Gages Lake Opinion
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Public pensions are insultFeb 03, 2011 11:00 pm - This letter is in response to fireman Mark’s letter Jan. 21. His complaint that his pension will only be $43,000 a year is an insult to the ordinary private sector taxpa...
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We’ve traded popularity for prosperityFeb 03, 2011 11:00 pm - With a national debt of $14 trillion, a budget deficit of $1.4 trillion, a jobless rate near 10 percent, rising inflation, two wars, Islamic extremists, and ballooning h...
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Obama’s selective in support of the peopleFeb 03, 2011 11:00 pm - President Obama has embraced the protesters in Egypt and put tremendous pressure on President Mubarak to respect them and put in place democratic processes. Egypt is a c...
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Let’s eliminate slurs against gaysFeb 03, 2011 11:00 pm - Jan. 24-28 was No Name Calling Week. Started by the Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network (GLSEN), it is a week devoted to raising awareness about the verbiage we use t...
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Students deserve school choiceFeb 03, 2011 11:00 pm - Monopoly. In business, this word has become synonymous with greed, exploitation, and corruption. Why then do we readily accept monopoly control over our children’s educa...
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Lawmakers don’t understand real lifeFeb 01, 2011 11:00 pm - The recently released Education Week Research Report assigned grades to all fifty states education performance; Illinois received an overall score of 73 and ranked 40th ...
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Watch for health care smoke screenJan 31, 2011 11:00 pm - Opponents of health care reform are using expanded 1099 reporting as a smoke screen to dissuade public support and to distract from health care reform benefits, e.g., af...
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Small gestures of good, bad leave lasting marks on kidsJan 30, 2011 11:00 pm - A smart kid with good grades, Michael Spivak came from a supportive family and had just celebrated a successful bar mitzvah that ushered him into manhood. But he still w...
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Obama not managing storm of debtJan 30, 2011 11:00 pm - Imagine trying to shovel 14 inches of snow with a thimble instead of your snow shovel. Then, after making one pass across your driveway, you put away your thimble, break...
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It’s government that ‘fell down on the job’Jan 28, 2011 11:00 pm - President Obama says the U. S. “fell down on the job.” Who fell? Not the nearly 10 percent who are unemployed and the additional nearly 10 percent of people who have gi...