Moneyed Oregon families have one more reason to pop open the champagne for the New Year, when a law cutting
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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Sure, New York has brought us some Big Apple-sized stinkers of late, from the Wall Street derivative house of cards
Only a handful of Oregonians are subject to the federal estate tax, and their ranks will shrink further next year,
Today’s revenue forecast shows that Oregon is in a revenue crisis, not a spending crisis. The Governor and legislators should
An example of unintended consequences, Measure 59 on the November ballot would raise taxes on as many as 120,000 Oregonians,
Minnesotan Garrison Keillor once joked, “I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.
News Release Today’s revenue forecast should be cause for concern for legislators and voters alike. The 2007 legislature budgeted a
A costly tax break that would force deep cuts in public services, Measure 59 on the November ballot would give
Measure 59, which would allow an unlimited deduction of federal income taxes on state tax returns, offers no tax break
It is by now old news in Oregon that corporations are not paying their fair share of our income taxes.
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Underpaid, Overworked, and Essential: Oregon’s Long-Term Care Crisis
In this episode, we examine the crisis in Oregon’s system of long-term care. Demand for long-term care is rising as
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Income inequality in Oregon remains vast, but history shows this is not inevitable.
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This episode examines what the end of the federal food security report means for Oregon, as well as why poverty is a policy failure, not an individual failure.
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