Following the failed playbook of trickle-down economics, the tax package lavished massive tax cuts on the rich and corporations.
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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In 2013, the Oregon legislature created a tax structure that favors rich business owners, to the detriment of Oregonians who
Tax policy has aided and abetted the rise of massive economic inequality in the U.S., a point highlighted in a
If two people earn the same amount, they should pay the same tax rate. That’s a bedrock principle of tax
About a quarter-million Oregon working families face a tax increase if Senators in the minority fail to return to Salem
Tax breaks can be well targeted or poorly targeted. Unfortunately, many tax breaks for seniors fall into the latter category,
Ten years ago, Oregon lawmakers were scrambling to fill a massive budget shortfall. The Great Recession had choked our economy,
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The Marlboro Man hung up his spurs and Joe Camel was put out to pasture long ago, but marketing by
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