Category: Tax and Budget

You Make Too Much Money By Steve Buckstein Download Commentary Here In a…

Opportunity Knocks with Redistricting by Karla Kay Edwards Download Here It is obvious…

As April 15 approaches and thousands of tea party activists are planning events…

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Click here to read the full report in PDF format Summary: Governor Kulongoski…

[audio:QuickPoint 1-27-10.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary The Business…

One of the most important back stories about the current Measure 66 and…

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Cascade Policy Institute just released a major economic study which uses two different…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jacob Szeto T: 503.242.0900 F: 503.242.3822 A recent report…

Beware the common wisdom about who might support and who might oppose the…

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FOR IMMEDIATE  RELEASE CONTACT: Jacob Szeto T: 503.242.0900 F: 503.242.3822 According to Recovery.gov,…

Summary: The looming campaign to approve or reject two new legislative tax increases…

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Raising tax rates of any kind risks impairing the private sector’s motivation to…

I estimate that raising the maximum tax rates on personal income, including capital…

The opinions expressed herein are those of the author and should not be…

[audio:QuickPoint 6-3-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary Oregon state…

In a world full of names, acronyms and management change plans, taxpayers can…

Most Oregonians think that our state government is short of money, billions of…

Summary: SJR 29 is based on a fallacy. Its supporters assume that the…

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March 3, 2009 As a member of the Task Force on Comprehensive Revenue…

Summary: The Task Force on Comprehensive Revenue Restructuring was charged with developing a…

At the cost of $819 billion, the current House version of the Obama…

[audio:QP1-14-09.mp3] Click the play button to hear the audio commentary Once again, Oregon…

Summary With Oregon facing a $1-billion-and-counting budget deficit, the temptation exists for legislators…

Summary Oregon state revenues are now projected to be $1 billion short of…

Summary The financial liabilities of social insurance programs in the United States in…

Looking for more tax revenue wherever they can find it, some legislators and…

Summary Demographically benchmarking Oregon spending goes an important step beyond simply making government…

Summary This study updates past research to benchmark Oregon’s spending (Pozdena and Fruits…

A recent report published by the Center for Social Development at Washington University…

Summary Ask even reasonably knowledgeable people how big the Oregon state budget is…

Summary The governor’s Task Force on Comprehensive Revenue Restructuring recently discussed imposing a…

Introduction In a world where taxes are used to finance government, possibilities for…

The collapse of the I-35 Bridge and loss of life in Minneapolis is…

The Oregonian’s front page feature on lobbyist Mark Nelson is a revealing insight…

Funding for the Oregon State Police has been so scarce in recent years…

Electronic waste is a challenge, not a crisis. Disposing of e-waste in a…

Virtually everyone agrees that the state of Oregon needs a rainy day fund;…

The primary effect of Oregon’s land-use regulatory system (especially the use of UGBs…

The number of claims filed under M 37 indicates a vast, pent-up demand…

Governor Kulongoski wants the state to offer free or highly subsidized health insurance…

After spending the first sixteen years of its existence located in downtown Portland,…

One result of last week’s election is that we may finally achieve tax…

Federal tax credits for hybrid-electric vehicles manufactured by Toyota will be cut in…

Metro recently decided to impose a $0.25 tax on all Oregon zoo admissions,…

Summary Oregon state and local governments levy over $268 million a year in…

Last November state economists estimated that Oregon’s tax revenues could exceed their projections…

The State of Oregon sued tobacco companies this week to recover more money…

Now that Oregon’s economy is finally showing signs of life, we are again…

Last year, Inc. magazine rated Portland the nation’s eighth worst metro area in…

Critics are complaining that corporations pay less than their fare share of taxes…

As the debate over Social Security reform heats up, one area of disagreement…

Not too many years ago, the Public Broadcasting Service asked this provocative question:…

Summary This report updates and expands on a previous Cascade Policy Institute report…

Public health nannies complain that the defeat of Measure 30 reduced Oregon’s tobacco…

Oregonians will soon vote on the legislature’s $1 billion tax package. Because this…

Union workers in Patient Business Services at Oregon Health & Sciences University (OHSU)…

Preface Watershed events often become dividing lines in history. Twenty-five years ago, Californians…

On September 9, Alabama voters rejected a $1.2 billion tax increase. Some 67…

What do you think about the recent politician-approved three-year “temporary” state income tax…

The Statesman Journal has a counter on its website tallying the taxpayer burden…

The mass exodus of Oregon public employees—due to pending changes in the Public…

Why should doing something that is legal today land you in jail tomorrow?…

Multnomah County voters just approved Oregon’s only local income tax, primarily to help…

As Multnomah County voters make up their minds about the new county income…

Close on the heels of Measure 28’s failure Portland and Multnomah County officials…