U.S. Census Bureau data released today showed that Oregon failed to make progress expanding health coverage or reducing poverty in 2007-08.
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In the midst of a severe recession it should come as no surprise that the most recent economic data available this Labor Day are bleak.
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News Release This Labor Day Oregon workers confront near record-high unemployment, falling wages and a safety net with holes. That’s the assessment of the latest economic data in a report released today by the Oregon Center for ublic Policy. Current economic woes, said OCPP, follow on the heels of an economic expansion that saw income
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In the pantheon of American values, few are more venerated than work. The esteem accorded to a strong work ethic dates from the days of the Puritans and was evident in President Obama’s recent address to the nation’s schoolchildren.
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Even with the corporate tax increase enacted by the 2009 legislature, corporations will still be contributing nowhere near the share of total Oregon income taxes that they paid three decades ago.
The overhaul of the nation’s welfare system 13 years ago was supposed to help set poor families on a path toward self-sufficiency, but that goal has moved further away for Oregon families currently served by the program.
Welfare Reform’s Self-Sufficiency Goal Further Away in Oregon Read More »
The good, the bad and the not Michigan
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By more than a two-to-one margin Oregonians favor the legislature’s recently enacted tax increases on corporations and the wealthy, according to a new poll released today by the Oregon Center for Public Policy.
New Poll Shows Most Oregonians Back Legislature’s Tax Measures Read More »
Unemployment benefits will run out for thousands of Oregon workers in the next few months. By moving quickly to extend those benefits, Congress can spare workers, their families and our economy greater hardship. In normal times, Oregon workers who lose their jobs through no fault of their own can collect unemployment benefits for up to
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What was once said of General Motors rings true for small businesses: what’s good for them is good for America. Nearly a quarter of the nation’s net jobs growth in recent years has flowed from small businesses, many of them start-up companies that fuel innovation and economic growth.
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