March 29, 2024
BANGOR DAILY NEWS (BANGOR, MAINE

Let’s be clear about a few things when we discuss a tax break for Bath Iron Works, or any coroporation or individual. The company or individual is being allowed to keep more, pay less to the government, of their own money.

They are not being given anything that belongs to anyone else. In fact, the taxed entity is no doubt still paying plenty in taxes and fees on income, fuel, materials, supplies, transportation, real estate, and if a company, payroll. And in the case of a company, the entity is also employing people, who also pay taxes. On the other hand, welfare is giving part of someone’s income to someone else — sometimes justifiably.

I say: “Tax breaks for everyone!” Robert L. Braun Stonington


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