Expanding the EIC in 2009
This tax season, Oregon will require a minimum wage worker who was employed full-time, year-round last year and supported one child to pay about $321 in state income taxes.
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Oregon Doubles Its Venture Capital Without Income Tax Break
Oregon doubled its take of venture capital last year without conferring special tax breaks to encourage the investment, according to the Oregon Center for Public Policy.
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President’s Proposed Budget Cuts Would Hurt Oregonians and Shift Costs to State
President Bush’s proposed 2009 budget would cut over $200 million in federal funding for a slew of social programs in Oregon, shifting costs to the state at time when a weakening economy has shrunk state revenues, according to the Oregon Center for Public Policy.
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Where Will the Pain Be?
The U.S. home loan market is failing in spectacular fashion. A housing bubble created partly by lax consumer protection laws has burst, sending delinquencies and foreclosures soaring and hobbling the national economy.
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Fiscal Danger Ahead
Imagine you’re driving down the road and see a large pothole up ahead. Would you run over it and risk blowing a tire or cracking the axle? Or would you avoid the hazard and continue on your way?
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Federal Business Tax Break Triggers Fiscal Emergency in Oregon
Those looking for an emergency to justify this month’s “special session” by the Oregon Legislative Assembly need search no more.
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Subprime Subprime loans affect families and communities in every corner of Oregon, by legislative district
With SB 1090, the Oregon legislature will address mortgage lending reform during the 2008 special session. As legislators take up the discussion, they should recognize that subprime mortgage lending and the predatory lending practices that sometimes accompany it affect Oregonians in every legislative district of the state.
OCPP Finds Racial Pattern in Oregon’s Subprime Lending
As the Oregon legislature prepares to consider stronger regulation of the mortgage loan industry, a new analysis by the Oregon Center for Public Policy has found a racial pattern in the state’s subprime lending.
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Oregon Lottery Scratch-its: The New Joe Camel
Years ago, facing legal and political pressure for marketing cancer sticks to youth, R.J. Reynolds put out to pasture its infamous Joe Camel mascot.
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OCPP Encourages Poor to Gamble With Oregon Health Plan Lottery
After years of calling the state lottery “a bad tax on people with a poor understanding of statistics,” the Oregon Center for Public Policy has finally found a lottery that they want to promote.
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