new tax bill passed-Local
A tax bill that would only affect 1% of Minnesotans was passed Friday. The bill will provide relief for low-income people, but Republicans mention that the tax is superfluous, citing that the state has a surplus too.
I like the Pioneer Press's lede. It is quick and to the point. The main issues surrounding the bill are all packed into that sentence. "Despite Gov. Tim Pawlenty's threat of a veto, the Democratic-controlled Minnesota House today passed a tax bill that would increase income taxes on the wealthiest 1 percent of Minnesotans to reduce property taxes for 90 percent of the state's homeowners."
The Star Tribune has an interesting lede, but I feel like I'm not the audience for it.
"Now comes the real heavy-lifting on the state budget. With the Legislature's 2007 session about three weeks from its required end, the House on Friday muscled through a bill that would raise income taxes on the affluent to ease property taxes for most Minnesota homeowners."
It sounds like they are making a pun, which I just don't get and which actually confuses me a bit.
The Pioneer Press also does a better job of stating an argument from one side and then stating the other side. It is very well organized and keeps the two defferent opinions separated and clearly distinct throughout.