Geneva Opinion
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No more bailoutsMay 17, 2012 4:40 am - No more bailouts ever! If your company made a mistake — too bad. Suck it up and swallow it the same way every American citizen has to. No more taking our Social Security...
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Obama kept us out of depressionMay 16, 2012 4:40 am - Are we better off than we were four years ago? Yes, we most certainly are. It is easy to forget that four years ago, the most respected U.S. economists and financial lea...
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We need more statesmenMay 16, 2012 4:40 am - Thomas Jefferson understood it best more than 200 years ago: “I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and public debt as the greatest danger to be fe...
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Reduce pension for system gamersMay 16, 2012 4:40 am - Laws may not have been violated by those who have enhanced their pensions through circumventing the intent of pension regulations. However, it appears to me that those s...
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Manufacture Apple products in AmericaMay 13, 2012 4:40 am - If Apple is such a great American company, why is it producing electronic gadgets in China? Is paying workers at Foxconn slave wages and dodging taxes really the best co...
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A time to recognize and rememberMay 13, 2012 4:00 am - On Saturday, May 19, please remember to celebrate U.S. Armed Forces Day. We should thank and honor everyone in uniform for their courage, sacrifices, and service as they...
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Who cares about Mitt's millionsMay 13, 2012 4:00 am - Here I go again. Being a product of the Great Depression, I've seen it all. Have you heard the term, KISS, “keep it simple, stupid”? That's me. I'm using a quote from so...
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Court botched ruling on contributionsMay 12, 2012 9:40 am - If you believe that a corporation or a dollar bill can go to war and get killed or maimed, read no further. If you believe that it takes a living human to do those thing...
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Free health insurance for state retirees?May 12, 2012 9:40 am - First, let me say that I think state employees in general work hard and should receive good pay and benefits. That is not the issue. However, in this day and age, when t...
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Elgin High students help make historyMay 12, 2012 6:40 am - During the first week of May, the lovely grounds of Old Main were transformed into a time long ago in Early Elgin. Activities put in place by the Elgin History Museum in...