Alejandro Queral

How billionaires took over American politics The current concentration of wealth is unlike anything in history. So is billionaires’ involvement in politics.

The solution to this problem? We must TAX extreme wealth!
https://wapo.st/3Xd8ozh

#oligarchy #taxthewealthy #costofliving #poor #theeconomy

Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness Oregon gave homeless youths cash payments with no strings attached. Read how it helped.

❗The evidence is clear. Unconditional cash is an effective tool to help unhoused youth meet their basic needs. 🏆 🏆

🏆 Street Roots Story: https://bit.ly/4pusnWl

Learn more on OCPP's guaranteed income campaign: https://bit.ly/4in5xxy

#portland #unhousedyouth @streetroots.bsky.social #streetroots

Whether or not you get your health care from Medicaid, the Big Ugly bill is going to affect your health coverage.

Watch the full episode of Policy for the People --> bit.ly/415GWWw

The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office just issued an analysis that makes it clear: when you add up the tax cuts and the cuts to Medicaid, SNAP and other services, the rich gain, the poor lose.

Read CBO analysis --> bit.ly/4jZQud3

Oregon lawmakers need to protect and invest in Oregonians. #ProtectOregonNow #orleg

The House tax plan has hit a roadblock for now, but make no mistake about it: it's a huge giveaway to the rich.

Economic inequality is already at extreme levels. The U.S. House tax plan would make it worse

Cuts to Medicaid, as proposed in the current budget plan moving in Congress, will hurt Oregonians in every congressional district. That's especially true for the 2nd Congressional district, covering Eastern and most of Southern Oregon.

Revenue forecast in #orleg is going to be down significantly. Yet, we'll still have billions in revenue we didn't have in the prior budget to invest in working families! This will be spun as a bad forecast, and yeah, it's worse than February due to tariffs, etc. but still an opportunity to invest!

NEW: Under one Republican proposal to expand SNAP's existing work requirement, 6 million adults would be at risk of losing #SNAP.
Almost 11 million people, including 4 million kids, live in households that could lose some amount of food assistance.
State & district data in link⤵️

Cuts to Medicaid and nutrition assistance to pay for big tax cuts for the rich. The congressional budget plan is a bad deal for the nation

Head of Oregon 'think tank' on continuing fight for 'economic justice' Alejandro Queral, the Executive Director of OCPP, joined Eye on Northwest Politics to discuss their goals to have an economic system that works for everyone, as well as potential impacts to the state ...

On our 25th Anniversary, we remain committed to the fight for economic justice. As @aqueralr.bsky.social explains, today that fight is protecting Medicaid & SNAP from devastating cuts, advancing tax fairness, increasing worker power, strengthening Oregon's EITC, and more

Senator Wyden on the Trump tax plan: “It’s going to cause a lot of hardship” - Policy for the People Right now, the Republican controlled Congress is speeding down a path that would raise costs for food and health care for millions of families by taking away Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assist...

I interviewed Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov for the latest @ocppnews.bsky.social Policy for the People podcast. We talked about the federal budget, taxing the rich, and protecting Medicaid, SNAP, and other programs that support working Oregonians www.buzzsprout.com/1802797/epis...

Even rich Americans live shorter lives than poor Europeans, study finds Wealthier individuals aged 50–85 had lower mortality across both the U.S. and Europe, but survival disparities were far greater in the U.S. Even the richest Americans fared no better than the poorest ...

It bears repeating: inequality is killing us all!

The House just passed its budget resolution, so reconciliation is now officially underway. This is their bill to destroy Medicaid and SNAP while cutting taxes disproportionately for the rich.

THIS IS VERY REAL and can be enacted even if all Ds vote no.

Thread on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT.

See my full statement on the House passage of the budget resolution: www.cbpp.org/press/statem...

Let’s be clear: in this budget framework there is no way to cut $1.5 trillion in spending while protecting health coverage through Medicaid and food assistance through SNAP.

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Oregon's support for volunteer tax assistance has a huge return on investment. Check out the latest episode of Policy for the People --> bit.ly/43e4M4r

I have an idea! Let's raise his taxes and the taxes of all billionaires in the USA. That would help.

The House Republican budget released today by Budget Committee Chair Jodey Arrington is an extreme giveaway to the wealthy at the expense of families who already have a hard time making ends meet.

With House Republicans still negotiating a budget plan that is likely to include deeply harmful proposals, Senate Republicans today released a much narrower plan, which is both opaque and troubling.

A new $1.8 billion kicker seems headed this way. If it does kick, kicker rebates over the past decade will add up to nearly $12 billion. That's a lot of housing or other investments in the well-being of Oregonians we could have made, but didn't #orpol

The crisis facing the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries - Oregon Center for Public Policy Labor Commissioner Christina Stephenson explains the surge in claims and staffing shortage confronting the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries.

We have a problem here in Oregon when it comes to enforcing labor and civil rights laws: the agency responsible for enforcing them is way shorthanded www.ocpp.org/2024/11/14/t...