Letter: Taxation
Whenever many people in our country start talking about taxation, they refer it as the worst thing after President Obama being in office twice.
What makes me wonder is, why do those individuals love this country and whatever that represents while decrying the need for immediate changes in our national income tax laws? That people and businesses, of all sizes and profits, earn more than others is no surprise or incentive for us to decry.
Overly regressive taxation is clearly, the big problem our politicians, including Republicans and their followers, and everyone prefer to deny. There is a simple concept to explain the need for such reform: cause and effect.
Regressive and loophole-bowing taxation result from right-wing policies, and it results in less revenue for our local and national services we depend on (public schools, military, health and retirement benefits, to name a few). Shouldn’t a progressive, thus fair, taxation policy be the first thing everyone starts agreeing upon?
Even the right-wing establishment should look at how socially and economically competitive countries like Sweden, Germany, Finland, and even Japan are due to progressive taxation. It can work here.
Erick Eietrich
Walla Walla
This story was originally published August 28, 2015 at 1:48 PM with the headline "Letter: Taxation."