Archive for 'taxes'
Ever wish you could decide how your tax dollars were spent?
Well, here’s some news. In Oregon, thanks to the Individual Development Account (IDA) Initiative, you can. If helping low-income people improve their lives by saving toward home ownership, education, and entrepreneurship goals sounds like something you wish your tax dollars did, this is your chance. You can decide. And you can even get a credit [...]
Posted: May 19th, 2008 under legislation, non-profits, oregon, poverty, taxes.
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Immigrants and Taxes
Barbara Ehrenreich’s blog is always a good poverty read; for those of you not familiar with her work, she is the author of Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America and other fascinating books on the state of the American working class. Her post today caught my eye, as it dealt with immigrant [...]
Posted: June 5th, 2007 under immigration, poverty, taxes, undocumented.
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