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He notes that “In fact, the journal Market Watch concluded … that the highest tax breaks came in the lowest three tiers.” Thank you, Mr. Barty. You are correct … according Yahoo Finance (Dec 13, 2023), the top rate dropped from 39.6% to 37% (a 2.6% drop) while the bottom three rates dropped 4%, 3% and 3% respectively. The family making $15 million saved $390,000 while Joe Worker, in the bottom bracket, making $40,000 $1,200. Helpful to everyone? Yes …but most helpful to Daddy Warbucks, by far.

And the fraud Mr Barty speaks of? AP reporting June 11, 2023, “the greatest grift in U.S. history” was sourced from initiatives created by Biden’s predecessor.” Most of the looted money was swiped from three large pandemic-relief initiatives launched during the Trump administration and inherited by President Joe Biden.”

I have to agree that we should not be buying oil from Russia as long as it’s proceeding with its illegal Ukraine war. But, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the top five sources of crude oil imports are Canada 60%, Mexico 10%, Saudi Arabia 7%, Iraq 4% and Colombia 4% … and Russia less than 4%. It looks like we can agree that we shouldn’t be importing any oil from Russia.

Thank you, Mr. Barty, for getting me to look further into the news. It’s worth doing every single day!

Larry Kistler

Belmont