Questions for Byers | Letter

Published 11:37 am Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Lisa, your unwillingness to properly address my simple questions, your affiliation with the New Economics Institute (www.neweconomics.org) and the manner in which OPAL is structured,  have led me to understand that you and I have very differing views about the nature of the human spirit.

Your actions imply that you do not trust your fellow human beings, in fact, your need to control their actions into perpetuity signals that you actually fear their actions. Humans are born with innate creativity,  which is nurtured  in an atmosphere of trust.

Generally it is not our close friends who make us grow,  but it is our adversaries that disturb us enough to get off of the porch and go to work in the rain.  Risks that are taken in an atmosphere of “we trust that you will make the right decision” call forth creativity.

You suggest incentives to support our economy,  but fail to point out that incentives generally shade one plant to help another one grow. What really  grows individuals and thus an economy is inspiration. Inspiration naturally blossoms within a system of trust and expressed social confidence, while incentives are a controlling force which creates imbalance in the economic system (EcoSystem).

Those individuals who are given a handout rather than a handup are effectively being taught that they do not have the power to compete in this world.  I support the Homes for Islanders template because individuals create “sweat equity” by working on their own houses and end up with an unencumbered title to the property. I trust that they will do the “right” things with their own property.

Lisa, the government needs to pave the roads, not our lives. Bumps in life’s road calls forth creativity and creativity builds not only  an interesting  individual, but a vibrant community worth living in – and visiting!

I will be voting for individuals who have grown up on unpaved roads and will trust me and value me as a creative spirit having a human experience.

Royce Meyerott

San Juan Island