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The Inflation Reduction Act is oddly named, but great tax policy
We hope The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 actually makes it through Congress. It has some great tax policy in it, things we’ve been advocating at the national level for a long time. But despite the bill’s name, it is about reducing wealth inequality more than reducing inflation. Amy Hanauer, [...]
Bringing Candidates Up to Speed on Tax and Revenue Issues
Members of the TFO Steering Committee have been meeting since May with candidates running for the Oregon Legislature. Our goal? To help them understand some basic tax and revenue issues that they will be facing if elected. Of the 75 districts up for election in November, 24 are guaranteed to [...]
Sine die: Never were we so relieved
We anticipated that the 2022 short session would be all defense, and for the most part we kept the forces of greed from scoring. It was a smile to hear Chris Allanach, the able civil servant who heads the Legislative Revenue Office, tell House Revenue Chair Nancy Nathanson (D-Eugene) that [...]
Gain Share is a boon to Washington County—and a bane to the rest of the state
We are sending this message (without the action buttons) to every member of the House, and we are asking you to send your own, shorter message, to your representative. It was also published on Thursday in The Oregon Way. Gain Share is a boon to Washington County—and a bane to the [...]
Week 3 in the Oregon Legislature: rushing to spend surpluses before we know we have them
We’re disappointed, if unsurprised, that the revenue committees are focused on tax credits and other giveaways. We aren’t shocked that the tax bills under consideration lack any guiding philosophy but represent a grab-bag of gifts to whatever constituency is squawking. Number 1 on our Hit Parade, albeit a relatively small [...]