Tag Archives: estate tax

‘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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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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Celebrating “Tax Day” – and perverting it

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Bennett Minton

IT IS A NATIONAL DAY OF ACCOUNTS: Tax Day. In bygone years, lots of us had our returns stamped at the post office after dark, taking to the last hour to reaffirm our citizenship. Long before Turbotax, I participated in … Continue reading →

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