There’s a false choice — and then there’s the right choice — on the Trump tax cuts
The right choice is to renew the tax cuts for the middle-class and working families, and let the Trump tax cuts for the rich expire.
April 14, 2025
Alejandro Queral
Alejandro Queral is Executive Director of the Oregon Center for Public Policy
The real fork in the road
These are dangerous times. For the first time in its nearly 250-year history, the United States is staring at the abyss of an autocratic state. There is indeed a fork
February 27, 2025
Two investments in children would create brighter future for them and the state
The 2025 Oregon legislature can help ensure that children have a good start in life by strengthening Employment Related Day Care and the Oregon Earned Income Tax Credit.
February 20, 2025
Looking back and (relentlessly) moving forward
As the year approaches, we recap some of our accomplishments over the past 12 months and preview the upcoming year.
December 17, 2024
The Oregon Center for Public Policy opposes Measure 118
Measure 118 would do more harm than good.
August 21, 2024
If you truly care about working Oregonians, fix the kicker
If you don’t mind vast inequality, where the rich amass ever larger fortunes, then the current kicker is for you. But if you truly care about the well-being of working Oregonians and wish to see an economy that works for all, work to make the Working Families Kicker a reality.
March 24, 2024
Equal Pay Day should matter to all
Women still make only 84 cents for every dollar men earn.
March 14, 2024
Congressional deal does right by children in Oregon families with low incomes
Statement by OCPP Executive Director Alejandro Queral on proposal to expand the Child Tax Credit A congressional deal to expand the Child Tax Credit announced yesterday would benefit some
January 17, 2024
Progress, but not enough: A look back at Oregon’s recent minimum wage history
On July 1, workers in one region of Oregon achieved what once seemed an inspired goal. The minimum wage in the Portland metro area — not in the rest of the state — crossed the $15 an hour level, reaching $15.45.
July 28, 2023
Massive tax rebates for the super-rich is not in the best interest of Oregonians
Today’s Oregon Economic and Revenue Forecast confirms that a record-shattering, $5.5 billion kicker is on the way. This unprecedented level of resources going out in tax rebates will do little to address the needs of Oregonians, and instead will further swell the accounts of the richest Oregonians.
May 17, 2023