Understanding Illinois: Readers Skeptical of Redistribution, Favor Education
September 24, 2014
by Jim Nowlan
Outside Columnist
This column summarizes the 26 reader responses to a recent column I wrote on income inequality. I laid out a list of generally redistributive ideas to address the problem.
I note that many respondents conflated low-wage workers with welfare recipients and in turn focused on the latter. I meant to focus on those who were indeed working yet struggling to make ends meet.
Slightly more than half the respondents were clearly against redistribution by government.