Hoffman Estates Opinion
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$54 an hour for landscapers is nutsFeb 11, 2012 11:00 pm - Recently I read in your opinion section a piece named “State should back off wage push.” This article was about the problems the state of Illinois creates for its many m...
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A tax by any other name is still a taxFeb 11, 2012 11:00 pm - It’s just a little thing, but might I ask you folks at the Herald to start talking about taxes like they are real? You refer in your articles to grants from the federal ...
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An idea for a fairer capital gains taxFeb 11, 2012 5:08 am - At the risk of having my liberal and conservative friends get all huffy about what I’m about to say, they need to put aside all the propaganda and double talk they hear ...
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Don’t blame chefs for obesity epidemicFeb 11, 2012 5:08 am - I’m writing in response to Ms. Beauvais’ letter on Jan. 29 about Paula Deen. I’m getting sick and tired of this “food snob/elitist” attitude that people have about her. ...
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Who runs the nation during election season?Feb 11, 2012 5:08 am - I’m wondering who will carry out the duties of the presidency while Barack Obama spends the next nine months campaigning for his re-election. Virginia Szigeti Arlingto...
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Denying birth control coverage is wrongFeb 11, 2012 5:08 am - Birth control is a basic human right. It is due the dignity of privacy as is any other health information. Catholic or any other hospitals do not have the right to deny ...
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Follow lead of Holy Land’s childrenFeb 11, 2012 5:08 am - Peace and conflict in the Holy Land affects what happens in the Middle East and here. The current conflict could escalate to a nuclear holocaust. A two-state solution is...
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Report on PPA offered new insightFeb 10, 2012 4:00 am - My comment is regarding Burt Constable’s article Jan. 29 on Primary Progressive Aphasia. My mother passed away at age 86 in 2008 due to kidney failure, six months after ...
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Avoid hysteria about religionFeb 10, 2012 4:00 am - Someone said to me that the possibility of the U.S. having its first non-Christian president is a sign of the apocalypse. This is the latest of numerous comments I have ...
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A mention of Kirk would’ve been niceFeb 10, 2012 4:00 am - It certainly would have been a very thoughtful “leadership” quality if the president had taken a few seconds out of his “I did this” and “I’m going to do that” speech, c...