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Trump’s Tax Breaks
One of our favorite sources of tax information is ITEP, the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy. They just put out this info about the Trump tax proposals, as they were that day. He does keep adding new tax breaks in his speeches. We though you might find ITEP’s analysis [...]
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If you looked at your voters’ pamphlet and counted, as I just did, you’d know that there are 29 arguments in favor and 55 in opposition to M118. Don’t want to read them all? There is now a website for the groups like ours opposing M118. It pulls out quotes [...]
Still undecided about Measure 118?
We’ve already said we think Measure 118 is a hot mess. Here’s what we put in the Voter’s Pamphlet on Measure 118 Tax Fairness Oregon Opposes Measure 118 Tax Fairness Oregon is a network of volunteers who advocate for a fair, equitable, and efficient tax code. We fight against tax breaks for [...]
Measure 118 is a hot mess!
A critical citizens’ initiative, Measure 118, will be on the ballot this November. If it passes it will dramatically change Oregon’s tax and spending policy. It would raise around $7 billion per year through a new gross receipts tax on corporations (that’s 50% more than the State’s current revenue from [...]
Baseball strategy meeting tomorrow
Just a reminder that we’ve having a strategy meeting on the baseball stadium issue. After a brief overview, we’ll be discussing how to stop legislators from giving money to build the new baseball stadiums need by privately owned teams to satisfy the contracts they signed with MLB back in 2021 [...]