Dear NY Times: Willie Sutton's Tax Plan

Editor, The New York Times

229 West 43rd St.

New York, NY 10036

To the Editor:

Bob Herbert endorses a tax on financial transactions because, in his view, that's where the money is ("Where the Money Is [1]," Jan. 12). And he even credits Willie Sutton for inspiring this idea.

How refreshingly frank.  Mr. Herbert doesn't hide the fact that his ethics are those of a bank robber.

Sincerely,

Donald J. Boudreaux

Don Boudreaux is the Chairman of the Department of Economics at George Mason University and a Business & Media Institute adviser.