In an otherwise very solid piece on the Oregon budget crisis by Harry Esteve in The Oregonian , there are a few high profile misfires.  I am...

A while back I engaged in a whole series of blogs that tried to investigate the question: should Oregon have a sales tax? I learned a lot f...

It is my distinct pleasure to welcome a guest blogger to The Oregon Economics Blog. Fred Thompson , Director of the Center for Governance an...

Well, the final poll results are in and reflect the general split all along: A small majority prefer not to introduce a sales tax. I suspect...

In previous posts I have examined a number of aspects of sales taxes and looked for evidence that would shed light on the actual experience ...

Yes, I have done it again - extended the voting. But I am keeping track of the final intial vote: 45 for / 56 against the sales tax. I will ...

A while back I clipped this quote from a survey of academic papers on state taxes: “The Effect of Personal Income Tax Rates on Individual a...

Just a note: Since I have been lax in posting on taxes, I am extending the poll closing date until the end of the month.

Before I get started, apparently Mike Huckabee has a national tax plan that is interesting in that it proposes replacing the national income...

As I have said, the empirical evidence on sales tax volatility has shown sales taxes to be not significantly less volatile than income taxes...

Sure to enlighten and enrage, I offer them without comment at this point. Food for thought. “The Effect of Personal Income Tax Rates on Indi...

So far I have discovered that revenue stability may be aided marginally by a sales tax during extended downturns in the economy, but that sh...

I had been avoiding posting about Oregon's revenue system for quite a while now because I have a real job and spending time digging into...

As I prepare my magnum opus on sales taxes, it is time for another poll. I would like to know if you think Oregon should have one. My opin...

I am going to use the opportunity of an opinion piece by Scott Bruun in today's Oregonian to finally talk about something I have been p...