Sound Off highlights anonymous, brief takes on the news offered via telephone by Daily News readers.

About the Sound Off comment by someone who absurdly tried to compare insurance on cars to health insurance: I understand that the government is going to give everyone a car, whether they have one or not, and then force them to buy automobile insurance. Is that correct?

To the person who called in concerning the ferry: The Coast Guard mandates the number of employees that are required on the North Carolina ferries. This is not something the state does. The Coast Guard mandates that six employees must be on the ferry at all times for it to run.

People need to call and protest having tolls put on the now-free ferries.

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