The same company whose lawsuit made it possible for corporations to side-step Oregon’s corporate minimum tax turns out to be
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 Governor Tom McCall famously once said, "Oregon is demure and lovely, and it ought to play a little hard
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In the latest tax reform plan floated in Salem, the inclusion of a sales tax is not the problem. The
During the recent brief debate before the legislature pushed through the “Grand Bargain” tax package, I pointed out that the
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I wasn’t holding out much hope for a favorable legislative draft of the “Grand Bargain” tax package, but the bill
Lawmakers today begin deliberation on the “Grand Bargain,” or Grandly Flawed Bargain as OCPP has explained.
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The revenue package that Governor Kitzhaber has presented to the Oregon legislature to consider in a special session starting September
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