Letter | Bernie Sanders and Hillary think inequality is cause of our problems. Hogwash.

Inequality not the root of societal ills

Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and other Democrats blame income inequality for many of the problems in today's society.

I see that as pure baloney.

There will always be differences in American incomes and net worth because Americans are only guaranteed equal opportunity, not equality of outcome.

How does it help the poor by increasing the taxes on households who, by government definition, are said to be rich?

Those households can now pay more than 50 percent of their incomes in taxes each year, state taxes included.

Socialist Sanders wants 70 percent and more. When is enough enough? Ironically 47 percent of household pay no income tax at all.

This story was originally published August 20, 2015 at 9:27 AM with the headline "Letter | Bernie Sanders and Hillary think inequality is cause of our problems. Hogwash.."