News Release Oregon continues to tax the incomes of low-income working families at higher rates than most states, according to a report released today by the Washington, D.C.-based Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Oregon families with incomes at or slightly above poverty face especially heavy tax burdens compared to other states. “The majority of […]
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The slowing US economy could use some temporary fiscal stimulus to get things going again, but the Bush Administration’s tax cut proposal is not right for the job. Bush’s proposed cuts are a permanent, back-loaded gift to the wealthiest Americans at the expense of everyone else. Even if made retroactive, it will do little to
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The Oregon Population Survey, recently released by the Oregon Progress Board, paints an odd picture of the state’s economy between 1997 and 1999. The report maintains that the typical Oregon household saw declining incomes over those two years, even though the state was in the seventh and eighth years of uninterrupted economic expansion, and labor
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Oregonians have good reasons to be mad at Enron. Friends and neighbors who work for Enron subsidiary Portland General Electric saw their retirement savings vanish.
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News Release Only one-quarter of elderly Oregon taxpayers will get any tax relief from Ballot Measures 88 and 91, according to a new analysis of the measures released today by the Oregon Center for Public Policy, a non-profit, non-partisan research institute. These measures increase the deduction for federal income taxes. The wealthiest six percent of
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News Release Only one-quarter of elderly Oregon taxpayers will get any tax relief from Ballot Measures 88 and 91, according to a new analysis of the measures released today by the Oregon Center for Public Policy, a non-profit, non-partisan research institute. These measures increase the deduction for federal income taxes. The wealthiest six percent of
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Executive Summary Oregon is one of nine states that allow taxpayers to claim federal income taxes paid as a deduction on personal income tax forms. Oregon taxpayers can deduct up to $3,000 of federal personal income tax on their Oregon tax returns. There are two initiatives proposing changes to this structure. Measure 88 would increase
Nation Sees First Increase In Health Insurance Coverage In 12 Years While Oregon Is Stagnant
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The State of Working Oregon 2000 Executive Summary Most Oregonians have benefited from the last few years of economic expansion. Incomes and wages are up, and unemployment has remained relatively low. Using a wide range of economic data, Prosperity in Perspective: The State of Working Oregon 2000 documents that, while the economic expansion of the late 1990s
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News Release The state welfare agency, the Adult and Family Services Division, (AFS) is demanding that caseworkers significantly reduce their caseloads even though the agency has $10 million in federal funds available to expand help to low income families, according to the Silverton-based Oregon Center for Public Policy. The OCPP is a non-profit, nonpartisan research