Why punish hard work?

After reading Jet Tilley’s letter (March 11), I couldn’t help but think she must be a liberal. To think that higher-income earners should pay an income tax because they had the audacity to have gone to college and worked hard in order to get where they are today by making a decent living is ludicrous.

My husband worked and paid his entire way through college to become a pharmacist, a profession that he knew would benefit him and his family. His dedication to his company for over 30 years has rewarded him and he is now a district manager to 28 pharmacies. He doesn’t make $200,000 a year, but he earns a well-deserved wage. He had the will, determination and wherewithal to make sure that as he grew older, he would have a good income and retirement. If he makes the $200,000 mark, why should his commitment to hard work be penalized?

My husband wasn’t blessed with “great good fortune to be a high earner,” he was blessed with determination and dedication to be a high earner. God bless those who extend the effort to become successful.

Priscilla Schoessler

Spokane