Burlington Opinion
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Erase unemployment; revive economySep 30, 2011 5:00 am - I have a suggestion for a temporary new law that might rapidly reduce unemployment and raise demand. Following are my, perhaps challengeable, assumptions and the bare ou...
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It’s GOP engaging in class warfareSep 30, 2011 5:00 am - Republicans cry about “class warfare” when the president searches for compromise and shared sacrifice while trying to fix the recession, reduce budget deficits and rebui...
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If we build it we will thriveSep 29, 2011 5:00 am - I found four Fence Post letters recently in the Daily Herald — the authors all said the GOP is only fighting the president on job creation. The same type of letters come...
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Lauzen might make sense of tax snafuSep 28, 2011 4:00 am - The assessment process in Rutland Township in Kane County continues to be a joke. The reason is the wrong people in the wrong position, starting with Kane County Board C...
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What about the CL South kicker?Sep 28, 2011 4:00 am - How could you write a column about high school football kickers and not mention Brad Walovitch of Crystal Lake South? Kicking a 51-yarder with six seconds left in a tie ...
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Hopsital argument holds no waterSep 28, 2011 4:00 am - With reference to recent letters and the Centegra advertising blitz, consider the following. First, we have to live with the grievous mistake of approving the transfer o...
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Money takers now outnumber suppliersSep 27, 2011 5:00 am - The end of a good thing. I think the first guy to observe this truth was Cicero, Roman Senator in about 33 B.C.; the most recent was a professor Tyler in Scotland in 177...
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Real penalties needed for church to improveSep 27, 2011 5:00 am - Recently Pope Benedict commented that he could understand why some Catholics abandoned the church in view of the most recent sex scandals. The Pope then opined that Cath...
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Don’t need warrior for middle classSep 27, 2011 5:00 am - Here comes the second Obama stimulus bill even though the first one in 2009 didn’t work. He touted the exact verbiage of how we needed infrastructure repair and how it w...
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It’s time to call out GOP as obstructionistSep 24, 2011 4:00 am - What? Another long delay in job funds for disaster relief, debt ceiling crisis? Now the Republicans are delaying the signing of Obama’s jobs bill that could get this cou...