Downers Grove Opinion
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The SoapboxOct 21, 2011 12:00 am - Not paying attention? A 14-year-old brings a BB gun into his locker at Glenbard West High School. An 18-year-old shows off a bullet to classmates at Neuqua Valley. In th...
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Too much meddling by governmentOct 20, 2011 5:00 am - No other administration has bashed business more than the Obama administration, and yet it wants them to hire more people. No other administration has saddled business w...
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Gonzalez story did not dig deep enoughOct 20, 2011 5:00 am - As reported in the Oct. 15 Daily Herald, it is true that DuPage County Board member Rita Gonzalez works for two different government entities. However, she works two par...
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Free market system guards against fraudOct 19, 2011 5:00 am - This is in response to Froma Harrop’s op-ed: “Why we need more government in health care.” Ms. Harrop states that home-based services to Medicare are bilking the govern...
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Trade deals will promote job growthOct 19, 2011 5:00 am - Despite the clear economic benefits of trade, almost every story about the recent agreements with Panama, South Korea and Colombia included at least one hard-core oppone...
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Why doesn’t Congress like Obamacare?Oct 19, 2011 5:00 am - If Obamacare is so good for everybody else, how come all the Congressmen don’t want it? They want to keep their own medical insurers. David Ronske Elmhurst ...
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Illinois’ most vulnerable are at riskOct 18, 2011 5:00 am - They serve the most vulnerable in society, relying on government payments to survive and help their clients deal with a host of issues. But as today’s installment of “De...
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Case can be made for a flat taxOct 18, 2011 5:00 am - There must be an answer to solving our federal budget mess by simply incorporating a flat tax. We have enormous sums of money being spent on how to fix our flat-lining e...
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If God’s so loving, then why the mess?Oct 18, 2011 5:00 am - A few thoughts for P.J. Bertrand (Pray for a stop to this downhill slide, Oct. 5) after picking my jaw up off the ground: He/she has fallen in the all too familiar trap ...
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Lawson’s ‘coffee’ was strictly businessOct 17, 2011 5:00 am - Regarding Roger Bianco’s letter speculating the “Coffee with the Assessor” is nothing more than campaign tactic for John Lawson, we were fortunate enough to host one of ...