😔 Nearly half-million Oregonians lived below the poverty line in 2024. As our new report shares, contrary to what some may believe, most families with children living in poverty are working poor.
Read our full report here: https://bit.ly/4aCFlMw
@fafo #oregon #poverty #orleg #orpol
⚡ The new POWER act requires large data centers to pay much more on their energy bill (29% increase) but lowers many other customers' energy bill.
⚡ Listen to our podcast exploring the truth behind Hillsboro’s data centers : https://bit.ly/4s6W3cO
#hillsboro #datacenters #poweract #oregon
💯 We couldn't agree more! "Prosperity comes from public investments in people and their capacities.'"
By contrast, tax subsidies for corporations are by-and-large a waste of resources!
https://bit.ly/3SslhpS
#orleg #orpol
Agreed! Oregon's prosperity will come when the rich begin paying their fair share of taxes. The Oregon Prosperity Council is on the wrong track.
https://bit.ly/4e9enOW
#orpol #orleg
💯 We couldn't agree more! "Prosperity comes from public investments in people and their capacities.'"
By contrast, tax subsidies for corporations are by-and-large a waste of resources #orleg #orpol
🤔 Oregon's main economic challenge is not the lack of prosperity …but that the gains of our economy have largely flowed to the rich!
🤩 As policy analyst Tyler says, Oregon's economy has done quite well over the long haul, compared to other states.
🔉 Listen here: https://bit.ly/4a5ypHI
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“Are we going to trust these corporations that are trying to sell whatever they think we will buy or are we going to demand good family wage jobs from these industries?”
Tyler Fellini, from Jobs with Justice speaking at the Toxic Roots Conference in Portland.
#toxicroots #orpol #orleg
A group seeking to reinstate tax breaks favoring the rich and corporations couldn’t come up with enough signatures to place it on the Oregon ballot. Too bad, so sad!
Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/4udoXcg
#orpol #orleg #oregon @forallfamiliesoregon @seiulocal503
🤫 Oregon’s tax landscape is a bargain for businesses...the debate about business taxes in Oregon too often sees taxes as a cost!
😎 Read our full analysis here: https://bit.ly/3PN7mtE
#orpol #orleg #oregon #portland #taxbenefits
🌽 More than 3,500 Oregonians who work at Walmart rely on SNAP (food stamps) to feed themselves because their low wages don't cut it.
🌽 Yet Walmart got massive tax cuts from the Trump administration's Big Ugly Bill last year.
RAGE!
✅ Read more here: https://bit.ly/4f9epqX
#snap #orpol #orleg
Oregon Center for Public Policy
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Rather than recycle the big business lobby’s permanent agenda to beef up its bottom line, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek’s Prosperity Council recommendations should follow the evidence. Prosperity comes from ...
Rather than recycle the big business lobby’s permanent agenda to beef up its bottom line, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek’s Prosperity Council recommendations should follow the evidence. Prosperity comes from ...
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Oregon Center for Public Policy
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Gov. Tina Kotek’s Prosperity Council is due to release its recommendations later this month for how to boost business competitiveness in Oregon. But to really put the state on the track to prosperity,...
