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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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Congress will soon consider a tax reconciliation package that includes extending two investment tax cuts that are due to expire
Oregon’s corporate income tax system is broken. It is so riddled with loopholes that big corporations today are paying a
This tax day, ordinary Oregonians are paying more than their share of taxes because corporations are paying less. Over the
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Oregon’s economy is growing, but the economic downturn that began in 2001 is still limiting the ability of the State
If the amount of Oregon revenues collected over a two-year budget cycle exceeds the state economists' projections made near the
Oregon’s economy would be better protected by public investments in education and infrastructure than by inserting a Colorado-style TABOR spending
On February 27, 2006, the Tax Foundation released a paper claiming that Oregon’s economic future is bright because its business
At the recent annual Dorchester conference of Oregon Republicans, US Senator Gordon Smith reportedly talked about taxes, the economy, and
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