News Release Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released new data on the extent of poverty and the change in household median income in Oregon. According to an analysis by the Oregon Center for Public Policy, a non-profit research institute in Silverton, the new numbers “are a reflection of the widening economic gulf that separates urban […]
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News Release Today, the U.S. Census Bureau released new data on the extent of poverty and the change in household median income in Oregon. According to an analysis by the Oregon Center for Public Policy, a non-profit research institute in Silverton, the new numbers “are a reflection of the widening economic gulf that separates urban
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This Labor Day weekend new reports by economists in Oregon and Washington, D.C. show that the strong national and state economy of the last few years has failed to lift the economic fortunes of middle class workers. The reports question the impact of state and federal tax cuts on the economic plight of middle class
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News Release Today marks the third anniversary of the 1996 federal welfare law and it is “no cause for celebration,” according to the Oregon Center for Public Policy, a public policy research firm based in Silverton. President Clinton signed the landmark law on August 22, 1996, ending the nation’s commitment to provide financial assistance to
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Executive Summary The OCPP asked the Washington, D.C.-based Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) to analyze the impact of SB 535-A on households in Oregon using ITEP’s nationally recognized microsimulation tax model. Download a copy of the full report: An Analysis of SB 535’s Proposed Corporate and Personal Income Tax Capital Gains Tax Cut (PDF)
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The Oregon Health Plan (OHP) was designed to provide Medicaid coverage to all Oregon families with incomes below the federal poverty level (FPL). Prior to OHP implementation, Medicaid for poor families was limited primarily to families who were also receiving welfare. In creating the OHP, the Legislative Assembly specifically provided that all persons below the
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Executive Summary Oregon’s “highest in the nation” minimum wage continues to raise wages for former welfare recipients and other low-wage workers without harming their employment opportunities. Data through the first quarter of 1999 shows that the fully phased-in increase has reversed years of declining wages for welfare recipients and other low-wage workers. Download a copy
Under current law, Oregon taxpayers can deduct up to $3,000 of federal personal income tax on their Oregon tax returns. Senate Bill 537-A would increase this limit from $3,000 to $5,000 starting in tax years beginning January 1, 2000, and would index the limit to changes in the consumer price index in subsequent years. The
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News Release A tax cut measure promoted by the state’s business lobby directs the bulk of its cuts to a minority of Oregonians in the top income class and has significant revenue impacts, according to the Oregon Center for Public Policy (OCPP). The measure, Senate Bill 537-A, is on its way to the Senate floor
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Oregonians will soon be considering whether to allow taxpayers to deduct more of their federal income taxes from the personal income tax. Under current law, Oregon taxpayers can deduct up to $3,000 of federal personal income tax on their Oregon tax returns. One proposed change pending before the 1999 Legislative Assembly would increase this limit