Hanover Park Opinion
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Why is Illinois only state to raise taxes?Mar 02, 2011 11:00 pm - A recent Wall Street Journal front page had a story on how “governors chop spending” to balance state budgets. The interesting connection to us is that Illinois is cited...
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Public workers’ sense of entitlementMar 02, 2011 11:00 pm - I’m sitting here in disbelief that, once again, the sense of entitlement by public workers is over-the-top. As taxpayers, we should appreciate our police, fireman, teac...
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Our words reflect who we areMar 02, 2011 11:00 pm - It seems that I struck a nerve, or gored a few revered oxes, in my recent letter to Fence Post. Mr. Gabl and Mr. Souder, I do hope you feel better now that you’ve vented...
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Proud to be an American citizenMar 02, 2011 11:00 pm - A little over two years into President Obama’s first term as president he has helped to get our country back on track by accomplishing: Ending combat operations in Iraq;...
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Death penalty not effective, expensiveMar 02, 2011 11:00 pm - The problem with capital punishment is not the morality of it, but its ineffectiveness. The argument that death penalty deters crime is based purely upon hypothetical mu...
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Candidate session: What you say here won't stay hereMar 02, 2011 11:00 pm - Actual excerpts of e-mail discussion among Daily Herald staffers. Names redacted to protect the guilty and to avoid getting ahead of the story. Editor 1: “As several of ...
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Get kids off the buses and onto bikesMar 02, 2011 11:00 pm - The first lady, Mrs. Obama, has a special interest in and what appears to be an active program in combating child obesity. I applaud her efforts. I am offering a sugges...
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Handing all over to corporate interstsMar 02, 2011 11:00 pm - Most depressing is the news in Wisconsin and other states threating collective bargaining rights. State legislators years and years irresponsibly did not fund their shar...
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Maybe she should run as Lisa ByrnesMar 02, 2011 11:00 pm - I saw in the Daily Herald that the RTA has hired Illinois House Leader Mike Madigan’s son-in law to the top lobbyist job. Is this the start of the “Stroger Rule’ of pol...
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An argument for single-payer systemMar 02, 2011 1:00 am - We in the U.S. have capitalized medicine. That is, the primary function of our health care system is to make a profit for the tiny minority of the public who own it. For...