Rep. Larry Sirois, D-Turner, writes in his letter, published Aug. 31, that “anyone opposing the [tax reform] package should do so based on facts.” I’ll take him up on that proposition rather than continue to sit on the sidelines.

While the tax reform package does contain some good things, it also contains some bitter pills to swallow.

I’m left wondering which Maine candymaker needed an exemption for candy that contains flour or needs refrigeration. If such a business doesn’t exist, then we are left to wonder why Kit-Kats aren’t taxed but that delightful comfort food known as a chocolate bar is taxed.

I’m left to wonder how it is that Maine Democrats, who spent the last eight years bashing the notion of 50 percent of a tax cut would go to the very rich are now defending Maine’s tax reform package where more than 50 percent of the income tax cut goes to the very rich.

Since the Maine Revenue Service estimates that half the people who don’t have to file a tax return now won’t file a tax return to get the rebate, that makes the tax reform neutral or a slight reduction for low and fixed-income people, I’m left to wonder, once again, just how it is Maine Democrats can honestly claim to be for those people.

I’m also left wondering how it is Maine reporters can listen to Maine Democrats use Reaganomic reasoning and not see a story here.

David Hughes, Lewiston