Opinion Stories from July 30, 2011 (Change date)
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Math supports private sectorJul 30, 2011 3:01 am - Amid all the hoopla about raising the debt ceiling, an interesting fact has gone unnoticed. Medicare costs $500 billion dollars annually, and non-partisan experts agree ...
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Replace legislators who don’t produceJul 30, 2011 3:01 am - There are over 400 representatives in Washington and 100 senators. Why are our policies and laws being written by the “Gang of 6” or a few legislative leaders sitting be...
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Why take from Social Security?Jul 30, 2011 3:01 am - It’s outrageous that some in Washington want to cut Social Security to help balance our federal books. budget. Social Security did not contribute to our financial mess a...
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Letter about Brueder contract misleadingJul 30, 2011 3:01 am - On July 22, a letter from College of DuPage Faculty Senate Vice-President Bob Hazard appeared in the Daily Herald regarding the COD board of trustees’ recent decision to...
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The arrogance of Boehner and GOPAug 01, 2011 6:34 pm - Speaker Boehner and the tea party Republicans all must have been absent from school the day the lesson covered the Gettysburg Address. At least they missed the “for the ...
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The SoapboxAug 01, 2011 6:25 am - The $117,000 Walsh owes his kids: Well, we guess you could call U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh of McHenry a role model of sorts. He says government must spend less. And then he rep...
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President Bush and the debt ceilingJul 30, 2011 3:01 am - Kudos to Al Godinez for inspiring me to write this letter. Says he: “ ... the GOP raised the U.S. debt ceiling seven times during the G.W. Bush administration. That was ...
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Put country first — like Bush Sr.Jul 30, 2011 3:01 am - The first President Bush exclaimed, “No new taxes.” Then he was faced with reality and put his own re-election on the line to do what needed to be done. He put our count...
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Consider the example Walsh setsJul 30, 2011 3:01 am - Rep. Joe Walsh has taken an outspoken, reckless position advocating holding the debt ceiling hostage in order to get radical budget changes, no matter what the consequen...
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