The income group in Oregon that pays the highest share of their income to state and local taxes: Lowest income
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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The personal income tax — the taxes we pay out of our earnings — brings in about 85 percent of
Today the U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments on whether to uphold an Obama administration executive order on immigration.
If you want a glimpse of the shameful state of Oregon’s corporate income tax, look no further than your nearest
In response to a misleading editorial in The Oregonian concerning Initiative Petition 28 -- a proposal to raise taxes on
Taxes are lower in Oregon than in most other states. Specifically, Oregon trails nationally in the amount of state and
There is no free lunch. Especially when Wall Street is hovering over the table.
Corporations have gamed our tax system and it is costing the rest of us billions.
Oregon is tied for the nation’s lowest business taxes in a study conducted by the accounting firm Ernst & Young
At a recent City Club of Portland talk, the former chief financial correspondent of The New York Times, Floyd Norris,
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