Carol Stream Opinion
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Return to simple method of taxationAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - The first income tax law was enacted in 1862 to support the Civil War. Taxes were collected at various rates, according to a person's income. The system was very simple....
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Emotion, conflict help put life in budget storiesAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Budget stories always present a quandary for newspapers. On one hand, tracking how governments spend tax money is one of the most important things we do in a democracy....
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Stable ACT scores can't mask concernsAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Why are so few Illinois high school graduates prepared for basic college-level academics? And how can matters be improved? Those again emerge as the most important quest...
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This group earned pink slips, not raisesAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Only a governor operating in left field and a legislature operating in the financial twilight zone could subject Illinois residents to such governmental ineptitude as we...
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Universal health care can workAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - I would like to respond to a letter written recently by Carl Palash to the Fence Post, in which he writes about his distrust of a universal health care system in this co...
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No need to raise taxes on gasolineAug 13, 2007 11:00 pm - Regarding Mary Warren's Fence Post opinion, while Mary was at least correct that we need better efficiency in our vehicles, she couldn't be more wrong on the rest of her...
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Saturday SoapboxAug 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Bigger police force needs funding: A jump in felony arrests in 2006 meant Villa Park police had to work longer hours to investigate those cases. Now some village trustee...
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Don't pull license when pulled overAug 02, 2007 11:00 pm - In Illinois, you need a license to drive. But you also need that license to board an airplane. Or to get a marriage license. There are occasions when you must show a dri...
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Memo to NFL: Keep vests, lose logosJul 31, 2007 11:00 pm - In order for our work as journalists to mean anything and to be taken seriously, we must bring to our work a number of qualities. That list is lengthy, but a short versi...
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That's one for charter schoolsJul 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Suburban school officials never have cared much for charter public schools, viewing them mostly as interlopers who siphon cash off from a district's other schools. That ...