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Sound Off: March 12, 2025

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street on February 12.The NYSE had its worst one-day loss since December. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street on February 12.The NYSE had its worst one-day loss since December. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI upi

I did that

Does anyone have any of those popular “I did that” stickers, except with a photo of President Trump? I’d like to place some at the grocery store, the gas pump and on my 401 (k) report.

Think about it

Food for thought: The Democrats are on an absolute rampage with all their negative rhetoric about DOGE and President Trump and the need to start impeachment actions. Maybe the Democrats are afraid their backdoor funding of ridiculous projects and grants are being disclosed to taxpayers and the impact it will have on them.

Accountability needed

Private school advocates want our tax dollars, but don’t want to account for how it’s spent. Who in this world will give money and not know where it’s going?

Crime = illegal

Democrat U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett from Texas said that illegal entry into the U.S. is not a crime, but a civil violation. It would seem before she made such a stupid statement she would at least look up Federal code 8 U.S.C. 1325 which makes it a federal misdemeanor punishable by fines and up to six months in jail for a first offense. She obviously doesn’t know misdemeanors are crimes. Furthermore, the person is immediately deportable, which often happens so American taxpayers don’t have to pay for their incarceration. And that person is ineligible to try and make legal entry into the country for five years. Repeat entries take the violation up to felony level with increasing fines and up to two years in prison. Again, Rep. Crockett, that would be a crime. A mere violation would be something like a traffic citation.

DOGE

You can cry all you want about Elon Musk and DOGE, but it’s exposing the fraud within our government.

How about a receipt?

So far, I’ve heard all kinds of “look at all the fraud we found,” and no proof of all the fraud that was allegedly found. But I’m sure Elon Musk and President Trump would never intentionally mislead us.

Saving money

Who is paying for Elon Musk’s blown up rockets? I’ll bet it’s you and me while, he fires veterans at the VA to pay for it. Not bad for a guy who lied to get into this country.

Finding Biden

To those who are wondering where Joe Biden is, I hope he’s spending time with family and enjoying his much deserved retirement. Why ever would he want to be involved in the craziness of this new regime?

Fire, aim, ready

Our president would flunk Management, Economics, and Political Science 101. All his mental processes are backward and wreaking chaos. His thoughtless actions, like flippantly implementing tariffs without negotiation, killing 70,000 veteran and Pentagon jobs, shredding consumer and environmental Protections while independently cutting the people’s Congressionally approved programs is unconstitutional and unconscionable. Your can’t use a chainsaw when you should be using a scalpel.

Law and order

Has anyone seen our law-and order-Congressman? I cannot believe Rep. Ezell is supporting the absurd VA and Pentagon firings of President Trump and Elon Musk. If so, he will have a short political career. Congress should be voting on these unconstitutional actions, and not sitting idly by.

Racist much?

The United States has released its list of countries eligible for the 2025 Visa Waiver Program, and once again, no African nation has made the cut. The program, allows citizens from selected countries to visit the U.S. for up to 90 days without a visa. It includes 40 countries spanning Europe, Asia, and parts of the Middle East. However, all 54 African nations remain excluded.

Crypto fake-o

A story in the Wall Street Journal might make you think that President Trump made millions of dollars investing in cryptocurrency. Read the article again. Trump made millions of dollars from donations from cryptocurrency executives. The fact is, Trump was right with his initial assessment of cryptocurrency just a few years ago, “a scam.“

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