Category Archives: taxes

‘Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it’

Posted on July 25, 2023 by Bennett Minton

So wrote Jonathan Swift in 1710. (The Web says so, according to Freakonomics.) Also: “A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes,” a variation attributed to Mark Twain, who may have … Continue reading →

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Oregon’s legislative session: defeats, modest wins and one total victory

Posted on July 4, 2023 by Bennett Minton

In my decades in D.C., I interviewed members of Congress daily as a reporter, met with staff and occasionally members as a lobbyist, and dug deep into policy as an analyst. As a citizen in Oregon, I do all three. … Continue reading →

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Three strikes never looked so good

Posted on March 27, 2023 by Bennett Minton

The image, from an Oregon Legislature committee hearing, represents what I’m thinking most times I testify about some poorly designed bill that would give away taxpayers money. Generally I try to look more dignified. Actually, last week I testified in … Continue reading →

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Democracy is work

Posted on February 11, 2023 by Bennett Minton

This is Dylan and Nick, students at Oregon State and Oregon. We had just testified in the Capitol on a bill that, as I recommended be amended, is the next step in securing more efficient funding for the state version … Continue reading →

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After watering our parched gardens, we offered an accounting

Posted on August 19, 2021 by Bennett Minton

Dear Tax Fairness Oregon Supporters: We have been remiss in our correspondence with you. As our steering committee spent the legislative session plowing through bills and testifying on 41 of them (some more than once), we didn’t set aside time … Continue reading →

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