Category: Reports and Fact Sheets

Why Saving The Income Tax Is Critical For Seniors

1. Income tax is essential to funding seniors’ programs. Income tax provides one-third of all state revenue. State programs that serve seniors, including Medicaid, senior nutrition services, adult day services, adult protective services, and others can not be funded adequately… Read more [More...]

Why Saving The Income Tax Is Critical For Health Care

1. Income tax is essential to health care funding. One-third of all state tax revenue is from the income tax and nearly $500 million in income tax dollars support health care programs for low-income children, seniors, and persons with disabilities… Read more [More...]

A ‘Culture of Poverty’ and Other Myths

This presentation was given by policy analyst Kate Richey, on 4/24/12 and discusses common myths surrounding poverty, data on people living in poverty in Oklahoma, and an overview of the structural barriers to moving up the economic ladder.… Read more [More...]

Tax Cut Skeptics – Notable Quotes

Economists Kent Olson, Professor of Economics Emeritus, Oklahoma State University: “With full accountability, authors of tax cut legislation would have to specify how the cuts would be offset. If this were the practice, I believe we’d have a discussion about… Read more [More...]

The “Tax Cut” Bait and Switch

Plans for more income tax cuts are threatening tax benefits that are important for hundred of thousands of Oklahoma families, according to a new Oklahoma Policy Institute issue brief. The at-risk credits include the state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC),… Read more [More...]

Economist Forum

Eliminating the Income Tax: Silver Bullet or Fool’s Gold? A policy forum held on April 5, 2012 at the Oklahoma History Center PROGRAM SPEAKERS BIOS VIDEO Highlight reel (10 minutes)  [Transcript] Part 1: Welcome, Scott Meacham, Deidre Myers, Jonathan Willner… Read more [More...]

Drug Testing & TANF

A bill to require TANF applicants to submit to and pay for a drug test, HB 2388, has passed the state House and now awaits consideration before two Senate committees.  TANF stands for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and refers… Read more [More...]

The Racial Wealth Gap in Oklahoma

This presentation was presented on March 14th, 2012 at an Oklahoma Assets forum on Closing the Racial Wealth Gap in Oklahoma.… Read more [More...]

Oklahoma Mortgage Lending Patterns

An analysis of patterns of subprime lending and homeownership and foreclosures among people of color in Tulsa and Oklahoma City MSAs Dr. Angela Gobar, Jackson State UniversityA research project of Howard University’s Center on Race and Wealth Since the housing… Read more [More...]

Tax Reform Information Archives

Fact Sheets Don’t Pay for Tax Cuts on the Backs of Working Oklahoma Families  [HTML Version] Why It’s Critical to Save the Income Tax, and What You Can Do Today  [HTML Version] Why Saving the Income Tax is Critical for… Read more [More...]