase in the tobacco tax to fund the Oregon Health Plan and tobacco use
“Where is all that money from cannabis taxes going?” It’s a question we hear often. And it’s a fair one,
One night a year, authorities and volunteers nationwide count the homeless. The most recent count revealed less than half of
The Oregon legislature is debating whether our state should go along with tax breaks for the wealthy through so-called “Opportunity
My name is Daniel Hauser, tax policy analyst for the Oregon Center for Public Policy, and I respectfully submit this
The Oregon Center for Public Policy, Main Street Alliance, and Oregon School Employees Association were invited to testify on behalf
My name is Daniel Hauser, tax policy analyst for the Oregon Center for Public Policy, and I respectfully submit this
My name is Daniel Hauser, tax policy analyst for the Oregon Center for Public Policy, and I respectfully submit this
Corporations in Oregon are on track to pay a smaller share of Oregon income taxes this budget period than at
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