The federal Affordable Care Act, which marks its second anniversary this month, has set in motion changes that will save money for Oregon small businesses. Businesses large and small have endured rapidly rising costs of providing health coverage to their workers.
How the Affordable Care Act Lowers Costs for Small Businesses Read More »
As the second anniversary of the federal Affordable Care Act approaches, the Oregon legislature delivered a nice present for Oregon small business owners and their workers: legislation advancing the Oregon Health Insurance Exchange.
An Anniversary Present for Oregon Small Businesses Read More »
More Oregonians became officially “poor” this year, following publication of new federal poverty guidelines. These guidelines offer an important — albeit inadequate — answer to the question, “What is poverty?”
Defining “Poverty” Matters Read More »
Let me put a disclaimer right up front: it is rather meaningless to compare states in terms of revenue collections (as, unfortunately, is often done in political and policy discussions).
We’re a Low-Tax, High-Fee State Read More »
The money we pay in fees and taxes helps create jobs, build a strong economy, and preserve Oregon’s quality of life. It does this by educating our children, keeping our communities safe, and providing health care and many other vital services.
Oregon: Where Taxes are Low, Fees are High and Revenue Is Slightly Below Average Read More »
You’d think that the guy who popularized the kooky, destructive and widely discredited notion that tax cuts pay for themselves would long ago have been dismissed as the equivalent of an economic snake oil salesman (and as the peddler of a thinly veiled attempt to increase regressive sales taxes).
Laffer is #Laffable Read More »
Pop quiz: If you compare Oregon’s economic growth from 2001 to 2010 to that of the nine states in the country that levy no personal income tax, how well did the Beaver State perform?
High Income Taxes Accompany Stronger State Economies Read More »
OCPP tallies claims against construction, information, hotel and restaurant industries
Oregon Lawmakers to Hear of Harm Wrought by Wage Theft Read More »
Wage claims filed with state authorities provide a glimpse of the serious problem of wage theft in Oregon. 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 worked, steal tips or don’t pay workers at all. Some workers seek redress
In What Industries Is Wage Theft Prevalent? Read More »
Last-minute decisions often do not yield good public policy. Congress has demonstrated this repeatedly. Consider last summer’s raise-the-debt-ceiling circus.
Families Living Paycheck-to-Paycheck Need to Know the EITC Will Be There Read More »
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