Sound Off: Jan. 18, 2025

Red wave

On Nov. 5, 2024, the American people chose the U.S. House, the U.S. Senate, and the White House to be under Republican control. The Democrats and the media failed miserably.

No thanks

The Mississippi House passed legislation to eliminate the income tax and increase our gas tax. Grocery tax will be decreased but not the local sales tax on it?

He did that

With the recent “drill, baby, drill” announcement by the incoming president, gas prices have already risen 20 cents a gallon. Why? Because big oil futurists, who set pricing, know offshore exploration will be subsidized by price increases and the new administration using your money. Did you really think big oil would pay for it? Billionaires now own us.

Rejects

I think Sen. Marco Rubio would make a decent Secretary of State, but these other nominations, not so much. I’m sure President-elect Trump could find other qualified Republican cabinet nominees. Only a very insecure leader would require loyalty as the sole denominator.

Health care cost

I was denied dental care this week in Gautier. The U.S. leads in medical innovation, yet we are the worst in access to that health care due to our ‘for-profit’ system.

Raising the flag

President-elect Trump doesn’t want to be disrespected by having the flag at half staff during his inauguration, but he wants the nation to disrespect President Carter by raising the flag back up.

Amnesia

All the media hype over who’s not attending President-elect Trump’s inauguration is rich. He didn’t attend Biden’s inauguration.

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