In eras past, doctors routinely bled patients in an effort to cure them. Fortunately, the medical profession eventually recognized that
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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With Congress having reconvened this week for its lame-duck session, a group of Oregonians today urged lawmakers to let the
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Oregonians’ priorities. That ought to be the legislature’s guide when it comes into session in January and confronts a revenue
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Oregon remains among a minority of states that tax the income of poor families and its tax is among the
This fact sheet details income tax levels for poor and near-poor families in Oregon. Read more (PDF).
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