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WHERE THE TAXES FLOW...
...economic development away from Heidelberg Street. To be sure, the community has been an urban wasteland, a place where crime, drugs and vagrancy flourish in buildings still charred and hollowed from the 1967 riots. But a fledgling enterprise zone has sparked hope that new housing, businesses and jobs will flow into the area. Thus Guyton's suggestion that the street be turned into an artists' colony has generated little enthusiasm. "It is an embarrassing eyesore," fumes neighbor Anthony Dicus. "Nobody will want to invest here...
Arrangements like Allen A.M.E.'s, in which government funds flow through nonreligious church-affiliated corporations, are relatively uncontroversial. But critics and civil libertarians say the new programs, in which churches become agents of the welfare system, are different. Welfare recipients may soon be forced to pray in order to receive benefits, they say, or to watch religious videos while they wait to talk to their caseworker. "I'm worried we will see tax dollars being used to evangelize as well as provide social services," says the Rev. Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State...
...term capital-gains tax rate has been cut. That's good news--if you know how to use it. The last two times the rate fell, in 1978 and 1981, some distinct patterns emerged: the stock market sank but ultimately staged a powerful recovery. There was also a noticeable flow into the stocks of small companies. The problem is that in this so-called new-era economy, historical benchmarks have been about as useful as an abacus in Silicon Valley. To borrow a phrase from the new-era crowd, it's different this time...
...Chicken. The Governor and the state police polish that off and have eight or 10 more dishes, finishing up with Trie's special Hush Puppies Szechuan Style. They ask for their checks, having adopted a Dutch-treat policy since the Clintons developed what they call the McDougal cash-flow problem...