Low-income working families across Oregon are busy filling out their income tax returns well ahead of the April deadline. That’s
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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US Senator Gordon Smith has a problem. He appears to be hooked on fiscally irresponsible tax cuts, in general, and
Oregon US Senator Ron Wyden proposed a “bold and ambitious” tax plan today, according to the Silverton-based Oregon Center for
Oregonians have a little over a year to decide if we believe in ourselves. Next year, Oregon voters probably will
Many of the nation's largest, most profitable companies are paying little or no federal income taxes, according to a study
Today’s announcement in the “Close of Session” economic and revenue forecast that corporations in Oregon will be receiving a $101
Here’s an idea for running the economy: let’s all give tax breaks to super-rich heirs like Paris Hilton! Then, Paris
Without the Legislature taking a single vote, Oregon corporations finished the 2005 legislative session scoring a 23 percent reduction in
Since 1989, corporations that increase eligible research and development (R&D) spending in Oregon over a certain base amount get a
What’s wrong with this picture? The country has gone from a projected surplus to deficit in just four years.
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