Medicaid is the nation’s major public health program for low-income Americans, financing health and long-term care services for more than 50 million people.
Medicaid Plays a Crucial Role in the Health of Oregonians Read More »
A group of thirty-eight Oregon organizations representing a range of providers and consumer groups who have first hand knowledge of the important role that Medicaid plays in meeting the health needs of tens of thousands of Oregonians called on Senators Gordon Smith and Ron Wyden to protect Oregon’s children, seniors, and disabled adults as Congress considers making deep cuts to the program.
Since 1989, corporations that increase eligible research and development (R&D) spending in Oregon over a certain base amount get a rebate of five percent of the increase. In other words, Oregon taxpayers will give a company five cents for every dollar that company spends on research and development over the base amount.
What’s wrong with this picture? The country has gone from a projected surplus to deficit in just four years.
Shared Sacrifice for the Budgetary Mess Read More »
Oregon’s Constitution prohibits the state Legislative Assembly from delegating law-making authority to Congress, except with regard to the income tax.
Albert Einstein Would Oppose Rolling Reconnect; Why HB 2542-A Should be Amended Read More »
The American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 included the largest single tax cut for corporate America in years, a new deduction for “qualified production activities income,” or QPAI. Under current law, the Legislative Assembly must choose to “connect” to this tax break before companies can use it. In early April, the House voted to allow the QPAI deduction as part of HB 2542-A.
Widely cited rankings of state business climates are so deeply flawed as to be meaningless, according to a new book released today by the Economic Policy Institute and the Oregon Center for Public Policy.
Widely Cited Business Climate Rankings Flawed Read More »
Early in June, the US Senate is expected to consider costly proposals to reform or to completely repeal the estate tax. The Senate will debate this issue at a time when it must also consider other serious fiscal matters, including the country’s vast budget deficits, the need to provide relief from the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) for 2007 and beyond, and new financing for ongoing military operations abroad.
Permanent Repeal of the Estate Tax Would be Costly Read More »
During a television interview recently, I was asked what tax break I considered the most outrageous of the 352 tax breaks explained in Oregon’s Tax Expenditure Report.
Tax Breaks and Secret Spending Read More »
Oregon’s state corporate income tax has dropped to very low levels, both as a share of the economy and as a share of all income taxes paid in Oregon.
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