While Oregon families in the bottom fifth of the income scale pay 8.3 percent of all of their income in state and local taxes, the rate is 7.6 percent for families in the middle of the income scale, and 7.0 percent for the wealthiest 1 percent of families (PDF; 2-page summary).
Oregon’s Tax System: Poor and Middle Pay More than Rich Read More »
EITC Awareness Day highlights one of the most important federal tax credits, the Earned Income Tax Credit. Hopefully, this day will also draw attention to the need for the 2013 Oregon legislature to extend Oregon’s own EITC, which is currently scheduled to expire at the end of 2013. This infographic and fact sheet from the Center
How the EITC Benefits Everyone Read More »
In the last years of his life, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. waged a campaign to end economic inequality and poverty.
Hear and meet one of the nation’s leading economists, Jared Bernstein, talk about income inequality, the state of the middle class and economic growth. Eugene, January 28; Portland, January 29 These events are free and open to the public. See here for details.
Income Inequality, the Middle Class and Economic Growth Read More »
Oregonians will soon get a chance to hear one of the nation’s leading economists, Jared Bernstein, give his take on income inequality, the state of the middle class and economic growth.
Economist Jared Bernstein Comes to Oregon for Two Talks Read More »
The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) increases opportunity and provides pathways out of poverty in every corner of Oregon.
EITC Helps a Quarter Million Working Families in Oregon Read More »
Wage claims filed recently with state officials show that the problem of wage theft in Oregon has not gone away. Wage theft occurs when employers pay workers less than the minimum wage, don’t pay time-and-a-half for overtime hours, cheat on the number of hours paid, steal tips or don’t pay workers at all. Some workers
Oregon’s Wage Theft Problem Persists Read More »
Please share widely on Facebook and other social media. Related Materials Learn more: The Basics of the Basic Health Program: How “Basic Health” Could Strengthen Oregon’s Health Reform Efforts, March 4, 2013
Simple Guide to Basic Health Read More »
Oregon’s low-paid workers will get a raise starting in the new year, when a 15-cent increase to the state’s minimum wage takes effect.
New Year Rings in Pay Hike for Oregon Minimum Wage Earners Read More »
Tens of thousands of unemployed Oregonians need Congress to act now to extend Emergency Unemployment Insurance (see this story and this story). Emergency unemployment compensation is helping 29,240 Oregonians who, despite looking for over 26 weeks, have not been hired. That is about the number (29,600) of Oregonians OCPP estimates will abruptly lose benefits on December 29 if
Congress Needs to Extend Emergency Unemployment Insurance – Now Read More »
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