LETTER: Repeal of Obamacare a boon to wealthy

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Time to pay back the wealthy political donors with a tax cut.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA), aka Obamacare, included a tax to help pay for the ACA.

A repeal of the ACA will eliminate some Medicare taxes that fall only on high incomes. The tax is applied only on incomes that exceed $250,000 for couples and $200,000 for singles. The wealthy will be the overwhelming beneficiaries of repealing the ACA. Republican lawmakers have made it a priority to repeal the ACA and give more tax breaks to the wealthy.

It will be just the beginning of more tax breaks, mostly going to the wealthy, and a rise in the deficit. Add in increased budgets for the military industrial complex and watch as the deficit skyrockets. I thought Republicans disliked deficits.

Let’s not become angry and divided. We need to support good journalism and the media that are not beholden to corporate giants. We need them now more than ever. Don’t let them divide and conquer us.

RICHARD BOYLES

Port Townsend