Stephen King's letter on taxation

If Stephen King is such a great writer, why are all the articles written in response to the letter easier to understand than the actual letter?

Well, for one thing, emotion clouds King's message. It also erodes credibility, as do the ad hominem attacks. Maybe persuasive writing is something a fiction writer doesn't understand? Or maybe King understands logical fallacies very well, and is hoping that others will fall for the "argument from authority", the authority being himself.

More on logical fallacies:
http://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/

Here's my summary of the letter: Famed writer Stephen King wants the government to force rich people, especially rich people richer than him, to pay a larger percentage in taxes, because the government can't solve our problems with the money it's currently getting, while the charities rich people choose to give to are not capable of solving our problems at all.

The fact that people would rather give to charities than the government (which they can also choose to do) to me clearly indicates that we should have more charities and fewer government institutions. I imagine that if the government were addressing society's problems effectively, more people would give to it freely. It's hard to imagine the government addressing society's problems effectively; as an institution outside the market, it's bound to misallocate resources.

Sadly, King, like many people, believes that we should turn to the government, not the market, to solve problems. Whether or not the government does a good job. "Because, hey," they think, "it's the government. What else is it for, right? Humans are rotten; humans need help; only government can make us humans help each other."

I'm tempted to agree that humans are rotten, at least in the case of Stephen King. It would be bad enough if he were saying "we rich people should give more money to the government voluntarily", but he's actually saying "let's all make the SUPER rich people give more money to the government, because obviously they're not giving enough." Yuck.

Stephen King's letter about taxation:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/30/stephen-king-tax-me-for-f-s-sake.html

Here's a response to the letter that I like:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2012/05/02/stephen-kings-tax-me-more-letter/

I like it in part because it disarmingly calls King's letter "amusing" for mocking rich people's tendency to invest money rather than give money, as if investing somehow hurts the economy. Of course, rich people have neither a duty to invest for others' sakes nor a duty to give money to charity for others' sakes.