Writer clarifies statements in letter

In response to Jim Cadnum’s article in the Dec. 3 issue of The Herald, I believe some corrections are in order.

First of all Forest Capital does not have a right to enroll its property into Forest Legacy of any other type of federal land grab because no such right exists. 

The federal government does not have the authority constitutionally to do this.  To violate the constitution and spend money it doesn’t have makes it even more wrong because it puts the debt on future generations.  Furthermore when government restricts the amount of land that can be used to build houses on, it increases the cost of housing and decreases the demand for timber products thus hurting the industry, not helping it.

I do support Forest Capital’s right to continue clear cutting if it chooses to do so.  Property rights do not include the right to other people’s property like money or land.

For more on the topic of property rights and the proper role of government, ask me for a copy of the law by Frederick Bastist.  And for a more clear understanding of who and what is behind this type of land acquisition, ask me for a copy of The Untied Nations Exposed by Bill Jasper.

I doubt that anyone in Boundary County would be willing to enroll their land in any federal program if  he fully understand its implications.

Robert Vickaryous