Barrington Hills Opinion
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Thanks, Elgin for restoring senior rebateAug 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Thank you, Mayor Schock and Elgin City Council members, for restoring our Senior Citizen $200 Tax Rebate. It shows sound judgment on your part. We can appreciate that yo...
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Keep care private not exactly a changeAug 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Today's Daily Herald headline asked: "Health care deal near?" Under a proposal by Sen. Kent Conrad, a North Dakota Democrat, consumer-owned nonprofit cooperatives would ...
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Why aid Palestine if we have a deficit?Aug 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Why in the world would we be giving $200 millionto the Palestinian government to help their budget when we have a $3 trillion deficit ourselves? Surely Hillary Clinton ...
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After a while, it's all blah, blah, blahAug 22, 2009 11:00 pm - First it was Mark Buehrle... blah, blah, blah. Then it was the policeman and the Harvard professor ... more blah, blah. Isn't anyone going to write about Michael Jackso...
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Reform will reduce quality of careAug 22, 2009 11:00 pm - President Obama has stated the need to quickly pass an affordable government health care program because 47 million Americans do not have coverage. Hopefully this action...
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Is this any way to run a government?Aug 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Ten steps to government budget planning. 1. Raises take care of their raises, cost of living and any other bonus. 2. Fully fund their pension plans. 3. Fund their PORK p...
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Congress must take time on health careAug 21, 2009 11:00 pm - There is no question about the need, it is the cost and cost control of health insurance that is the problem. The United States has a good system for those who now have ...
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Quick reporting can hurt familiesAug 21, 2009 11:00 pm - You were quick to put an article up about the dad of triplets that was in a collision. When this was posted, some of the family hadn't even been notified of the accident...
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Fix problems before revamping systemAug 21, 2009 11:00 pm - James Prescott is a writer in search of facts. He says that he has "rather extensive experience with socialized medicine" due to his involvement in the military. This is...
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Death penalty is right for DuganAug 21, 2009 11:00 pm - I read Chuck Goudie's column on Brian Dugan with two minds. On one hand, I oppose the death penalty. On another, I oppose Mr. Goudie's reasoning that Brian Dugan should ...