Killing geese that lay golden eggs

To the editor:

I am responding to those who claim the Bush tax cuts were for the rich. I would remind those that the top 40 percent of wage earners in this country pay about 97 percent of all income taxes. That means 60 percent of all wage earners pay almost no income taxes or get money back in the form of earned-income tax credits from the other 40 percent. This is income redistribution, or socialism, any way you cut it.

I would also ask these same people to name one poor person who provides jobs. We want to kill the geese that lay the golden eggs.

BILL PALMER, Bakersfield, Calif.