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Demonstrators call for a $15 an hour minimum wage on Sept. 12, 2016, in front of the Colorado Capitol. Columnist Catherine Rampell writes that "high inequality in the United States says more about our taxing and spending choices than our paychecks" and suggests raising the minimum wage isn't the answer.
Joe Amon, Denver Post file
Demonstrators call for a $15 an hour minimum wage on Sept. 12, 2016, in front of the Colorado Capitol.

Re: “,” Aug. 11 Catherine Rampell column.

A big thank you to Catherine Rampell for helping make sense of the complex issue of the minimum wage and other anti-poverty alternatives. I had heard bits and pieces over the years, but she brought it together in terms that are easy to understand.

Now we just have to get the powers that be to show us, in ways we can understand, what well-designed “post-tax” policies (such as the earned-income tax credit, food stamps, housing vouchers, and health insurance) look like, so we can collectively support and appreciate them.

Marian Alder, Arvada

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