Downers Grove Opinion
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Anger at unions is misdirectedFeb 28, 2011 11:00 pm - Everyone is angry at the unions. The workers in unions get better pay and better benefits, and, somehow, that's the reason other workers are underpaid and overworked. Yo...
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Human services cuts easier on politiciansFeb 28, 2011 11:00 pm - Tom Cross, Illinois House Minority Leader, was quoted as saying “There is no easy cut” when it comes to balancing the state budget. (“Services wait for ax to fall”, Dail...
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A commitment to seniors and schoolsFeb 27, 2011 11:00 pm - We are writing to let our neighbors in Lombard village board District 5 know we will be voting for Laura Fitzpatrick for trustee and why we hope they will vote for her a...
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The proper focus of budget discussionsFeb 27, 2011 11:00 pm - By The Daily Herald Editorial Board How can we argue with U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin that the research done at Fermilab and Argonne Laboratories is critical both to the subur...
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What compassionate socialism can doFeb 27, 2011 11:00 pm - Assuming a more conservative figure of total debt outstanding of $55 trillion in the U.S (Lawrence Kotlikoff of Boston University says it’s more like $200 trillion), thi...
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Cutting wrong things at wrong timeFeb 27, 2011 11:00 pm - If Republicans were truly concerned about the nation’s budget deficit, they would slash where the waste and money are, that is: 1) the $40 billion in subsidies for the e...
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DuPage anti-bullying efforts can be a modelFeb 26, 2011 11:00 pm - By The Daily Herald Editorial Board As a state task force gets ready to submit a report to the governor and legislature this week on how to address the growing bullying ...
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Common sense would be revolutionaryFeb 24, 2011 11:00 pm - This winter I had my chance to escape permanently from Illinois. We sold our house in Carol Stream, and for a moment the whole country opened up to us. Indiana’s low tax...
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Who paid your medical bill?Feb 24, 2011 11:00 pm - Fence Post writer Julie Moskal is happy she received medical welfare and did not have to pay a $1,200 medical bill. Who paid the bill? I know, it was me and other taxpay...
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We can do better than ObamacareFeb 24, 2011 11:00 pm - Now that we have got our weekly dose of pro Obamacare letters, I for one am all in favor of repealing this bill. First of all, the bill was ruled unconstitutional by a ...