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Your tax dollars at work (Oct 3)
- Wall Street Journal. 2002. The non-taxpaying class. Nov 20, wsj.com. (if the link doesn’t work … Columbia Journalism Review’s critique)
- Chuck Marr and Chye-Ching Huang. 2012. Misconceptions and realities about who pays taxes. Sept 17, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
- National Priorities Project. 2024. Federal Revenue: Where does the money come from?
- National Priorities Project. 2024. Federal Revenue: Where does the money go?
- Oregon Center for Public Policy. 2017. Tax facts that matter
: 2016 edition. June 15.
- State of Oregon Budget Charts:
- Governor’s 2021-23 budget (look at the pie charts in the first several pages)
- David Leonhart. 2017. A tax plan to turbocharge inequality, in 3 charts. Dec 17, New York Times (pdf).
- Greg Rosalsky. 2018. Happy birthday, tax cuts! Dec 18, npr.org. (to gain a sense of how tax cuts are sold, and how they play out when legislation passes)
Just for ‘fun’ (optional):
David Leonhardt. 2019. The rich really do pay lower taxes than you. Oct 6, New York Times. pdf
24 points possible (14 for responses to questions; 10 for abstract)