Metro’s Open Space Levy: A Bait and Switch for Taxpayers
Since 1995, Metro has been steadily buying up thousands of acres of undeveloped…
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Should Oregon Replace the Income Tax with a Sales Tax?
In 2007 Governor Ted Kulongoski appointed me to represent taxpayers on the legislatively…
Read Blog DetailThe Marketplace Fairness Act: Taxation Without Representation?
Congress is poised to raise taxes again, this time by allowing states to…
Read Blog DetailEarth Day Exposes the Ironies of the Left’s Trendy Environmentalism
By Todd Myers On April 22, in cities across America, some environmental activists…
Read Blog Detail"After the Welfare State" Book Forum
Join Cascade Policy Institute and Atlas Economic Research Foundation as we welcome world-renowned speaker…
Read Blog DetailEven in Portland, Bike Share Can’t Get Private Investors
By Doug DeFilipps Bike share is a rental system in which bicycles are…
Read Blog DetailTime to Reset Oregon’s Budget and Recharge Our Economy: Facing Reality 2013
The Oregon legislature is struggling to balance the state budget while meeting the…
Read Blog DetailCascade in the Capitol: Testimony on proposed Oregon sales tax
Testimony before the Senate Committee on Finance and Revenue regarding sales tax bills…
Read Blog Detail“Housing Fairness” Bill Is Unfair to Landlords
By Doug DeFilipps Ending “housing discrimination” against holders of Section 8 rent assistance…
Read Blog DetailIndiana Court Upholds School Choice Program, Invites Hope for Oregon’s Kids
On March 26, the Indiana Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion holding that…
Read Blog DetailCoalition Releases New ‘Facing Reality’ Budget Report
For Immediate Release April 8, 2013 PORTLAND, Ore. – Americans for Prosperity-Oregon and…
Read Blog DetailBuying Off Discontent: The Economic Wreckage of Disability Benefits in America
By Elise Hilton You lose the factory job you’ve had since high school…
Read Blog DetailFacing Reality 2013: Ideas to Reset Oregon’s Budget and Recharge Its Economy
By Karla Kay Edwards Steve Buckstein Americans for Prosperity-Oregon and Cascade Policy Institute…
Read Blog DetailSaving Transit by Shrinking TriMet
In the past eight years, the all-funds budget for TriMet has gone up…
Read Blog DetailCascade in the Capitol: Testimony in Favor of Decriminalizing Marijuana
Testimony before the House Committee on Judiciary in Favor of HB 3371 by…
Read Blog DetailFacing Reality 2013: Ideas to Reset Oregon’s Budget and Recharge Its Economy
By Karla Kay Edwards and Steve Buckstein Introduction Americans for Prosperity-Oregon and Cascade…
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