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These Three Oregon Counties Will Be Hit Hardest by Obamacare Cuts at the Heart of the Federal Budget Shutdown The job markets of these three counties depend heavily on outdoor recreation.

The congressional #RepublicanBudget failed to renew enhanced tax credits families use to buy health insurance. What part of Oregon will be hardest hit? Hood River, Deschutes and Wallowa counties😡

Tax breaks for tips and overtime are crumbs for the working class - Oregon Center for Public Policy Tax breaks for tips and overtime are poorly targeted and rife with unfairness.

No taxes on tips & overtime may sound nice, but they're just crumbs for the working class compared to the feast for the rich that is the #RepublicanBudget

6 ways Oregon is replicating the ugly congressional Republican budget bill — and what to do about it - Oregon Center for Public Policy Oregon would do well to disconnect from these tax provisions in the congressional Republican budget.

It's bad enough that the congressional Republican budget bill passed in July was stuffed with tax giveaways for the wealthy and corporations. Oregon should not double down on those wasteful provisions #orpol #orleg

Tax credits that families use to afford health coverage are about to expire. The consequences could be catastrophic - Oregon Center for Public Policy The expiration of enhanced premium tax credits means many families will see their health care costs soar.

Imagine telling a couple making $85K that their health insurance is jumping from $7,200 to $24,000 — so that the rich can enjoy more tax cuts #ACA #RepublicanBudget

Food pantries are supposed to be the last line of defense against hunger, but demand is skyrocketing. And it's about to get a lot worse, due to the congressional Republican budget
#hungeractionmonth @oregonfoodbank.bsky.social

Parents are skipping meals so their kids can eat. And now, the congressional Republican budget bill will be taking away food from struggling families.

On #HungerActionMonth, remember that hunger is a policy choice, and we can choose differently

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Hunger is a policy choice, made to feed insatiable greed - Oregon Center for Public Policy September is Hunger Action Month. It’s a time when Americans come together to raise awareness about the hunger in our communities, and to take actions to

September is #HungerActionMonth. And right now, we need to be active like never before, pushing back against the incredibly damaging congressional Republican budget, which will increase hunger across the land

Trump Administration to Stop Measuring Food Insecurity

What do you do after slashing our nation's most important anti-hunger program, a move guaranteed to increase the number of people struggling to get enough food? If you're the Trump administration, you stop counting the number of people going hungry

Oregon Democrats mull options as time runs out to divorce state tax code from GOP cuts • Oregon Capital Chronicle Lawmakers must decide whether to decouple state tax from new federal tax cuts that could leave Oregon missing out on $888 million in revenue.

Oregonians won't suffer Trump's big ugly tax scam replicated at home. Policymakers must act ASAP to STOP Trump's reckless cuts from becoming Oregon's code!

Corporate Tax Transparency Is Right for Oregon - Oregon Center for Public Policy Oregon can take an essential step to fix the widespread problem of corporate tax avoidance by enacting corporate tax transparency. Transparency means

We know that:
-Corporations have lots of tax loopholes
-Big corporations shift profits abroad to avoid taxes
-Nearly 7 in 10 corps. in Oregon pay the minimum tax.

What we don't know is how much Amazon, Meta, or any corporation pays in OR taxes. We need #CorporateTaxTransparency

The US town that pays every pregnant woman $1,500: ‘We’re not OK with our babies being born into poverty’ Infants in Rx Kids in Flint, Michigan, saw lower rates of prematurity and other issues, saving millions in NICU visits

“Poverty is a pathogen. It makes kids sick.”

The cure? Give families CASH
#RxKids #ChildPoverty

Intel Lay-off Tracker - CHIPS Communities United

Have you been impacted by Intel’s financial problems? Were you recently laid off by #Intel? Share your story

Immigrants bolster the economy; deportations weaken it - Oregon Center for Public Policy Deportations like that of Moises Sotelo weaken one of the engines that powers the economy, while making all workers more vulnerable to exploitation.

The Trump administration has it backward. Rather than help native born workers, #deportations weaken the economy, while making workers more vulnerable to exploitation

Honoured to appear on OCPP's "Policy for the People" pod, and keep our issues in the minds of the community & our lawmakers. Oregon rideshare drivers and riders demand fairness and transparency!

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#unionstrong #driverpower #sharethefare

Fired by an app! That can happen to Uber and Lyft drivers.

In the latest episode of Policy for the People, Nathaniel Hudson-Hartman and Joe Jackson of @driversunionor.bsky.social talk about rideshare drivers' fight for better pay and working conditions

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Sad but not surprising, given that so many families are struggling to make ends meet despite their hard work

Revenue forecast shows Governor needs to call another special session - Oregon Center for Public Policy A special session should focus on stopping automatic connection to federal tax changes and retaining a portion of the projected kicker.

Yesterday's OR revenue forecast showed a fiscal crisis is brewing. The Governor should call a special session to:

✅restore state control over tax policy by not replicating the reckless actions of Congress

✅retain a portion of the projected kicker (only that of the richest Oregonians)
#orleg #orpol

BREAKING NEWS: Oregon’s general fund resources — the money that pays for schools, health care and public safety — have shrunk by more than $845 million since May. The Governor should call a special session to head off a looming fiscal crisis #orpol #orleg

Budget crisis looms for Oregon because of Congressional action • Oregon Capital Chronicle Oregon's constant connection to the federal tax code will lead to immediate lost revenue, columnists warn.

🚨 A fiscal crisis is coming to our state. Because Oregon automatically replicates federal tax changes (even reckless tax changes), the state is set to lose nearly $1B in revenue. That’s money meant for schools and other essential services. The Gov. and legislature must act now #orpol #orleg

Oregon business property tax breaks cost schools $275 million last year, study finds • Oregon Capital Chronicle The revenue schools lost to property tax breaks doubled between 2019 and 2024, driven by deals given to new data centers, researchers found.

Every year, massive corporations like Amazon and Facebook pocket hundreds of millions of dollars that should instead go to Oregon schools #FundSchoolsNotBillionaires

Health Care Groups Aim To Counter Growing ‘National Scandal’ of Elder Homelessness - KFF Health News The housing crisis is requiring creative scrambling and new partnerships from health care organizations to keep older patients out of expensive nursing homes as homelessness grows.

“It’s a national scandal . . . that the richest country in the world would have destitute elderly and disabled people”

🎥 Fun fact:
About 2/3 of personal bankruptcies in the U.S. are from medical bills.

Wanna know what’s extra fun? Most of those folks had health insurance.

And that's before the congressional #RepublicanBudget begins raising the cost of health care for everyone.

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Progress undone? Federal bill threatens Oregon’s health care gains - Oregon Center for Public Policy Much of the progress Oregon has made in expanding health care access is at risk as a result of the federal budget reconciliation bill enacted by Congress.  In

So much of the progress on health care that we've seen over the past 15 years is now at risk. We're now on course to seeing fewer Oregonians with health insurance and higher costs for everyone else, due to the congressional Republican budget plan

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

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A tax on extreme wealth is the answer

County Commissioner Brings Expert on Millionaire Migration Into Preschool Debate Meghan Moyer, a self-proclaimed "nerd," wanted cold, hard data.

“There really is no tendency for millionaires to live in low-tax states . . . . The more money you make, the less likely you are to move.”

Opinion | The economy is cracking. This trend is most alarming. The U.S. economy is growing ever more reliant on top earners. It’s risky — and tough for the middle class.

This is how messed up the economy is: To avoid a recession, the richest 10% need to keep spending money on parties and luxuries. As one prominent economist put it, "the rest of the income distribution is really not consequential."

There's something really wrong when 90% of your people don't matter

YouTube video by Associated Press 'Tax the rich': Nebraska Republican Mike Flood booed at Town Hall

When an elected official says "we can't afford it," do as the audience did at this Nebraska town hall. Tell them to #TaxtheRich

Sadly, this is fully consistent with other research showing that more than 2 in 5 Oregonians don't make enough to reasonably afford the essentials.

Widespread economic insecurity is a defining feature of our present reality -- but it doesn't have to be that way

Intel has laid off thousands of workers in OR due to “a series of technical and financial crises,” as The Oregonian put it.

But you’ll be relieved to know that former Intel CEO Pat Gelisnger, forced out in December, got a pay package of $27 MILLION

More CEO pay fun facts at aflcio.org/paywatch