West Chicago Opinion
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Haiti's debt should be forgivenFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - As reported in your newspaper, hunger, thirst, lack of shelter and health care must be our primary concerns in Haiti. Already, nations have mobilized resources to help i...
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'Cadillac' health care is absurdFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - I read in article after article about "Cadillac" health care and how it should taxed. Are you people nuts? This health care is part of my wages and I already pay all ta...
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'Real Americans' will fix this messFeb 05, 2010 10:00 pm - President Obama, your pledge to freeze spending for 10 percent of the budget is phony when the deficit rises by millions every minute. If you froze the whole budget, tha...
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Get big business out of electionsFeb 04, 2010 10:00 pm - In his State of the Union address, President Obama spoke of the recent Supreme Court decision in the case of Citizens United v The Federal Election Commission. This ruli...
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Pols must be honest about income taxesFeb 04, 2010 10:00 pm - I am tired of hearing the "no new taxes" pledge or that lowering state taxes in Illinois will encourage more jobs. Cutting income taxes on businesses even 50 percent wil...
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Guy who 'gets it' says we have ourselves to blameFeb 04, 2010 10:00 pm - It's not every day a reporter walks into my office with high praise for a just-interviewed source. Something close to that occurred after staff writer Jake Griffin talke...
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Dems should quit looking behindFeb 04, 2010 10:00 pm - With the historic vote in Massachusetts, the vote appealed to those who have been saying, "I told you so; what did you expect? He came from the Chicago/Illinois politica...
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Speech-writing jobs have been createdFeb 03, 2010 10:00 pm - Yes, Virginia, our president is creating lots of jobs. Since his inauguration, dozens of speech-writing positions have been filled at the White House. Acolytes and profe...
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Welcome the senator from WalmartFeb 03, 2010 10:00 pm - On C-SPAN sometime in the near future: "The chair recognizes the senator from Walmart." "Thank you, Madam Chairman, I would like to yield my five minutes to my distingu...
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A story that was front-page worthyFeb 03, 2010 10:00 pm - I am writing this Jan. 23, the day after the 2010 March for Life, held on the 37th Anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade U.S. Supreme Court decision, allowing 50 million Ameri...