Editor, Gazette-Journal:

In his April 11 letter, "Proposal for restructuring [Gloucester] County taxes," Mr. Michael Lane of Wicomico drifts into that area of citizen malfeasance that has invaded many of those who live among us. He proposes that Gloucester County manipulate the taxes it charges from which it budgets agreed services to the residents. He wants the affluent to pay more. At the national level, the Obama administration and Democrat party call that a means of redistribution. What it smacks of is a more ancient dilemma that was addressed with moral theology in the Middle Ages, but has been mostly ignored by progressive elites and those who champion their mischief. That problem is covetousness and greed, and is the not-so-silent partner of proposals to take a little more from the haves so that the have-nots can have more.

Along with the trampling of business in general as usury, and profit as sinful, progressive elites have been successful in convincing many that life is a...