A service of the Taxpayer Association of Oregon Foundation.
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, Oregon City law enforcement officers are investigating the theft of thousands of dollars from more than a half dozen unsuspecting car purchasers who ended up buying stolen vehicles from a fake dealership lot in the city. Despite the Better Business Bureau accreditation on the wall, the counterfeit dealership that…
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, Oregonians pay some of the highest taxes in the nation, ranking 5th in average net tax rates according to research published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Despite our heavy burden, our state is failing to deliver where it matters most: education. Shockingly, The Oregonian reports that Oregon’s…
By Bob Clark, Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, High-income taxes and a high cost of living hurt Oregonians. In its latest reporting, the U.S Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) ranks Oregon sixth highest in income taxation, among the 50 U.S states (when combining local, state and federal income taxes for each state). (This chart is…
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, As Portland City Council plans to figure out its $100 million Budget Crisis, it has asked Portland Police and Fire to provide a 5% and 8% budget cut while hiring more staffers to increase the city council budget. Portland Mayor Keith Wilson defends the city council’s increased budget of…
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies arrested two Oregonians who tried to enter a Palisades Fire evacuation zone while pretending to be firefighters, a day after they admitted having been granted access to the zone, according to LA Sheriff’s Office. Dustin Nehl, 31, and Jennifer Nehl, 44, in a firetruck…
Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, The FBI asked the public in a news conference for help to find the person who set 3 ballot boxes on fire with incendiary devices in the Portland Vancouver area last fall. They are offering a $25,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person…
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, If it feels like Portland homeowners are struggling to keep up with mortgage payments lately, it’s true, as seen by an analysis by Zoocasa. The real estate company compared the growth in income in different cities from May 2018 to May 2023 to the increase in mortgage payments during…
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, Liberals attack our health care system by stating that the United States is spending more on health care than other nations, and therefore we need more government control and regulations. As the chart above shows, a nation’s health care spending is tightly correlated to the wealth of a nation…
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, The plan to create a new casino near Medford, Oregon is advancing as the President Biden administration has given signs of approval for a Coquille tribe plan for their Medford casino. This is part of a 12-year long battle for the tribe. It would be a 30,000-square-foot casino with…
By Taxpayers Association of Oregon Foundation, A woman who trains people to guide others on psychedelic mushroom trips and calls it a religion may lose her company’s exempt status from government oversight if the Oregon Health Authority follows through on its threat to revoke approval of Myco-Method, according to according to Willamette Week. The OHA…