Jack McKee’s letter (Nov. 18) assures us that Sen. Kerry’s “morality is grounded on ministering on those in need.”

As I recall, Kerry’s wife managed to limit her tax liability to 12 percent of an income of over $5 million. This is perfectly legitimate, and I can only praise the skill of her accountants, but how does that fit into the senator’s moral imperative of ministering to those in need? I understand Mother Teresa’s ministrations to the poor of Calcutta (coupled with an uncompromising opposition to abortion), but the moral grandeur of Kerry family’s ministrations seem a little elusive. Am I missing some subtle nuance?

Nor did the defeated candidate call upon the Jack McKees of the U.S. to help with his moral project. He promised not to rescind the Bush tax cuts on the middle class; only the “rich” were to bear the burden of his proposed ministrations. The senator’s voters were assured that they would bear no part of the burden of serving those in need.

IRS regulations make no mention of moral imperatives; they threaten tax defaulters with heavy penalties.

John N. Frary, Farmington

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