tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241445666161004335.post3637429330420072986..comments2024-01-20T15:51:35.268-06:00Comments on And So it Goes in Shreveport: Stephen King's Juvenile, Profanity Laced Op Ed Misses the PointPat Austin Beckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05767059128758168960noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241445666161004335.post-24870291318506627202012-05-07T12:40:50.202-05:002012-05-07T12:40:50.202-05:00Er...let's suppose for an instant that our fec...Er...let's suppose for an instant that our feckless leaders (especially the pretender currently squatting in the White House) decided to "soak the rich." Make them all pay their "fair share." How would that turn out...?<br /><br />The rich would simply renounce their US citizenship and move elsewhere. It's a very small world for the uber wealthy.<br /><br />I bet if Bill Gates were to apply for Swiss citizenship he'd get it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241445666161004335.post-68821638892855016982012-05-04T16:55:25.637-05:002012-05-04T16:55:25.637-05:00I think it's all talk. They hate capitalism u...I think it's all talk. They hate capitalism until they start to lose their money, as Michael Moore demonstrated about a year ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241445666161004335.post-56569115287542092052012-05-01T17:35:22.787-05:002012-05-01T17:35:22.787-05:00That saddens me. I'm re-reading On Writing. Ir...That saddens me. I'm re-reading On Writing. Ironically, I was just telling my parents the other day that if you go to his website, you get the impression that the Stephen King who wrong On Writing is long gone and in his place is a miserable old codger. I guess I was right.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13044223737833333480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241445666161004335.post-69035313399536261742012-05-01T15:32:30.035-05:002012-05-01T15:32:30.035-05:00Weird. Stephen king is worth a reported $400 milli...Weird. Stephen king is worth a reported $400 million. If only he would send most of it to the IRS. He really doesn't need it.<br /><br />He should also stop publishing through Scribner Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, which published a book called "Keep your hard earned money." Uh, and has been sued many times for failing to pay their taxes.William Teachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11447753680268439618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241445666161004335.post-9578587152592184502012-05-01T15:17:51.983-05:002012-05-01T15:17:51.983-05:00Well, if Stephen King feels he has too much money,...Well, if Stephen King feels he has too much money, then perhaps he can donate it to the fishermen in his home state who's livelyhood is being killed off by the same Administration and president who threw a $30K per head fundraiser in Portland a month ago.<br /><br />http://t.co/vLJSvAyt<br /><br />Yes, Steven...<i><b>MORE</b></i> government will surely help out those unfortunate men. I'm sure of it...Fenway_Nationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03429660763096017228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241445666161004335.post-77997333850976728762012-05-01T10:18:46.584-05:002012-05-01T10:18:46.584-05:00Perhaps someone should point out to Mr. King that ...Perhaps someone should point out to Mr. King that he can pay as much tax as he desires, the government will take it. Also, point out that the problem with the US is that the tax system is not fair, the rich carry too much of the burden.david7134https://www.blogger.com/profile/09312542857203326560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241445666161004335.post-5387777231013187902012-04-30T21:27:50.292-05:002012-04-30T21:27:50.292-05:00Pat
On January 1st, 2006 John Grisham had an edit...Pat<br /><br />On January 1st, 2006 John Grisham had an editorial published in the <i>NY Puke</i> on the slow pace of recovery in the Gulf Coast post Katrina. I sent in a letter refuting it (of course not published) with this opening addressing Mr Grisham, “Bottom line up front, stick to fiction.” That I think applies here. <br /><br />I read Mr King’s tripe and I’m astonished a writer of his accomplishment cannot compose simple argumentative prose. The profanity aside he goes from one tangent to another with no plot or point building on another. <br /><br />But I saw this interesting (don’t worry it’s relatively clean)<br /><br />“...the richer rich people get, the more jobs they create. Really? I have a total payroll of about 60 people, most of them working for the two radio stations I own in Bangor, Maine. If I hit the movie jackpot—as I have, from time to time—and own a piece of a film that grosses $200 million, what am I going to do with it? Buy another radio station? I don’t think so, since I’m losing my shirt on the ones I own already. But suppose I did, and hired on an additional dozen folks. Good for them. Whoopee-ding for the rest of the economy.<br /><br />At the risk of repeating myself, here’s what rich folks do when they get richer: they invest. A lot of those investments are overseas, thanks to the anti-American business policies of the last four administrations. Don’t think so? “<br /><br />Legit point on the anti-American business policies but he puts his lack of business skill on full display. If he’s loosing his shirt on these two radio stations he needs to either change them to a profitable enterprise or get rid of them. The fact he has not discovered this (or just won’t) tells me enough of his economic insight. <br /><br />Shows he’s a good liberal.Mike Thiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02929567856363413549noreply@blogger.com