The push to enact the Trump/GOP tax scheme is entering its final stages — a conference committee and final passage in both chambers. Oregonians rightly disturbed by this costly and highly regressive tax scheme should weigh in with the one member of Oregon’s congressional delegation who has supported it: Representative Greg Walden.
Oregonians have one target to stop the GOP tax scheme: Walden Read More »
The U.S. Senate just took a reckless and fiscally irresponsible action by narrowly approving a tax bill that rewards greed and likely undermines the well-being of most Oregonians.
Senate rewards greed and wreaks havoc with tax vote Read More »
We’ve been getting questions about what Ballot Measure 101 means for Oregonians’ health care. To help you sort it out, we provide answers to the following common questions:
Answers to your questions about Ballot Measure 101 and the health care of Oregonians Read More »
When the U.S. House of Representatives voted on its version of the Trump tax plan on November 16, 13 Republican Representatives said “no.” For all but one of them, the tax plan’s gutting of the State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction was a deciding factor.
Rep. Walden rubs SALT on the tax plan wound Read More »
It just got real.
Until last Thursday, the discussion of massive changes to our nation’s tax system were based on a framework referred to as “the Trump tax plan.”
Three big takeaways from the House GOP tax plan Read More »
Which states would you guess had stronger economic growth in recent years: those without an income tax, or those with the highest marginal income tax rates?
Oregon is in good company, tax-wise Read More »
Former state representative, founder of the Bus Project, and co-founder of XRAY.FM Jefferson Smith will become executive director of the Oregon Center for Public Policy, the state’s leading public policy think tank. Center founder and long-time executive director Chuck Sheketoff will be stepping down at the end of the year. “It is an honor to
Oregon Center for Public Policy names Jefferson Smith new executive director Read More »
It’s official: there will be a special election in Oregon on January 23, 2018. At stake in ballot Measure 101 is the health care of hundreds of thousands of Oregonians.
The health care of hundreds of thousands of Oregonians is at stake Read More »
Initial results are in: The tax reform plan proposed by President Trump and congressional Republicans will benefit the richest Oregonians far more than the middle-class.
Trump tax plan showers rich Oregonians with tax cuts Read More »
This report is also available as a PDF: Highest Earning Oregonians Pull Away Income inequality in Oregon is at an all-time high, by one key measure.[1] The difference between the average income of the richest 1 out of 1,000 Oregonians and the typical Oregonian has never been bigger.[2] Confronting income inequality is perhaps the greatest challenge
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