This is in response to the Sept. 18 letter titled "BPOL tax is not so bad, Mr. Milde."
In case there are still people out there who do not understand simple economics, "bad" is bad!
It is Paul Ortiz's opinion that companies should pay their fair share of taxes. That is not the case.
The largest companies in Stafford County are exempt from paying the BPOL. Where is the fair share there?
This BPOL tax needs to be removed from the county and state legislatures. The businesses just pass these taxes on to the consumer, and then the consumer ends up paying higher prices or goes elsewhere.
This causes businesses paying the tax to ultimately lose money, which in turn causes a heavier financial burden on those businesses.
People need to remember why we left England hundreds of years ago: taxes. Raise taxes, and businesses and people who pay them start to leave. Is this what we want for Stafford County?
Rick Loy
Stafford