An American View of the Stamp Act

This letter from Samuel Adams to his friend John Smith is to me, almost like an editorial column in the Philadelphia Inquire. It takes the perspective of, the colonist are still trying to continue to be loyal British subjects. But, if England keeps treating the colonist as second-class citizens, then what is the point of even putting on a fake smile? Apart from this ridiculous tax, there was the fact that none of the colonist could have any say in political matters for england. The colonist were being pushed and pulled around by England, and Samuel Adams was getting sick and tired of it. I can slightly relate. Although I don't see a need for an extremely bloody revolution, the reasoning for charging college students for books of information, that for the most part is free online, seems ludicrous. Obviously publishers need to make a profit, but how is any book's actual value over $100? This is simply abuse by book publishers to keep their pockets over flooding with income, when we are currently in the middle of a national financial crisis. When the colonist were
starting to be treated as a countryside of mere merchants for the British Empire's financial gain, the colonist were at least willing to fight for their oppressed rights as British Citizens, if not human beings. Today, I find it hard to find any other student apart from myself as adamant about free education. But, perhaps mere annoyance of book and class fees are not enough to try and change an entire system, that has been in place since right around the time Samuel Adams wrote this letter. Perhaps part of the problem is, the only type of
job one could actually get hired for, that would pay for an actual living standard, is one that requires a college degree of any sort.