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    Best 2024 Oregon political cartoons

    By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com   • People take classes to milk Oregon government   • Kotek’s $1,000 monthly check program   • Kotek picks fight with Trump   • Chart shows Measure 118 future             • Mega-donor says $2B tax won’t hurt business       • No […]

    Rachel Carson and the Normative Assumptions of Environmental Policy

    In the canon of environmental movement literature, Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring stands prominently. This 1962 book is widely credited as the urtext of environmentalism. It also contains the basic normative tension within environmental policy, to whose benefit do environmental regulations serve? Do we enact environmental policy for the benefit of humans? That is certainly how […]

    Portland named “A great city to steal in”

    By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com Fox News did a segment on The Oregonian report showing that most shoplifters do not serve time nor show up to their court dates. This is what is spreading the word that Portland is a “great city to steal in”   A few weeks ago, a liberal activists had […]

    At 61%, mortgage growth outpaces wage growth

    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 […]

    Share * free * Political Tax Credit with friends … use it or lose it!

    By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com Oregon is one of the few states with a Political Tax Credit. If you donate $50 to an Oregon Political PAC you get that $50 back on your taxes in April. Make sure your friends, co-workers and family members know about it.   It is free because you get your […]