Mount Prospect Opinion
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Finance reform isn't consumer protectionMay 21, 2010 11:00 pm - Guest writer Scott Harper on May 7 wrote: "The financial industry that made a fortune by recklessly and unethically gambling with other people's money has spent hundreds...
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Reflections on schools and housingMay 21, 2010 11:00 pm - I think it is a shame that children have to lose their education because their parents are divorcing, the breadwinner loses a job or the family loses their home to forec...
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Which programs should be limited?May 21, 2010 11:00 pm - This is in response to the letter from James A. Wagner "Limited Government is the only solution." I note that the proponents of limited government never specify what pro...
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Stop reliance on fossil fuelsMay 21, 2010 11:00 pm - More socialism being foisted upon us as the government gears up to try and stem the worst environmental disaster in modern history by trying to mount a program to clean ...
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Give tax incentives to home-schoolMay 21, 2010 11:00 pm - Look at the financial mess the schools are in now. Parents go to work to pay into the school system, so the school system can watch over and try to educate the children ...
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A case for rationingMay 21, 2010 11:00 pm - Fellow Medicare beneficiaries: Imagine for a moment the development of a medication that would extend the life of every person over 65 who took it by one month. Imagine ...
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Financial meltdown wasn't an accidentMay 20, 2010 11:00 pm - What would you think about a car dealership that sells cars with faulty breaks and then takes out life insurance policies on the people who buy them? This is precisely w...
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Arizona got it right on immigrationMay 20, 2010 11:00 pm - I read all the letters to the Fence Post but have never written one. I have to agree wholeheartedly with Charles F. Falk, Schaumburg (May 6 Fence Post) Mr. Falk is corre...
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Facts dispute writer's view of historyMay 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Eugene Robinson's recent rant was as on cue as it was predictable. His beef? The Virginia governor, on the eve of the 150th anniversary of the War between the States ha...
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Don't expect change in D.C.May 20, 2010 11:00 pm - The oil spill which has captured the attention of our media, if not enough of our population, needs to be seen as a nod to the Obama administration and a reminder to us ...