I plan to promote one of my readers for the office of vice president. I came to this decision after he sent me an interesting message that revealed that he is far more astute, far more intelligent and possessive of far more plain old horse sense that that guy from Ohio/West Virginia.
The reader, a retired Navy veteran, noted that he watched on network news as J.D. Vance said, somewhere among his hillbilly rambling about childless cat women, that the federal income tax system needed to be change to tax childless couples at a higher rate than those with children.
“Really?” my friend wrote. “Seems that this is exactly the system that’s been in place for a long time! More kids equals more deductions [and more deductions] equal less tax. Singles bear a much higher tax on identical incomes.
“[The news clip] would have been more powerful if the newscaster had mentioned this stupid JDV oversight,” he wrote.
What a maroon!
Hmm. Don’t think there’s much to add to his observation except to wonder if it really was an oversight or an insight into his general ignorance.
Louisiana Voice 
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