Sound Off for Jan. 18, 2020

Are you prepared?

Nearly all the Democratic candidates for president have adopted the strategy of promising everything to everyone. Free college, college debt relief, free medical care, free housing for homeless and teachers. The list is literally endless. The plans to pay for these promises are the usual “tax the rich” or make fat cats “pay their fair share” tropes. Elizabeth Warren’s Medicare for all plan would come with a 42 percent national sales tax. Income taxes would go through the roof. Are you prepared for any of these people to reach into your wallet and take, take, take?

Reporting the news

Whether someone has met Connie Moran or not should have no bearing on her recent arrest. As usual, the facts were rather basic and there was certainly more to her story. In law enforcement, the crime is all that matters. Not whether the dog ate your homework or a dear relative died. I would say the media simply reported the news. It was Connie Moran that sensationalized it.

Not newsworthy

Connie Moran falling in the street in front of her own house is not and should not be newsworthy. What bothers me more is the policeman appeared more interested in an arrest than helping a disoriented lady.

Faster online

I went online and renewed my driver’s license in a few minutes. I think most people or someone in their family has internet access. If all of those utilized that capability, that would drastically reduce the number of people that must go a driver’s license facility.

Just another day

Nancy Pelosi used $5,000 worth of custom souvenir gold capped bullet pens with her signature (also in gold) printed on them to impeach the president. President Trump used a $1.99 Sharpie to sign a $2 billion trade deal with China. Just another day in the swamp.

Bryant’s legacy

Gov. Bryant made Mississippi worse. We are still last or near last in anything good like health care and education. The very worst thing he did was refuse Medicaid expansion.

Strange call

Got notified today by my agent that the fine folks at the state wind pool supposedly sent out some guys to re-evaluate home owners insurance. They say my house is bigger now and would cost a ton more money to replace it. With their reasoning my yearly insurance will jump up an extra $550 over the high rate it is at. I, like a lot of others, can not afford this, so I may be forced to leave the wind pool altogether. I just don’t agree that the state can do this on a whim and break off the proverbial stick in mainly the coastal counties. Especially since the Coast puts a ton of money in the state’s coffers as it is.

This story was originally published January 17, 2020 at 9:30 AM with the headline "Sound Off for Jan. 18, 2020."