Last spring all the conversation was what to do about the city budget shortfall. Public hearings were scheduled where thousands of angry constituents turned out to testify why their favorite city program should not be on the chopping block. After some las ...
9 Nov 2013 - Robin Hahnel
On Nov. 3, James Hansen signed an open letter addressed to environmental organizations urging them to demonstrate “real concern about risks from climate damage by calling for the development and deployment of advanced nuclear energy.” Like Hansen and some ...
14 Dec 2013 - Robin Hahnel
There is one thing everyone in Oregon agrees on: the state tax system is a mess and something needs to be done. And that is where agreement ends. Everyone has a different solution, and nobody likes anyone else’s. Why are taxes so controversial? Every on ...
14 Jan 2014 - Robin Hahnel
Game On! The first thing to understand is “we” are already behind. The tax reform “game” in Oregon is already late in the third quarter and our team bus has yet to arrive at the stadium. Not only have right-wing, anti-tax groups been at this game 24-7 for ...
13 Feb 2014 - Robin Hahnel
There are two kinds of cheating going on in our economy, every moment of every day, that few people are aware of. One is named “corporation” and the other is named “bank.” Cheat No. 1 Corporations: The defining characteristic of a corporation is that it e ...
13 Mar 2014 - Robin Hahnel
COMMENTARY | Don't get conned by opponents' lies Who should vote for Measure 97? Anyone who cares that Oregon has the fourth-lowest graduation rate in the nation and the third-largest class sizes –because that’s where the bulk of the revenue wil ...
27 Oct 2016 - Robin Hahnel
COMMENTARY | By underfunding health care and education, Oregon is on a fast track to becoming Appalachia West Corporations and the wealthy understand where their self-interest lies in regard to taxes. It’s time for the rest of us to wise up and start voti ...
28 Mar 2017 - Robin Hahnel
COMMENTARY | Measure 97 would have prevented businesses from passing a tax increase on to consumers. Instead, we're left with a 'bipartisan' tax proposal that amounts to a gift to big corporations. In the aftermath of the defeat of Measure ...
15 May 2017 - Robin Hahnel
COMMENTARY | While multinational corporations benefit, less skilled workers, less developed countries and other Americans are harmed There is a grand debate over international economic policy now raging, and the outcome will have profound impacts on how t ...
23 Jun 2017 - Robin Hahnel
COMMENTARY | Restoring prudent regulations for U.S. employers is the first step If neither the neoliberal globalization peddled by establishment political parties nor xenophobic protectionism preached by right-wing populists like Donald Trump is the answe ...
6 Oct 2017 - Robin Hahnel