Higher Taxes

I request that you publish my willingness to have my taxes increased.

My income is much above average and if my taxes were raised by as much as 25% or 50%, that would not lower my level of living a bit.

I resent wasteful government expenditures on armies and armaments that are not needed; but as long as the fears of our citizens (or the greed of the military-industrial complex) cannot be dispelled by reason, some waste is inevitable. However, we are still rich enough to provide employment, job training and health care sorely needed. Industry is not sufficiently enterprising at this time, and private persons are not able to reverse the recession. People in my circumstances can afford a government that will do those things for us.

For a caring society, for healthy and happy neighbors, for hopeful children, I want to contribute more to a providing government.

DAVID ZISKIND

Los Angeles