This is Viewpoints for Monday, Feb. 8, 2016

Sneaky scam

Now we know what kind of sneaky politician Ted Cruz is. He would do the same thing and mislead the public. Just the day before the Iowa vote Cruz and CNN said Ben Carson was dropping out of the race, which was not true. This cost Carson a lot of votes. This was a sneaky political scam.

— Charles Biggerstaff

Macon

Comparative shopping

A full analysis of all grocery store prices are telling us why some CEO's pay is highly questionable. I put pen to paper to a address prices in a company I invested in and got a pathetic response as to why their prices are so high.

Bananas cost 69 cents a pound, but competition sells them for 29 cents a pound. Milk is a $1.15 a gallon cheaper. The list of 40 items showed my store higher on 36 of the items.

Operating costs are a major problem. Advertising and operating cost per square foot at my store is 30 percent higher. Either the consumer is going to stop the gouging or it will get worse.

— Joe Hubbard

Macon

This story was originally published February 7, 2016 at 8:14 PM with the headline "This is Viewpoints for Monday, Feb. 8, 2016 ."