Sound Off: Feb. 6, 2025

Elon’s team

I can’t really say that I feel particularly good about Elon Musk’s teenage minions having access to the world’s most sensitive data.

Grocery tax

It would nice to see the tax on groceries fall in line with the national average, since we have the highest or near the highest taxes on groceries. On other items taxed, go to the consumption tax without the loopholes.

El Salvador

The president of El Salvador has committed to taking criminals and illegal aliens. As you may know this country crushed gangs and incarcerated thousands. More positive foreign policy.

Israel

After the disastrous four years of the Biden administration, President Trump has moved to defend the state of Israel. The Iran nuclear deal is gone and sanctions are in place again.

Protesters

Why would Los Angeles protesters carry Mexican flags to protest illegal immigrates being deported back to Mexico and burn the American flags? If they feel proud and loyal to Mexico by their actions, why don’t they all just return to Mexico? They seem confused as to which country they feel better about.

Shame on us

After Hurricane Katrina savaged the Mississippi Gulf Coast, thousands of Hispanic people traveled to the Coast to clean up debris, roof houses, build new dwellings, and more. We didn’t care if they were documented. We only cared if they were willing to work hard. They were. They were our heroes: Saints and angels with trucks, rakes, and hammers. After recovery settled down many of those workers remained here, working at honest, low paying jobs, raising families. Now some people want to throw them out of the country. Shame on us. They should be thanked and naturalized, not dissed and dismissed.

Gaza

I’m having a bit of trouble figuring out how taking over Gaza is America First. But I’m sure Agent Orange’s lemmings are all for it.

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