Algonquin Opinion
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Social Security is not welfareJul 17, 2011 3:00 am - Let me first start out by saying God bless all of you who have served this country past and present. I, like you and every other American citizen enjoy the right of free...
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Candidates, know your catchphrasesJul 17, 2011 3:00 am - Thinking about throwing your hat into the political ring and running for public office? There are certain catchphrases that you will need in your campaign to solve our c...
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Corporate jet tax is a smokescreenJul 16, 2011 3:00 am - Mr. Obama, that jet-tax loophole that you proudly proclaimed as one of your ideas to reduce the debt is one that you proposed as part of the failed stimulus approved by ...
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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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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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Elgin knows how to party patrioticallyJul 16, 2011 3:00 am - It’s great to live in a city that recognizes the significance of our nation’s history and makes an effort to honor it on special occasions. I just love attending the Mem...
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Quinn applauded for tight budgetJul 16, 2011 3:00 am - For the first time since the recession, Gov. Pat Quinn signed Illinois’s fiscal budget June 30 without new borrowing. Line, by line, Gov. Quinn carefully examined the bu...
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Sears murder case cold after 10 yearsJul 15, 2011 3:00 am - Is there anyone who noticed that June was a milestone in the cold case file of the coldblooded murder of Hampshire Police Officer Greg Sears? That case is now a decade o...
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Progressive taxes would lessen painJul 15, 2011 3:00 am - Communism asserted that labor is the source of all wealth, a false oversimplification. Many libertarians assert that capital is the source of wealth, also a false oversi...
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Don’t blame the passenger jetsJul 15, 2011 3:00 am - Since the tiny article mentioned on the opinion page of the July 9 Daily Herald titled, “A Different Climate Change,” I have to remark on this study by the journal Scien...