The Feb. 6 headline regarding Iowa state taxes on retirement income was disingenuous at best ("Seniors Uncertain They Want Tax Break").
The Register quoted one woman in Urbandale who opposed exemption and commented "her peers feel the same way."
I am a senior citizen and want my retirement income exempt from state taxes. All of my peers with whom I have discussed this issue agree with me. We worked all our lives and paid taxes on all our income. Now is not the time to tax it a second time.
The article also tried to make this a class issue, pitting the "needy" elderly against the "well-to-do" elderly. Financial status has nothing to do with this legislation. It is one of fairness and self-reliance.
It is insulting that the Register thinks we need AARP to tell us what our stance should be on this or any other issue. Senior citizens are a powerful force in the economic engine, and it will bode well for state government to treat us as competent, independent individuals who resent double taxation.
- Carole Ann Fournier, Polk City.
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