David Carter’s recent op-ed (“UDOT’s Little Cottonwood Canyon alternatives …”) points out that both alternatives are taxpayer-funded ski resort subsidies. The gondola alternative is even worse. The median household income in Utah is $31K. The median alpine skier income is $86K. Since the gondola would benefit nearly exclusively the latter but paid for by taxes on the former, this represents a transfer of wealth from those at the bottom to those at the top. This is a reverse Robin Hood effect — take from the poor and give to the rich. If that doesn’t seem fair to you, tell your elected representative.
Roger Bourke, Alta
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