Income inequality holding us back
To the editor:
I would like to respond to Governor LePage’s recent State of the State Address.
There are four countries in the world with greater per capita GDP than the United States. They are all Scandinavian countries with higher tax rates, extensive social welfare programs, and the highest level of labor union participation in the world. I suspect that the decisive factor is income inequality. The levels and benefits of worker productivity are distributed among the population instead of going to the top one percent.
The Governor’s policies do not address the real problems of our society, but instead places the blame on factors that other thriving and responsible societies adhere to.
Wilbur Clark
Presque Isle
