Thoughts on recent news
I noticed in the paper a couple of days ago that a Mississippi school district has adopted the school year plan I’ve advocated for years. Namely, a school year of twelve months divided into four quarters with a brief break in between them. I do believe this system will be beneficial for both teachers and students. If it works like I think it will, it will be a model for schools all over Mississippi and the nation.
Some Republican lawmakers are afraid to increase any taxes, regardless of the need or anything else. Cars today are lighter and get much better gas mileage than yesterday’s cars. It only makes common sense to increase the state fuel tax on gasoline and diesel fuel. I, for one, would like to see that .009 cents gone! .001 cent more per gallon won’t cause anybody any financial pain, but millions of gallons sold per day will add up to quite a few dollars in the state treasury.
Another thought of mine is for stores to price products on their shelves to the nearest nickel, tax included in the given price. No more $39.99 for a widget. Go ahead and call it what it is, $40.00! Eventually we could make the penny obsolete. It already costs more to produce that coin than its face value.
Op-ed writer Marc Dion, whose literary license expired long ago, is marching in lock-step with the other liberals trying to scare people into thinking President Trump’s immigration plan will do horrible things. Guess what. The current immigration mess has done far worse. If something isn’t done, and done right, by governments from the federal level down to local burgs, I believe that U.S. citizens who have grown tired of illegal alien criminals committing felonies and not getting justly punished may start taking matters into their own hands. That will not be good. Lynch mobs don’t always get the right crooks, or sometimes don’t get a crook at all. We have too many native-born American citizens who could be planting pine trees or picking fruit, except they are too lazy and know they can survive off food stamps and other “entitlements”. End unearned entitlements and watch illegal aliens be unable to find jobs in America!
Steve Chapman, another liberal op-ed writer who blindly follows the liberal talking points, fears that if confirmed, Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch will undo rulings that decree sodomy and other “unnatural sex acts” illegal and unconstitutional. There is no way of knowing how he might or might not rule on anything! As far as I’m concerned, the government needs to stay out of people’s bedrooms and bathrooms! Let’s add showers, too. If some guy thinks he’s supposed to be female or some girl thinks she’s a guy, that’s their problem. They can shower at home, and many stores have family restrooms where they can go without risking exposing young children to their “gender identity.”
Leonard Pitts has never forgotten he’s black. He wears his skin color like a chip on his shoulder. Like a former reporter for the Times-Picayune, Pitts has never met a white person he likes or trusts. In other words, he’s racist to the core. People need to pay attention to the things and problems that really matter in the grand scheme of things, before there isn’t a grand scheme about which to worry!
Cameron Triplett
Brooksville
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