Montgomery County taxpayers are learning very expensive lessons. Democrats serving on school boards and elsewhere have consistently rewarded public sector employees at levels beyond the means of typical residents. Contrary to Commissioner Makhija’s claim that a portion of the proposed 9% tax increase could be drawn from a state surplus, the current general fund surplus is expected to be depleted in the next fiscal year, leaving only the rainy day fund to be pilfered.
M. Furlong
The bumbling Biden administration seems intent on getting the United States embroiled in a nuclear war before their disastrous term ends on January 20, 2025.
Robert Minninger
There’s much to be said for knowing your audience … so I wonder why The Mercury’s editorials are predominantly from vile never-Trumpers like S.E. Cupp, Eugene Robinson, Catherine Rampell, and other Washington Post political activists? Your audience composition is primarily conservative Republicans, yet you continue to plague us with pro-Democrat editorials. Just look at your Sound Off posts – 85% are pro-Trump. I don’t get it, and obviously, neither does The Mercury.
Greg Levengood
Trump’s cabinet appointments just goes to show what a joke Biden’s cabinet appointments were.
It is a mandate anytime someone wins the House, the Senate, the Electoral College and the popular vote. Anyone who doesn’t accept that is the reason the Democrats lost. So suck it up, dry your snowflake tears, and jump on the Trump Train or get run over by it.
Righty Tighty
Christmas came early this year and what a great and glorious Christmas it is, indeed. This is my best Christmas ever because I got everything I could possibly want for the next four years. Thank you blue wall that turned bright red upon being enlightened. America, Love it or Leave it.
American Pie
Under the Biden/Harris administration, the Pentagon failed its seventh consecutive audit as the agency was unable to fully account for its massive $824 billion budget. Not surprisingly considering the Dem’s DEI Darling was able to waste $1.5 Billion over the course of just 3 months of campaigning. Thank the Good Lord that Trump and his A-Team will soon be back in charge!
Not Nitpicking
Once again, we see the arrogance of the Bucks County Commissioners, after the PA Supreme Court’s ruling on ballot counting. Where is the Gov. Shapiro and his Attorney General on holding these commissioners accountable to follow the court’s ruling? Typical Democrat count fixing! Casey needs to go! PA continues to be one of the worst states in the country, for following election rules. We need Florida’s governor to straighten this state out!
EX MARINE!
Now Zelenskyy is saying Ukraine’s war with Russia will be over sooner with Trump as President. All he has to do to end the war is hand over his country to Putin. That’s right, Trump’s solution to end the war is to surrender. It will also help Trump cozy up to Putin even more if that’s possible. It’s a good thing Trump wasn’t in charge of anything in WWII. History would be way different.
H John, what the election tells me is the Democrats missed the point, most of the population doesn’t understand how long it takes government policy to affect the economy and the long-term financial effects of the pandemic on the economy. Do you think corporations are going to drop their prices after the shortages stop?
The Moderate
Puggy: Not stupid. Trump stated during his debate with Harris on 9/10/24, that, if reelected, he would end the war in Ukraine before his inauguration. Said he had good relationships with both Zelenskyy and Putin and suggested he could leverage that to settle the conflict. I thought everything Trump says is absolute truth, according to both he and his (stupid?) supporters.
That anonymous poster
I love waking up every morning knowing that Donald Trump will soon be our president again. I pray that God protects him between now and Inauguration Day. I don’t trust the Deep State Democrat Cabal.
Mainline Mary
Woohoo! Wokeness and DEI are heading to the dumpster fire. Now normal regular people will no longer have to bow down to their deranged ideologues. No mask or blue bracelet on me.
I know (sadly) we’ll never see the day when the U.S. military is permitted to shoot foreigners caught crossing into our country illegally, but there should at least be a law that says if you’re caught sneaking into America, you will never be eligible to be a U.S. citizen nor will you ever get any U.S. benefits. No exceptions!
The Duj
Hey, Anonymous Sound Off writer on 11/18. I just read your contention that Trump owes Russia $1.8 billion. I challenge you to show the readers where you dug up this misinformation as I couldn’t find it anywhere on the internet. Yes, he owes $1.8 billion but not to Putin or any other Russian organization. Now we know why you don’t sign your name. Any comment? Any response? Crickets!
Still Amazed
The Casey-McCormick race demonstrates exactly why many of us doubted the integrity of the 2020 election results. Now Democrats in 4 counties want to count illegal votes In fact, the Democrat members of the election said they didn’t care what the PA Supreme Court said, they were counting the illegal votes. In 2020 no one was watching until after the votes were “counted” and then it was too late — we now know what happened.
Michael Stern
I find myself wanting proof that 12,000 North Koreans are really fighting for the Russians in Ukraine. Is there a photo, captured prisoner, dead body, etc.? Not that I don’t think it’s possible; but our Intelligence Community has been caught lying to us on multiple occasions. I’m much more skeptical than I was before.
Robert Minninger
President-elect Trump’s new press secretary going forward is 27-year-old Karoline Leavitt. When she goes into her first press briefing she should bring an empty binder.
Billy G.
My grandpa loved to say, “As one door closes, another one opens.” Great guy. Terrible cabinet maker.
Bill Wilson
One of my friends who recently voted Democrat is scheduled for a colonoscopy. I asked him if he could get a note from his doctor stating that his head isn’t actually stuck up “there!”
Jim Fitch
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