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Sound Off for November 16, 2016

Empathy impairment

America's minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. Mexico's minimum wage is $4.25 … per day. This often feeds a family. Cross the border to understand broken. Then build your wall to shut them out?

Talent isn’t political insight

Wealthy actors, athletes and singers live in fantasy worlds, deluded by millions of fools who worship them into believing they are wise leaders and their armies of followers would elect their choice. Stick to entertaining!

Get ready

Medicare will be terminated and privatized. Insurance companies win. You will receive a voucher for $500 to shop for coverage. Good luck with that. Happy now?

First, just get out

Illegal alien "Dreamers" were betrayed, all right — by their stupid parents who entered a country illegally and hid from authorities for years. Go home, and we'll consider that when deciding who's allowed to return.

Now, about Russia ...

Concerns that certain foreign countries, particularly China, don't like Trump becoming President are a good sign. The party America's been funding is over. The Mafia didn't like it when the RICO Act was passed, either.

American horror story

November 9, 2016 ... Dawn of the Brain Dead.

This story was originally published November 15, 2016 at 10:00 AM with the headline "Sound Off for November 16, 2016."

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