I was on the radio yesterday, WRMN. I was hoping to get a chance to talk about what we are proposing and why.
But it didn't quite turn out that way. The time slot is a purchase program, not programming by the station. In this case, it was a weekly program by the Libertarian Party. Even the ads were all for the cause. Which is fine with me. After all, they are paying for it.
So I began to explain what we had in mind and the host immediately made the point that the problem of illegal aliens goes away if we don't have social programs, entitlements, public schools, and income tax.
His point was, we don't need borders or immigration laws in a free market.
But what he was really saying was that if all the world had the same free market economy and that economy was left to regulate itself, we would have no problem. He's right, of course, but the Second Coming of Christ has not yet occurred and we are left to deal with the realities of Elgin.
In short, I had hoped to make it a program about illegal aliens in Elgin and instead it turned into a monologue by the host on utopia. I'm sorry to disappoint.
But his view is not unique, and it is not limited to Libertarians. There were two letters to the editor in the Herald this morning innocently pleading, "Can't we all just get along," as though there were no byproducts to open borders and winking at the illegal alien problem.
Doug Heaton
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Dear Mr. Heaton You did fine on the radio program,like you mentioned "Freedom Rings" is paid programming. The host has done a lotta work exposing corruption and educating his listeners. Speaking of WRMN,the BIGGEST little man in Elgin was ripping you personally on his joke of the day Thursday program.Trucker Tom called into the program and asked if the host would extend an invitation for you to defend yourselve and explain the seven points.The host had some reason to explain he would not invite legalamericans.net on his program until some election was over. Does that makes sense he takes ten minutes to rip legal, and then refuses opportunity for rebuttal?/ I do not think he will be on air much longer,each week he makes fun of Carpentersville as joke of the week.Hopefully the citizens of Carpentersville are as sick of that behavior as we are in Elgin. What kind of man would pick on a small village,week after week,when his city has so many problems to work to solve.
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