Hoffman Estates Opinion
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Primary is over; time to go GreenFeb 19, 2010 10:00 pm - The primary election is finally over. The Democratic and Republican parties and their candidates spent millions of dollars trying to convince you, the Illinois voters, t...
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Offshore oil could ease funding crisisFeb 19, 2010 10:00 pm - It would seem to me that if President Obama and our Congress were serious about job creation they would look at the Pentagon, the largest purchaser in the U.S., and not ...
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Give us whole truth about estate taxFeb 19, 2010 10:00 pm - After reading Long Grove Village President Maria Rodriquez's opinion piece about the estate tax, is it too much to ask for her to just be honest? The 55 percent rate on...
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Minority party got us into this messFeb 19, 2010 10:00 pm - In reading the opinion page, I ask where were the hawks against deficit spending when the Bush administration turned a $2 billion surplus into a $5 trillion deficit: tax...
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Let the market fix health care systemFeb 18, 2010 10:00 pm - I may not be the cheapest man in America, but I am certainly in the team picture. Some people even say that George Washington wears sunglasses when he comes out of my wa...
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February primary was an eye-openerFeb 18, 2010 10:00 pm - This last primary election has shown the people of Illinois that two changes need to be made. First, the primary date needs to be changed. There is no way the citizens o...
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Cost drives kids out of organized sportsFeb 17, 2010 10:00 pm - The article about the decline in youth baseball enrollment, given the state of the economy, is poorly timed and a bit socially irresponsible. Suburban kids are not enrol...
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End Bush tax cuts for the wealthyFeb 17, 2010 10:00 pm - Why would we extend and continue the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy when is has be very clear that they have not helped most average Americans? Health costs have skyrocke...
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Bush tax cuts help small businessFeb 17, 2010 10:00 pm - I agree with extending the Bush tax cuts. It's misleading to say only the rich are getting them. The job creators are small businesses, which are in the tax bracket Obam...
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This spending can't go on foreverFeb 16, 2010 10:00 pm - The selfish and irresponsible politicians that continually manipulate and restructure the very laws put in place for America's well being have changed our economic progn...