• More we can afford, the more we will buy • Opportunity of a lifetime, Coco Palms Cultural Park! • How illegal immigration hobbles America • Research to confirm • Island driving, wise up More we can afford, the more
• More we can afford, the more we will buy •
Opportunity of a lifetime, Coco Palms Cultural Park!
• How illegal immigration hobbles America
• Research to confirm • Island
driving, wise up
More we can afford, the more we will buy
“Words of wisdom continued” letter author James Langtad wrote, “if bills were cheaper instead of doubled, everyone could afford to put back into the economy.”
How true that statement is not only for bills. Groceries, too! (And every other necessity that we need in life such as clothing, toiletries, etc.)
I know store owners will say that you can not compare prices today with yesterday’s prices. When I came back home in 1990, I noticed that I could buy a lot of groceries when shopping at the local stores. I’d come out of the stores with at least five to seven bags of groceries and spend $50.
Then all of a sudden (maybe around 1993) grocery prices doubled or tripled. For instance a small bottle of cooking oil (16 fluid oz.) today is anywhere from $2 to $3 a bottle. It’s only vegetable oil not something out of Egypt. Similarly with other items such as bread, canned soups, vegetables, meats, so on and so on.
Less richer people can not afford to shop anymore. Soon we will be like that movie that came out in late 1960 or early 1970, “Solent Green,” sorry don’t know if spelling is right but I’m sure many who seen it can almost agree.
This is just my opinion, if prices were lowered in spite of what the store owners cost would be to put it on the shelf to sell.
The more we (customers) can afford the more we will buy. It would all balance out.
Howard Tolbe, ‘Ele‘ele
Opportunity of a lifetime, Coco Palms Cultural Park!
I wholeheartedly agree with William Fritz’s letter regarding “Coco Palms Cultural Park.” It has been a distant dream for most Kauaians and visitors ever since Hurricane Iniki. Where do we start?
Michael Smith, Kapa‘a
How illegal immigration hobbles America
America’s reluctance to deal firmly with the above is greatly impeding this nation’s most valuable asset: innovation.
With wages relatively low for illegals (not low, really), the incentive for innovation is suffering. If Americans were doing the work at higher wages, grants would start flowing to research in both industry and universities at flank speed.
Picking lettuce by hand, pulling radishes out of the ground, hand cutting ear corn, etc. would soon be a thing of the past. The same holds true for non-agricultural employment for illegals.
But what’s the point if the wages remain within the margin of profitability? Just as slavery in the South was primarily the downfall of the South, so illegal immigration is now greatly hurting America’s progress.
Shutting down employment opportunities for illegals is the first and right step for unleashing our nation’s enviable potential. This would also remove the incentive for illegal immigration. This should be done in a gradual manner to give employers time for making adjustments — but it should be done!
Carlos White, Princeville
Research to confirm
An anti-GMO letter in the Forum on Sept. 30 referenced suicides by Indian farmers linked to GMO crops. All references to Indian farmer suicides and their etiology trace back to the comments made a few years ago by Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar, Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
Sound good so far?
India is not the United States when it comes to politics and media. Mr. Pawar, India’s wealthiest politician, is not only a member of the opposition party, he formed it and leads it. Mr. Pawar has an agenda and is free to pursue it in press releases without investigative journalism. It would be a little like having Rupert Murdoch become President Obama’s press secretary.
Many anti-GMO leaning publications have printed this information because this is what happens when you merely “research to confirm.”
Pete Antonson, Lawa‘i
Island driving, wise up
At least twice a week I’ll be driving down the road and off to my right someone will be approaching the intersection. They don’t stop and I have to slam my brakes so I don’t smash into them. At times like these I wish I had a 55 Buick; Oh darn, I couldn’t stop.
Also there’s no one after me so if they legally stopped and waited for one car to pass, a safe turn can then be made. What’s so hard about that?
Next, what’s the speed limit? For the most part on the highway it’s 50 mph. The person roaring up behind me is going 60 and thanks for tailgating and flashing your lights. However, going 40 doesn’t work either. Just drive the speed limit.
There’s a lot of me, me, me, self-centeredness and arrogance on the roadways. How about aloha and wisdom instead?
Mark Perry, Lihu‘e
