Elgin Opinion
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Stop borrowing; start raising taxesJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - The media is currently filled with stories on our national debt situation. The Republican leadership in both houses of Congress has clearly taken any increase in revenue...
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Let taxpayers spend taxes carelesslyJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - President Obama’s $66 billion job stimulus did nothing more than cost the taxpayers more money. Sure, it saved and created 2.4 million jobs, but at the cost of $278 mill...
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There are ways to keep best teachersJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - “Pay for education now or pay for it with public assistance and prisons tomorrow. The first choice seems infinitely better.” I do not know who said these words, but I d...
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Don’t extend tax deal to SearsJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - Today, I read in the Daily Herald that the state is in discussions with Sears attempting to keep them at their Hoffman Estates campus. I have lived in the same house in ...
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Second Amendment has leaders in checkJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - In the June 26 Fence Post letter, “Selling guns to cartels is bad policy,” the writer noted that this was an idiotic ATF policy and asked why President Obama would allow...
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Deal would benefit youth and taxpayersJul 07, 2011 12:00 am - I read with some consternation a “letter” submitted by Jim Sather of Geneva titled “Troubled youth not a priority for the county.” The letter addresses an ongoing discus...
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Tough limits on coal bad for consumersJul 07, 2011 12:00 am - The president, Congress and the EPA are legislating strict regulations on the coal and electric power industries. That forces many coal mines to close and in turn forces...
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Skip appeal, Rod; take your lumpsJul 07, 2011 12:00 am - Now that the Rod Blagojevich trials are over it is time that he falls on his sword. In the first trial, he used all of his available funds to defend himself. For the sec...
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U.S. companies hardly at a disadvantageJul 07, 2011 12:00 am - Republicans are fond of saying that the United States has a high corporate tax rate, and because of this our corporations operate at a competitive disadvantage in the wo...
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Flag a reminder of unity we should seekJul 07, 2011 12:00 am - Flag Day has come and gone. Our flag flew over the steps by our front window. It is a decades-old cotton flag sewn in strips for the stripes with each five-point, white ...