Response to Rick Simpson from Oct. 20 issue

Dear Editor,

To answer Rick Simpson and friend about why those making over $400K a year should pay a bit more taxes from the Oct. 20 issue of The Standard. It’s time the middle class stop paying for running the majority of government programs which benefit the rich as well as big business.

I’d like your opinion why you think it’s acceptable that people like Bezos, Buffett, Musk, Trump, and Soros, etc. get by with paying little to no tax, including giant corporations as well?

Ever heard of the Patriot Act? It was signed into law by President George W. Bush October 2001. It allows government snooping into every aspect of our lives, including our bank accounts. All this under the guise of curbing “money laundering.” (You might want to google “Surveillance under the Patriot Act”).

If you and your friend truly believe the I.R.S. doesn’t know all your financial information, then you need to check the contents of the “Red KoolAid” you are drinking.

Seems to me that Biden’s plan is similar to F.D.R.’s New Deal, which history teaches brought us out of a serious depression.

There is really no reason it won’t work again!

Lloyd Dickson

Seligman