As poverty continues to rise in Oregon, a new report published today said that Oregon remains among a minority of states that tax the income of working poor families and that its tax is among the highest.
Working Poor Oregonians Pay More in Income Taxes Than Poor in Most Other States Read More »
[Note: I have corrected an error in the original post regarding Rep. Kurt Schrader’s position on a balanced budget amendment.]
Will Congress Vote for Economic Catastrophe By Adopting a Balanced Budget Amendment? Read More »
Even under the inadequate, official definition, poverty engulfs a large share of Oregonians. And the social tragedy that is poverty is getting worse.
A Graphic View of Poverty in Oregon Read More »
The headline in a front-page story in Saturday’s The Oregonian read: “’Shocking’ increase in poverty rests on flawed statistics.”
Poverty Is Even More Shocking Than Previously Estimated Read More »
I was pleased to see that The Oregonian’s lead story yesterday brought attention to the extent of the hardship that would follow if Congress fails to extend emergency unemployment benefits before year’s end. The story did a nice job reporting on the likely impact of ending the emergency benefits. It noted that the Oregon Employment Department estimates that
An Otherwise Good-to-See News Story in The Oregonian Read More »
We need a do-something Congress. Because if lawmakers fail to extend emergency unemployment benefits before year’s end, it will wreak havoc on millions of American families and destabilize the economy. Created during the Great Depression, unemployment insurance provides a temporary and partial wage replacement to those who have lost their jobs. Above all, the program
We Need a Do-Something Congress Read More »
Intel recently released a report on the “Economic Impacts of Intel’s Oregon Operations,” the third in an irregular series of reports it commissions from ECONorthwest.
What Was Not Inside Intel’s Economic Report Read More »
Policymakers across the nation and the Obama administration are rightly looking at Oregon Measures 66 and 67 as a guide for how to deal with revenue shortfalls that threaten deeper cuts to education, health and human services and public safety — contrary to the unsupported and misguided claims in the Statesman Journal’s Oct. 5 editorial.
Measures 66, 67 averted deeper cuts in state Read More »
Last month, Gov. John Kitzhaber travelled to Springfield, Oregon, to deliver a speech on the “State of the Schools.” In his remarks, the Governor said that “we need a North Star, a compass heading, a destination on which we can focus our aspirations.”
Oregon’s path to achieving excellence in education just got steeper.
Confront Poverty to Improve Education Read More »
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