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Letter: Is paying taxes now voluntary?

(Steve Griffin | Deseret News, pool) House Speaker Brad Wilson, R-Kaysville, Senate President Stuart Adams, R-Layton, and Gov. Gary Herbert listen as Derek Miller, president and CEO, Salt Lake Chamber and Downtown Alliance, speaks during the daily COVID-19 briefing at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, June 17, 2020.

(Steve Griffin | Deseret News, pool) House Speaker Brad Wilson, R-Kaysville, Senate President Stuart Adams, R-Layton, and Gov. Gary Herbert listen as Derek Miller, president and CEO, Salt Lake Chamber and Downtown Alliance, speaks during the daily COVID-19 briefing at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, June 17, 2020.

How, I wonder, would Gov. Gary Herbert, Senate President Stuart Adams and House Speaker Brad Wilson react to the application of their “encourage people to do the right thing” (rather than mandate) policy to paying our various state and local taxes?

Certainly wearing a mask is less onerous. Why not make face coverings just as mandatory?

One person’s liberty should not trump another’s life.

Susan Furca, Holladay

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