Des Plaines Opinion
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Don't forget what GOP got us intoOct 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Have the voters forgotten the two wars and the banking crisis that the Republicans put the country in? The Democratic Congress has been in office since 2006, and Preside...
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Praise to opponents of health care billOct 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Democrats don't realize that a zillion here and a zillion there, and before long they are talking big money. It's ironic that Democrats nationwide are running away from ...
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Fox has background to be comptrollerOct 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Another sign of voter anger is the number of third party candidates on the ballot. Third parties in Illinois overcame the incumbent protectionist signature requirements ...
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State House Dist. 57: NekritzOct 13, 2010 11:00 pm - For four terms, Democrat Elaine Nekritz of Glenview, has represented the 57th House District that includes parts of Des Plaines, Mount Prospect, Prospect Heights, Niles,...
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Dalton cares, has integrityOct 12, 2010 11:00 pm - I've lived in the northeast neighborhood of Elgin for my entire life and one thing that stands out about it is how connected everyone is and how we all take care of each...
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Kirk the better choice for SenateOct 12, 2010 11:00 pm - If Lisa Madigan had been the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, Illinois voters would have had a difficult decision. Lisa has served the residents of Illinois well in...
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Why the holdup on tax-cut vote?Oct 12, 2010 11:00 pm - Sen. Dick Durbin said Democrats will come together to extend Bush-era tax cuts. He stated on CNN that Democrats support the idea to keep the lower tax rate for married c...
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How far should tax cuts really go?Oct 12, 2010 11:00 pm - Tea partyers should be more careful about calling Obama a socialist. The big class issue today is whether to extend the Bush tax cuts. This is the way the Obama administ...
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Keep death penalty for worst crimesOct 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Mr. Todd Ruder recently wrote about abolishing the death penalty and quoted some unknown surveys and polls that were allegedly done with the police and criminologists th...
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Raise income tax to zap deficitOct 11, 2010 11:00 pm - After seeing the Republican Party's “Pledge to America" and reading about the economic plans of both local and national Republican candidates, I'm beginning to think tha...