While nearly half the states in the country will face budget shortfalls next year or the year after, Oregon is
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 Tax Foundation’s 2008 State Business Tax Climate Index claims that Oregon’s economic future is bright because its business taxes
When Oregonians receive their kicker checks over the next couple of weeks, they will also get a message from the
Oregonians struggling to put food on the table are more than twice as likely to suffer from depression than those
Take the word of a man willing to stake a million dollars on it: the U.S. tax system has been
The State of Oregon is on the verge of enacting its ninth “kicker” tax rebate and returning an estimated $470
Oregon’s education, health and other vital state services remain highly vulnerable to an economic recession, despite the Legislature’s creation of
Despite the creation of the Oregon Rainy Day Fund by the Legislature earlier this year, Oregon’s public structures remain exposed
State and local governments raise and spend money primarily to educate our children, keep our communities safe, arbitrate disputes through
Corporations operating in Oregon are doing well for themselves, but less well for Oregonians. In the last few years, corporations
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