Tax and Budget
Noted Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said, “Taxation is the price we pay for civilization.” But is it?
Economist Mark Skousen best framed the response to Holmes in his paper Persuasion versus Force, where he wrote: “Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure.”
Cascade analyses Oregon state and local tax policy with an eye toward enhancing individual liberty, personal responsibility and economic opportunity.
Featured Publications
- The Fallacy of a $3.5 Billion State Budget Deficit
- Fallout from Measures 66 and 67 that purport to tax “rich” Oregonians and corporations
- Business Taxation: A Loose Cannon On A Dark Night
- After raising taxes, Oregonians should reject moves to gut the Kicker law
- Kicker Envy
Creating the Zero-Tax State: Why Oregon should replace taxes with user fees - The “Perfect Logic” of Taxing Smokers
- The Unseen Costs of Ribbon-Cutting: Losses from Economic Development Programs
- Prosperity or Portland? Remove Portland’s Business Income Tax to improve the city’s economy (two-page commentary) (23-page full report)
Links
- Persuasion versus Force by Mark Skousen
- Is the Income Tax Unconstitutional? by Sheldon Richman
- “Tax Man” lyrics by The Beatles
- The Hidden Cost of Taxation by Dwight R. Lee
- Americans for Tax Reform
- Cato Institute — Tax Policy
- FreedomWorks — Oregon
- Taxpayer Association of Oregon
