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Shutting the government, the fault of members of Congress, is an absolute disgrace. They want to flex their muscle and show how tough they are while the public suffers — and they just don’t seem to care.

I have a suggested solution. For every day, or part of a day, that a shutdown lasts, members of Congress should lose one month’s pay. In addition, they should lose 10 percent of their office operating budget at the same time. This kind of drastic action would make it more likely that the parties would try to work things out rather than shut the government.

While we are at it, I would make members of Congress have the same health insurance plans that are available to the rest of us. SunSentinel.com/ opinion/letters

in a negative light, he immediately castigates the entire media as promulgating “fake news.” When he does not approve of stories that don’t show him to be correct, he becomes unhinged and vindictive. It appears that he only wants positive news to be reported.

Trump, obviously, is not a history buff. He is lacking in the knowledge that when all the news is only good, despots emerge and chaos reigns. for the train to pass. follow that logic.

Blaming the train operator for human stupidity is wrong. The lights were flashing, the bells were ringing, and yet residents are demanding Brightline cease blowing horns, which are the last line of defense against oblivious, or worse yet deliberate, drivers and pedestrians who place themselves in the path of trains. None of these deaths involved excessive speed. At 73, still