Elgin Opinion
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Wars that were worth fightingJul 12, 2015 12:00 am - So Georgie Anne Geyer tries again to second guess all wars since World War II. So Vietnam was a post-colonial war? Of course we were trying to replace the French. We wer...
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Blame Democrats for budget impasseJul 11, 2015 1:00 am - Democrats are responsible for Illinois budget stalemate. Democrats submitted a budget that has spending far exceeding revenues. Democrats could have reduced spending t...
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Why focus on a flag and ignore guns?Jul 08, 2015 1:00 am - So, please help me to understand something. A young boy goes into a church in South Carolina armed with a gun and the intent of killing people. He sits through a Bible s...
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What $12 million would do for DetroitJul 08, 2015 12:00 am - Congress did it again, gave Obama a freer hand in trade talks. We need more free trade talks, remember the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1993 that was going to ...
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Editorial: Sales tax increase still a bad idea for Cook CountyJul 07, 2015 1:00 am - If anyone has earned the credibility to justify revisiting a sales tax increase in Cook County, it's Toni Preckwinkle. In almost five years at the helm of the county boa...
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Giving our country away to ChinaJul 07, 2015 12:00 am - China takes our jobs, builds islands in the South China Sea, hacks our government and corporations, steals our secrets and technology, manipulates currency and cheats on...
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Time for U.S. to get tough on ChinaJul 06, 2015 1:00 am - Multinational corporations send jobs to China. America workers lose their jobs and standard of living. They shop for cheap cloths, toys, tools, etc., at Wal-Mart. Most o...
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No longer by and for the peopleJul 06, 2015 1:00 am - I am a World War II veteran, and in my lifetime I never thought I'd see the American dream and a country by the people and for the people fade away. The people now days ...
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Choir director should accept church's positionJul 05, 2015 11:00 pm - In response to your article on Wednesday July 1 regarding Mr. Colin Collette, he needs to move on. There is no dispute that he is talented and well liked, but many talen...
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Big oil making obscene profitsJul 05, 2015 1:00 am - This year, U.S. taxpayers will be giving $700 billion to ExxonMobil, Shell and Marathon Petroleum and that's on top of what you're paying at the pump. Recently, the Inte...