All Stories from July 16, 2011 (Change date)
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Tax breaks have led to job outsourcingJul 16, 2011 3:00 am - Repeated tax breaks for the rich and large corporations over the past 12 years have resulted in outsourcing millions of new jobs in India and China. That’s a fact that t...
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Appalled by plans for Social SecurityJul 16, 2011 3:00 am - I am responding to the July 8 article by Stephen Ohlemacher. He obviously doesn’t receive Social Security or else he would have known that there was no annual increase f...
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Driving’s a right, not just a privilegeJul 16, 2011 3:00 am - I disagree with those who define driving an automobile as a privilege. Everyone living outside urban areas where public transportation is an option knows that driving a ...
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Unions don’t put kids firstJul 16, 2011 3:00 am - We all know that a major criticism of teacher’s unions is that they seem to protect tenured staff who have lost their passion and are “running out the clock” until retir...
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Crime-free housing law not what it seemsJul 16, 2011 3:00 am - “Crime-free housing.” Is that what we are getting? Illinois legislators would like you to think so. They have sent SB1766 to the governor, claiming this “feel good” legi...
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Inflation measurements are deceptiveJul 16, 2011 3:00 am - Inflation is one of the terms feared by the government and big banks. Knowing that the public reacts to inflation by voting out politicians and buying precious metals, t...
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Recovery requires shared sacrificeJul 16, 2011 3:00 am - A few short years ago a Republican Congress under a Republican president led us into two unfunded wars, an unfunded Medicare drug benefit and tax cuts for the super rich...
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Which side of mouth do you believe?Jul 16, 2011 3:00 am - This July, out of one side of their mouths, Republicans are demanding spending cuts. Out of the voting side of their mouths, in control of the House, they increased the ...
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The SoapboxJul 16, 2011 3:00 am - Keeping costs in check: Why pay 40 cents to mail a check for $1.50? Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka is proposing changes in the way her office sends money to vendors that ...
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Wrong in 1968, still wrong todayJul 16, 2011 3:00 am - U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam and the House Republicans are wrong. Roskam has always been politically wrong. He and I argued on the school playground in second grade about the ...