Sequim Gazette: Think about It: Readerspeak

“I also heard from a Gazette reader who answered my column mind wonderings into minority rule by calling it the “Butterfly Effect” of Washington’s regressive tax system and sent along the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy ITEP website to make the point (www.itep.org/whopays/). The website ranks Washington the most, as in No. 1, unfair in maintaining income equality, which I read to mean that the gap between low and high incomes grows even larger due to the regressive nature of tax policy. Is that an honor?”

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