Trudy Sundberg (Letters, Aug. 12) brought to light Rep. Barbara Bailey’s bent toward the thoughtless political far right.

She would benefit by reading both Webster and Oxford dictionaries, discovering in the process “health” and “prosperity” among the attributes of welfare! The public needed to see this. Too often “welfare” becomes another weapon of ridicule and disdain. The hard core political right hates to be reminded of this word’s prominence in our country’s revolutionary history!

When Nirvana finally envelopes us in its nurturing arms even the conservatives will come to know that our economic system belongs to “we the people,” created by them to serve us all in the certain outcome of a stronger and healthier society!

Paul Bixby

Oak Harbor