November 7, 2009 in Letters

Tax burden shift reasonable

The Spokesman-Review
 

Perhaps Mr. Swanson (Letters, Oct. 29) read those numerous reports declaring 50 percent of this country’s wealth is held by 1 percent. The current “socialist” administration proposes to increase taxes by 3 percent to this downtrodden group to pre-Bush rates.

Many Americans didn’t give permission to make war in Iraq and continue it for seven years. But we continue to pay for it. Is it not redistribution of wealth for war to line pockets of “defense” contractors and other merchants of death?

It’s necessary to legislate programs to assist less-fortunate Americans because kindness seems to be off the radar of many such as Swanson. I’d be willing to bet they had no problems sending troops against overwhelming evidence of no involvement in 9/11.

I’ve never had problems paying taxes to improve education, health and opportunity for a better life for people, particularly Americans.

It has been a fact through history, societies that protect a small, wealthy, privileged class in the face of a large class of people forced to support them are doomed to failure. Now that’s thievery.

Donald W. Daw

Chattaroy

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  • greyhound2 on November 07 at 9:35 a.m.

    If the government needs money, it should go to where the money is. The top 20% income own or control 80% of the wealth in the US.

    The poor don’t pay taxes because they don’t have any money. The middle class is taxed to the hilt. The rich don’t pay their fair share of the taxes because they write the rules and exempt themselves. Bush’s giveaway Income Tax Reform expires in 2010. It is hard to imagine the Democrats extending it. It’s about time.

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