Deerfield Opinion
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Quinn sold out over tax increaseJan 19, 2011 10:00 pm - You don't have to “read Qunn's lips.” He promised he wouldn't raise taxes above 1 percent when he was begging votes just a few weeks ago, but on Jan. 12 Quinn, Madigan a...
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Free trade is not fair tradeJan 19, 2011 10:00 pm - In the Jewel flier for the week beginning Jan. 6, there was an ad for “Free Trade African Sweetheart Roses.” Yes, they are inexpensive, but what is the cost of these flo...
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Talk of death panels is pure nonsenseJan 19, 2011 10:00 pm - If you repeat an outrageous lie enough times, people will start to believe the ridiculous. This is the likely explanation for Cal Thomas' scree on Jan. 5 (“Heed Palin's ...
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Driver’s reputation second to kids’ livesJan 19, 2011 12:00 am - Methinks thou protest too much Mr. Shacter (Fence Post, Jan. 11). I have a question for you. Would you put your child or grandchild on a bus driven by that drunk woman? ...
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More eloquence, less cussing neededJan 19, 2011 12:00 am - Obama’s speech and the Gettysburg Address: No they are not equivalent. What is relevant is exactly why all these people are ranting. The same reason Washington and Patto...
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Finally, lawmakers showed courageJan 19, 2011 12:00 am - It took 30 years, but the Illinois legislature finally looked in the face of the GOP and said that it was time to quit whining about saddling our grandchildren with debt...
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Can we trust any politician?Jan 19, 2011 12:00 am - Now that our leaders have once again stuck it to us, we must vote in two years for state representatives. Let’s vote people who will stand up for the people and not foll...
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Speech can be as dangerous as a gunJan 19, 2011 12:00 am - In response to Mr. Constable’s article, “Guns Fail,” no matter what anyone can do to prevent something like the shooting in Tucson from happening it is going to happen. ...
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News headline too opinionatedJan 19, 2011 12:00 am - I spent much of the first day after Illinois legislators voted to raise taxes from 3 percent to 5 percent explaining to worried people that, no, they shouldn’t worry tha...
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Courageous vote for tax increaseJan 19, 2011 12:00 am - I am writing this letter in response to the local media holding up lawmakers who voted against an income tax rate increase this week, a measure that was clearly needed, ...