Downers Grove Opinion
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Leave lawyers out of medical settlementsAug 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Thank you for printing Charles Krauthammer's article "A better plan for health care reform" today. Although I have three lawyers in my family, I agree wholeheartedly wit...
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Get at root cause of health care costsAug 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Health care reform is essential, but among all the wrangling about who pays, less is being said about the root cause of the high cost. I would like to know why I get cha...
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Start writing about credit card robberyAug 17, 2009 11:00 pm - It is almost impossible to believe that our legislators in Washington passed a bill that regulates how much credit card companies may charge, increase credit card intere...
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Demand right to be heard on health careAug 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Recent government developments should ring alarm bells. We must not permit senior elected officials to trash our Constitution. The White House wanted citizens to report ...
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Blame recession on Biggert, CongressAug 17, 2009 11:00 pm - In a recent letter to her constituents, U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert explained that she voted for the expansion of the cash for clunkers program. This is further proof that we...
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Corporations have no souls, conscienceAug 17, 2009 11:00 pm - My wife and I saw Food, Inc., currently at the Glen Theatre in Glen Ellyn, urged by Moe Parr's sister Marietta while we were on our recent trip to North Carolina. Moe w...
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Federal consumer agency neededAug 15, 2009 11:00 pm - When looking at the bank bailouts, it is obvious who is watching out for the banks and the financial institutions. When do the players in Washington D.C.: our elected of...
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The need for reform at the tollwayAug 15, 2009 11:00 pm - As she was being introduced last week as the new board chairwoman of the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, Paula Wolff promised to "keep everything clean as a whist...
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Health care is better elsewhereAug 15, 2009 11:00 pm - If our democracy were functional, the proposed health care reforms would pass easily. Among various benefits, passing these reforms would save the average American about...
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Judges in Illinois should be appointedAug 14, 2009 11:00 pm - I believe very strongly that the Constitution of Illinois needs to be amended to allow for the appointment of all judges, rather than their election. There is no way for...