To the editor: Contributing author Veronique de Rugy might have a degree along with her latest op-ed, however she backs it up with sloppy logic (“Taxing the wealthy gained’t get us out of this mess,” March 12).
The primary half of the op-ed focuses on progressives similar to Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) urging increased federal tax charges and the assertion that this gained’t clear up issues just like the Medicare spending hole. However she helps her level with examples on the state degree, particularly Washington, California and Connecticut, sustaining that billionaires will merely relocate to a different state to keep away from taxes. After all, billionaires don’t have that possibility in the event that they’re taxed on the federal degree.
Perhaps we will’t tax our means out of the troubles we’re in, however that assertion must be backed by extra credible scholarship than is obtainable right here.
Rick Krizman, Santa Monica
