No burden on poor

Sun., Sept. 25, 2011

Jeff Brown writes (“Income tax graduated”, Sept. 11) that the people who make more money should have their taxes increased. He states that the poor should not have the burden of the taxes. How does he figure the poor are burdened with taxes when they pay no taxes and in fact get a tax rebate (earned income credit)? Maybe the fair thing would be to stop giving out free money (earned income credit) and lower the taxes on the people who work.

Jeremy Dean

Spokane

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