A difference in opinions

Dear editor:

Timely reply to a critic of my economic views: My rights are just as unalienable as Linda Woodbury’s. I commend the editor for his presentation of different viewpoints, so the readers can exercise their own rights to make decisions about what they will believe and act upon. In today’s edition (May 3, 2017) we see two opposing cartoons and two opposing editorials. I suspect that there is not total agreement among all the names that Woodbury mentions (Ayn Rand, Milton Friedman, et al.), but she would have you believe so.

I think that the word “war” is not a good expression for the differences of opinion we see between Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and liberals, the rich and the poor, etc., in this country today. We seem to be on the brink of a real, shooting war between major nations of the world today, and that type of war is as close to the biblical definition of hell as I ever want to see. Talking and writing to one another (even about one another) is not even close.

Linda Woodbury seems obsessed with her criticism of the rich. I submit to you that there are just as many differences of opinion among the poor. I say that there are powerful political opinions among the left-wing politicians, and that some of those opinions are just as wrong for the general welfare of the population as the opinions of the powerful politicians on the right.

This country was formed because of a disagreement with the king of England. Our system of government was designed to give us the maximum ability to discuss our differences and iron them out in a civilized manner. We have three branches of government in order to spread the power and control around and end up with the best results. I think it’s working just fine, but that’s just my opinion.

M. Wayne Spencer Hot Springs