EDITORIALIZING, OR REPORTING THE FACTS? Tax Breaks for Katrina May Aid Rich More. Why?

The Congressional Research Service report said some elements of the tax assistance would do more for wealthier taxpayers because many lower income individuals and families pay little tax. Lower income survivors are also less likely to have retirement accounts like 401(k)s and IRAs.

Couldn't one write the headline Katrina Tax Relief Favors Poor?

However, the same tax measure includes assistance specifically for lower-income families that would help the working poor hang onto their income tax credits, which can be disrupted by unemployment or family separation.

Would it be more constructive to ask about how close to restoring people to 100% of their material position before the storm the relief gets, and if the relief more fully restores richer or poorer people?