The themes are similar, the arguments the same — here’s another installment in the Bill Stone series. As always, this letter originally appeared in The Rapid City Journal.
Lived too long
You know you’ve lived too long when:
The queers are getting married, the straights are shacking up, and neither want any children.
The queers can marry in Massachusetts, can’t in South Dakota, but can get divorced anywhere.
The workers who fund my Social Security have to be imported from Mexico.
The WWII Axis (Germany, Italy and Japan), who now call themselves the World Trade Organization, can dictate the price of American steel.
When an $800 car costs $16,000-plus and contains only 800 pounds of steel.
When a 1940 dollar is worth five cents and no one sees anything wrong with such government theft.
When the majority of Americans believe moving jobs overseas will bring prosperity at home.
When school districts are short of money because they have too few students.
When 10 million illegal aliens on welfare and Medicare are considered cheap labor.
When a Republican state has two Democratic senators because no one can decide which is the “tax and spend” party.
When our current “best friends” killed 500,000 American servicemen during WWII and the majority of Americans are too young to remember.
BILL STONE
Rapid City
Where to start, really. Firstly, Mr. Stone seems to equate not having children with societal collapse. I would call it a natural process that is proven to occur as standards of living increase. But I guess that’s why we don’t see eye to eye.
Also, though I don’t usually venture into such controversial topics, I must note that I don’t think I or anyone has the right to say that two people can’t be married simply because they don’t fit the traditional mold.
Um, actually, I’m supporting your Social Security. I hope you enjoy it, because it won’t exist for me. Gosh, I sure wouldn’t want to keep that money and invest it myself.
I wouldn’t say that the WWII Axis controls steel prices. An international market does. I guess you missed the part where the US interfered in the market making it highly inefficient and prices high for all US consumers. And while we’re on the subject, that car is probably $16000 because of the overinflated prices resulting from US controls. And I don’t know how you think a car, including R&D, cutting edge technology, labor, and raw materials could be made at a profit for $800. Plus, prices logically increase as standards of living increase.
You summarily judge people as wrong in believing that increasing the prosperity of the people in a country with whom the US trades is a good thing. I’m sorry, but I guess I thought that if I bought goods from a country that had a comparative advantage in producing that good, that I would eventually increase their standard of living to a level where they would begin to demand goods from us that we have a comparative advantage in producing. Silly me.
I don’t live in South Dakota anymore, but if I did I would have a serious problem with being labeled a Republican state. Perhaps the good people of South Dakota chose two Democratic senators because they felt those politicians best represented their view and beliefs. Heaven forbid people vote outside party lines.
It’s been fun, Bill. Let’s do this again sometime.
5 responses so far ↓
1 SOMEONE // Jan 10, 2004 at 11:39 am
Why Bill Stone?
2 Nicole // Jan 10, 2004 at 7:31 pm
Why Bill Stone what?
3 web // Jan 11, 2004 at 8:36 am
How do you feel about large companies outsourcing alot of the work that used to be done in this country overseas.
I think its horrible to call technical support and to have someone that can hardly speak the language help me through a problem.
These companies must be saving a ton of cash making thier customers hop a language barrier to get help.
I think companies that outsource work to other countries should have to pay a tax.
But at that point you will see countries base thier business outside of the US then. what to do?
4 someone // Jan 11, 2004 at 3:33 pm
Why do you choose this Bill Stone to make comments about?
He just looks like a crying child…
5 Nicole // Jan 11, 2004 at 3:48 pm
He writes a letter to the editor like clockwork, and I can point them out from a mile away. I suppose I “pick” on him, so to speak, because his letters always contain statements that are highly inaccurate. These inaccuracies are generally related to economics, which is a hot topic for me.