Another Denmark difference

Not just because I’ve been to Denmark, where I got to play accordion in the streets, do I raise the biggest difference omitted in the Oct. 16 article, and in Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Democratic Party debate arguments.

The Danes see their higher taxes come back to them in the way of services, whereas I’ve seen several claims that the average U.S. taxpayer pays about $7, annually, for the food stamp program, compared with about $3,000 paid for corporate subsidies, annually. Even if this extreme difference is exaggerated, I’ve seen much reason to believe that the principle holds true in great measure.

So, what Sanders calls casino capitalism, I call crony capitalism. Multinational corporate lobbyists are able to peddle influence on Capitol Hill because about 70 percent of eligible voters have abdicated their vote for government of, by, and for the people. The Danes benefit from free market capitalism designed to spread wealth wide, probably because they vote.

Philip Mulligan

Spokane