Oregon spendaholics must learn fiscal responsibility
The Statesman Journal has a counter on its website tallying the taxpayer burden…
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PERS reforms are not "forcing" people out
The mass exodus of Oregon public employees—due to pending changes in the Public…
Read Blog DetailNow Playing: Tax to the Future
Why should doing something that is legal today land you in jail tomorrow?…
Read Blog DetailPass a tax, reject an opportunity
Multnomah County voters just approved Oregon’s only local income tax, primarily to help…
Read Blog DetailBusiness collects taxes, but doesn’t pay them
As Multnomah County voters make up their minds about the new county income…
Read Blog DetailDon’t adopt the "Daughter of 28"
Close on the heels of Measure 28’s failure Portland and Multnomah County officials…
Read Blog DetailThe fatal conceit of selective tax breaks
Oregon legislators are eager to review existing tax breaks. The thinking is, some…
Read Blog DetailFor a better road system: electronic tolling
The Oregon Road User Fee Task Force recently became the object of scorn…
Read Blog DetailA sales tax could cost Oregon jobs
Oregonians have nixed a sales tax nine times at the ballot box, yet…
Read Blog DetailTemporary is a long-time in government-speak
During the last session Oregon legislators created the current budget shortfall. They added…
Read Blog DetailAn electric idea to save taxpayers half-a-million bucks
Portland’s Mayor Katz and Commissioner Sten are spending a half-million dollars to study…
Read Blog DetailPrinciples, not taxes, needed to balance state budget
In June of 1993 Cascade Policy Institute published the report Seven Principles of…
Read Blog DetailTime to revisit privatizing Social Security
The stock market has plunged over the last two years. Recent corporate accounting…
Read Blog DetailKeep the quorum: Preserve the double-majority rule
Low voter turnout in the recent Oregon primary election helped block numerous tax…
Read Blog DetailDrug prohibition, cigarette taxes and terrorism
When U.S. Drug Czar John Walters spoke in Portland last Friday he touched…
Read Blog DetailPERS: Let’s talk solutions
Gubernatorial candidate Ron Saxton deserves praise for making the state’s financially insolvent Public…
Read Blog DetailExtend Enron scrutiny to government programs
The collapse of Enron has been grabbing headlines for months. Politicians are on…
Read Blog DetailTime to commercialize Oregon’s bridges
The Oregonian‘s four-part story about Oregon’s slowly collapsing highway bridges points to a…
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