The Press Herald believes it must air all sides of ballot issues. Fine. But some arguments are so demonstrably untrue, it approaches journalistic malpractice to reprint them without comment.
See Peter Anastos’ predictable screed against Question 2 (Commentary, Oct. 8), which recycles the mantras Republican ideologues regurgitate whenever a tax (gasp!) is proposed. “We can’t tax top earners! It will stifle innovation and growth!”
The inconvenient truth for Anastos? If lower tax rates for top brackets stimulated economies, Maine’s would be raging, because top earners have never before kept so much wealth. That’s what it means that wealth inequality is historically high.
Anastos claims he wants a “highly skilled” workforce and “the best possible education for our state’s children,” but his course for getting there is an imaginary, discredited trickle-down path. How about we simply invest in a skilled and educated citizenry directly by collecting more taxes from those best able to afford it?
Craig Lapine
Portland
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