Report:Tax Cut Impact (on the working class) -- part 2 of 3 -- 5 stories

[Bozita]

One of the most right-wing dailies in America turns its newsroom loose on the effects of recent tax cuts.

I'm shocked ... and awed. I misunderestimated the Detroit News.

Front page, above the fold:

http://www.detnews.com/specialreports/2004/taxes/index.htm

Monday, September 27, 2004

Report:Tax Cut Impact
Home rehab cutbacks leave poor in shambles
BOSTON -- A panic-stricken Maribel Colon rushed her daughter Kyara to the emergency room after the 2-year-old kept tugging her ear and crying uncontrollably. 09/27/04
http://www.detnews.com/2004/specialreport/0409/27/a01-285479.htm

Tax Breaks
Estate-tax loss will punch hole in budget
At a time when the Bush administration is pinching pennies with federal programs for the poor, it has turned its back on $13 billion. 09/27/04
http://www.detnews.com/2004/specialreport/0409/27/a06-285065.htm

Horse owners can write off $100,000
It's a tax deduction most Americans know little about and few but the wealthy use -- the horse write-off. 09/27/04
http://www.detnews.com/2004/specialreport/0409/27/a06-285066.htm

Subsidized Apartments
Thousands wait for years to get help with rent
NEW BEDFORD, Mass. -- It is the arithmetic that works against Melissa Manning. 09/27/04
http://www.detnews.com/2004/specialreport/0409/27/a07-285070.htm

Crime
Highly touted crime-fighting tool axed
NEW ORLEANS -- Sylvia Hall knows firsthand just how dangerous housing projects can be. 09/27/04
http://www.detnews.com/2004/specialreport/0409/27/a07-285071.htm

more, lots more...

[DeepModem Mom]

1. Thanks, Bozita -- excellent series --

[KT2000]

2. Thanks for posting this

media has been ignoring the casualties of the tax cuts. Amazing series here though.