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
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
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 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
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
Fiscal cliff debate is about political priorities, not economics By Robin Hahnel, Contributing Columnist We just had an election which repudiated the Republican economic agenda for America. So what begins the morning after? The only economic subject talke ...
30 Nov 2012 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! It’s going to be a great weekend, the weatherman says, with a 100 percent chance of Street Roots coming to a neighborhood near you. Pick up your copy tomorrow morning and share a sunny smile with your friendly vendor. Here’s what’s rolling o ...
12 Apr 2012 - Street Roots
When our allies are not like us By Robin Hahnel, Contributing Columnist In the recent fight against Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act, avid believers in the right of free speech who view the Internet as an antidote to the corporate-owned media ...
15 Mar 2012 - Street Roots
Recovery demands a stimulus, not Draconian fiscal austerity By Robin Hahnel, Contributing Columnist (This is the second in a series of columns by Robin Hahnel, a politial activist and visiting professor of economics at Portland State University. He is a c ...
2 Feb 2012 - Street Roots
Are we really 99 percent? By Robin Hahnel, Contributing Columnist In a posting on ZNet on Nov. 21 Michael Albert argued that “we” are not really 99 percent. “When occupiers and critics alike say, we love the creative innovation embodied in the 99 percent ...
4 Jan 2012 - Street Roots