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The case against Bush Charles Morris's article on economic injustice ("Economic Injustice for Most," August 13) presents as judicious and convincing an argument as I have seen for a regime change...
...Recognizing that the increasing disparity between rich and poor in the United States has been a long-developing process, Morris nevertheless gives facts and figures that display the "naked aggression" perpetrated by the present administration against the poor...
...STAN LEAVY Hamden, Conn.No shelter While I was impressed with some of the thoughtful articles in the August 13 issue, I was disappointed by some misleading statements made by Charles Morris in his article on economic inequality...
...Positions are now available at Food For The Poor for English speaking and bilingual (English/Spanish) Roman Catholic priests...
...They pay a substantial amount of tax and thus the "loop-holes" and "tax shelters" highlighted in various political ads and Morris's article are more of an illusion than a reality...
...The case against Bush Charles Morris's article on economic injustice ("Economic Injustice for Most," August 13) presents as judicious and convincing an argument as I have seen for a regime change in Washington this November...
...When Morris maintains that "by 1998 most of the other shelters that benefit the very rich had wormed their way back into the code," he is simply not correct...
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...deducting passive losses were the usual benefit of so-called tax shelters...
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...Passive losses are losses incurred during an activity in which one does not materially participate, such as real-estate rentals...
...But the fundamental premise of the 1986 reform—much lower overall rates in re-turn for treating all sources of income the same—has been eviscerated by restoring the preferential treatment (Continued on page 34) Catholic Priests needed to be the voice of Christ on behalf of the poor children of the world...
...The author replies: Lisa Nyberg is correct that the most abusive pre-1986 tax shelters have not been restored to the tax code...
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...Further, high-income individuals have lost other tax benefits via limitations on itemized deductions...
...This article should be widely distributed among undecided voters in the "swing" states...
...While income-tax rates have been reduced by the Bush cuts, they are still significantly higher than during the Reagan years...
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...As a CPA who started practicing during the Carter years, I've seen huge changes in tax laws...
...One change that has not occurred, however, is the return of tax shelters that were effectively abolished under the Reform Act of 1986 with its provisions limiting deductibility of passive losses...
Vol. 131 • September 2004 • No. 15
