Wal-Mart Subsidy Report for Oregon
Subsidies received by Wal-Mart
There are no centralized databases of economic development subsidies, but Good Jobs First found 1 deal; worth about $2.5 million in Oregon:
Good Jobs First has compiled data on Wal-Mart subsidies in the following cities
Hermiston, OR : about $2.5 million
Hidden taxpayer costs
Many Wal-Mart workers are ineligible for health coverage from their employer or choose not to purchase what is available, because it is too expensive or too limited in scope. These workers often turn to taxpayer-funded health programs such as Medicaid. Oregon is among those states that have not disclosed data on the employers with the most workers or their dependents enrolled in such programs.For an estimate of how much Wal-Mart is costing the state of OR for taxpayer-funded healthcare, see http://www.wakeupwalmart.com/feature/healthcrisis/map.html#OR
Property Tax Appeals
In the course of researching our report Rolling Back Property Tax Payments 
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