| Jay Gould, the Wall Street robber baron, once said that he could pay half the working people to lock up the other half. Casinos are a way to get half the working people to fleece the other half. Rich people don't have to gamble. They have a sure thing in our corrupt economic system. That's why five percent of our population has more money than the other 95 percent the working people. A country in which five percent have half the wealth is not a democracy. This year's "free election" for President is a chance to choose between the seven stooges of the rich. When you hear a candidate promising price controls and a $2 million limit on personal wealth, then you'll have a horse in the race. Memo to Springfield Traffic Bureau: In Amherst they have the pleasant sounds of a songbird to signal it's safe to cross the street. In Springfield we have the unpleasant sound of a rhino letting one fly. Attention Bing Theater management: You've had four six-foot signs in your front window thanking a certain state representative for a state grant for over a year now. Shouldn't it read "thank you taxpayers?" Don't our state representatives get thanked every two weeks by check? Who paid for those political ads? John Harrigan Springfield |
