From: invalid@notreal.none   
      
   On 15 Sep 2005 16:02:35 -0700, "dickhead larry"    
   wrote:   
      
   >oh great, another tax proposed to help "the kids" for schools.   
   >   
   >i'm sure you lowlife maggot news directors will once again direct that   
   >any content on newscasts related to the propopsed regional tax will be   
   >as biased as it was for the multco tax a few years ago.   
   >   
   >for example, before the multco tax was passed, despite the countless   
   >"stories" (i use stories rather loosely, they were really shill pieces   
   >for the tax-ALL CHANNELS, 2, 6, 8, 12) not one peep from anyone about   
   >the fact that the tax was retro-active AND that employers were not   
   >equipped to withold the tax (so most people unwittingly put themselves   
   >in the hole right from the start)   
   >   
   >but amazingly, the very day after the tax passed, those facts regarding   
   >the retro-active nature of the tax and that employers aren't equipped   
   >to withold, were included in stories about the tax.   
   >   
   >i suspected that the local channels were trying to help get the tax   
   >passed; the omission of important facts by the local news that people   
   >had a right to know so that an informed decision could be made proves   
   >that the local channels indeed did utilize bias to get the tax passed.   
   >   
   >i'm sure the same disgusting display of bias will be a part of   
   >reporting on the new proposed regional tax............   
   >   
      
   There was a certain bias in underreporting of the impact of the   
   Multnomah County Tax.   Most of the "tax calculators" in the Oregonian   
   and on various websites "assumed" that the taxpayer had an average   
   income of around $20,000/yr or so and thus presented the tax a of a   
   few hundred extra dollars per year.   Not bad right?  Plus it's for   
   the kids...   
      
   Curiously, the impact of the tax on an income of $60,000 or more was   
   never mentioned, even though this represented a serious bite out of   
   someones budget in that income category.   
      
   Just to be required to fill out all that extra paperwork at tax time   
   is a big negative incentive to live in Portland/Multnomah County and   
   is just another example of what a poor business climate the county   
   represents to the state.   
      
   Beachcomber   
      
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