If a majority of the Oregon Legislature think a tax is needed to support an important program, or that a
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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It would be good to know which Oregon businesses pay their employees so little or offer so few benefits that
Public discussion in Oregon about undocumented immigrant workers and their families has tended to focus on the costs to Oregon
Working Oregonians who are poor or near-poor pay high state income taxes compared to their counterparts in other states, according
If we lived in Maryland we’d have the same state drink (milk) and state dance (square) as Oregon. But unfortunately
The Tax Foundation’s 2007 State Business Tax Climate Index claims that Oregon’s economic future is bright because its business taxes
When your W-2 form arrives, think of this: Certain multistate corporations are paying much less in corporate income taxes today
As strange as it may seem, a number of Oregon legislators are seriously discussing providing a windfall to wealthy people
Proponents of a ballot initiative that imposes an overly harsh and arbitrary spending limit in Oregon’s constitution are calling their
A new report finds that all but the wealthiest Oregonians will be worse off because of tax cuts enacted by
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