GOVERNMENT
Succession has worked well from the beginning
Regarding “ ‘Trust me’ doesn’t fix health care” (Opinion, Sept. 13), Kyle Wingfield raises urgent questions: “Can we trust his successor? Can we trust his successor’s successor? Can we trust current and future members of Congress?” Absent the executive and legislative branches, we’re left with only the judicial. I’ve heard few conservatives rallying folks to support the Supreme Court. Seems we’ve fared tolerably well under the successors of George Washington and our first Congress. The absence of government is anarchy. Does Wingfield suggest anarchy?
Leslie Y. Pounds, Atlanta
SOCIETY
All good things start with communication
A lack of communication is what keeps us from making the progress we could make in life. I’m speaking of society in general. Each of us is guilty of not communicating in the right way — not only in public situations, but on jobs, and in our homes. If we could get our messages across to others with more understanding from both people, then we could get more information, and be clearer about what’s being said.
Better communication cuts down on crime because we better understand ourselves and others. People who don’t become extremely angry — because they get their messages across — are less likely to commit a crime.
To make communication better, we have to teach everyone speaking, writing, learning, understanding and language skills. We should learn to communicate with God first. Then, we’ll learn the correct ways to get along at home and at work.
Barry Needham, Loganville
POLITICS
No justification for treatment of president
Two events happened recently that would have been absolutely inconceivable in our American life 15 to 20 years ago. The president of the United States was criticized for giving a talk to school children encouraging them to study hard and stay in school, and he was heckled and called a liar during a formal address to Congress.
Either (and I hate to think this) there is more racism in our country than I previously thought, or our country has become so polarized and full of hate between the right and left, that earlier notions of decency, respect and the common good are vanishing. Either way, it makes me feel very sad about our country. Robert Vobejda, Marietta
GOVERNMENT
Lack of accountability hard to understand
It continues to amaze me that no one questions the whereabouts of the billions of dollars we ran off on the Fort Knox printing press to help pay for the shortage of money with which we suddenly found ourselves a few months back.
No self-respecting business would tap their well source for this money, and not show the responsibility to that source as to where and how it has been used. Yet our government has done just that — and no one raises an eyebrow, let alone a question.
I would love to see a daily report in the lower right-hand corner of each newspaper in the country, showing who received how much; who made that decision to send it to them and how much of the original amount is left. But we don’t even know who to ask. And we don’t even seem to care. Jim Connor, Austell
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