In the article, “State’s poor face heavy tax burden, study finds” (Star-Advertiser, Oct. 22), a couple of local experts are quoted saying that Hawaii’s taxing policy is one of the most regressive in the country, and highly weighted against the poor folks here.

Whoa! Is there anyone in Hawaii who doesn’t know that already, and yet are apparently OK with it because they keep voting the same party back into office?

It goes on to point out that the poor pay a higher percentage of their income in taxes than higher-income people. Perhaps that’s only fair, because the poor are the highest users of government services. They get subsidized housing, school meals for their kids, free medical care at state clinics, along with welfare and child care.

But I do agree with the comment that there’s room for upper-income people to pay a lot more in taxes. You know, those seven-figure CEO dudes.

Art Todd

Kaneohe

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