Listen up, Massachusetts taxpayers.
There seems to be some problem with a shortage of money in the state budget. I’ll bet the folks that we elected just might be thinking about finding more money by raising your income tax and or the sales tax.
Think about this for a moment. There is a sales tax on your aspirin and cough syrup. All the OTC meds are taxed – stuff that you and I need to help keep us healthy.
However, soda and candy, which are not healthy, are not taxed! How come, you ask?
The soda and candy corporations have more say about that than you do. They can stuff the pockets of our elected officials better than we can. Tell them, don’t even think about a raise in tax until they have tried all other means of closing a budget gap.
DONALD OSTROSKI
Southampton