Letters to the Editor
Dear Sam,
Greetings.
I wanted to think about something and check it out before responding to
another thing in your Jan 21 Frontiersman.
In
your letters to the editor, Tom
suggests that since you're past retirement age, you apply for and get
retroactive payments for Social Security.
For
starters, any payments you missed in the past cannot be collected.
How the "retroactive" thing works is, example, let's say you apply for
Social Security, today. Let's say it took 3 years until they finally
approved it. Once you get approved, they will go back, retroactive
to the day you "applied", and you will receive all payments missed "after"
you applied.
And
I've given careful thought to your situation. For starters, you never
asked for citizenship. That was a contract forced upon you by Big
Brother. But, until you gave them your Social Security # back
since you never agreed to a contract, doesn't that mean all taxes and F.I.C.A.
taxes they took from you, out of your paycheck, what you paid when you
filed your taxes, etc., doesn't that mean they taxed you illegally?
And
most importantly, if you filed for Social Security now, aren't you by right
just taking back what was taken from you illegally?
Tell
me what you think.
As
usual, your Mar '21 Frontiersman was enlightening. Something happened
here I wanted to share and correct an error. A skin head (white supremacist)
read what I
wrote in your "letters to the editor" and said "Hey, I didn't know
you had it in you, right on man!"
I
re-read what I wrote and realized how it came across. I never meant
it to become a rally cry at the next KKK ho-down. I'm not a racist.
Instead, for black and brown people, I meant it to be understood that whites
are getting the short end of the stick, too. I never meant it to
be taken that blacks and brown people are getting great treatment, because
they aren't. I meant to portray that we're all getting fucked here.
This
reminds me of something that happened one time when I visited the zoo.
I was carrying various fruits and vegetables to feed the animals.
While in the monkey enclosures, I encountered two monkeys in two different
enclosures. One I fed a grape, the other I fed some cucumber.
Well monkeys for sure communicate, because the monkey who got the grape
was loving life, while the monkey who got the cucumber was angry and screaming
and slapping the glass violently. It made me think, these monkeys
are so busy begging for my "crumbs", both have forgotten they're enslaved
in cages.
So,
whites, blacks, browns! We all need to quit squabbling amongst each
other and quit being caged monkeys for the rich and oppressive governments.
As
always, you're in my prayers, Sam.
Sincerely,
—S. H., a prisoner
As
with Tom's question in the January issue, I can't give you a short and
simple answer. I can only suggest that you study my essays that are
available in Pharos, under the headings Liberty,
Sovereignty, and the Doctrine of Social Contract and The
Supreme Flaw of the Land Essays.
I
didn't notice anything in your message, in the March issue, that seemed
to be particularly racist. Regarding the white supremacist that you
mentioned, we don't have to agree with him, but we should accept that he
has as much right to his attitude as we have to ours. If he initiates
force, violence, or fraud, then it might be appropriate to punish him,
always keeping in mind the
principles of liberty, but it's never appropriate to punish someone
merely for having a bad attitude. The recent folderol involving Harry
and Meghan presents a typical example. A furor arose because somebody
in the British royal family reportedly made a racist comment. So
what? That person has as much right to his attitude as Harry and
Meghan do to theirs, and as much right to express it. The morality
enforcers ought to mind their own business. They're just as
intolerant as the racists, maybe more so, and just as dangerous, probably
more so. If we condemn people merely for having bad attitudes, or
for expressing them, then we're well on our way to Inquisitions, Witch
Hunts, and the executions of heretics.
—editor
Hi
Sam - Hope this financial contribution helps. I know it's not much.
I really enjoyed your motorcycle story in the latest Frontiersman [Soul
Survivor, March, pages 1 - 2]. I used to ride a motorcycle,
and the story brought back memories. Boy! You sure were lucky
to survive that occurrence without a scratch! Thanks for sharing,
and please keep up the good work!
—Tom from Redwood City
Sam,
Thanks
for keeping Frontiersman going all these decades (!).
—J. M., of Northridge, California
As
of this issue, I've completed 27 years and four months of continuous publication.
All issues are presently available as free downloads from the website.
—editor
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