The Oregon Center for Public Policy, a Silverton-based research institute, today called a legislative proposal to cut capital gains taxes
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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On June 30th the Oregon Legislative Assembly adjourned its third special session, called to deal with a revenue shortfall that
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The Oregon Center for Public Policy, a non-profit, non-partisan research institute whose name was misspelled by the Elections Division in
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