maybe bret could use a dictionary

in his letter today in the des moines register, bret argues that giving tax breaks is not a gift.

The Register needs a new dictionary. The newspaper doesn't know that a subsidy ("Tax Breaks' Costs, Benefits Elusive," June 5) is defined as "a grant or a gift." The story confused tax breaks for businesses in Iowa with a grant extended by the state at the taxpayers' expense. Allowing people to keep their own money is not the same as giving them a present.

-Bret A. Bartz,
Altoona.

doesn't bret understand that being a citizen has responsibilities, such as paying taxes. in so doing, taxes are no longer 'his' money.