Cook County Opinion
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Can't trust govt. on cost of bailoutOct 09, 2008 11:00 pm - We listen to the radio, read the papers and watch CNN, aghast and shocked that the federal government is proposing an economic rescue plan unprecedented in its scope. Wh...
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Troubled times demand leadershipOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - These are troubled times, perhaps the most troubled financial times since the Great Depression. A financial panic, brought on by eight years of excess, poor governance ...
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How we all can stop excessive CEO payOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Are you signing proxies for companies in which you own shares? Do the companies pay their top executives millions of dollars each year in salaries, bonuses and stock op...
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Respond to crisis by selling HawaiiOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - When times are tough like they are now, we have to make some tough decisions and we have to make sacrifices, but we have to make the right sacrifices. I have an idea: I...
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Judges shouldn't take lawyer moneyOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - I am writing to express my concern over the bias of our judicial system. On Nov. 4, we will not just be voting for a new president, senator or congressman. We will also ...
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Gentes will fight railroad saleOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Canadian National (CN) wants to make the EJ&E line into a train superhighway with at least 20 freight trains per day blocking traffic and making getting around impossibl...
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An alternative to the bailout at half priceOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Here's a bailout! Only $350 billion. Give $1 billion to each American that 1) paid income tax the last three years on annual income of $150,000 or less; 2) nongovernment...
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Some ponds from Chicago would helpOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - The day is coming when all the homes and business will be gone for the new expanding O'Hare Airport. After all the flooding that hit our area we have to look to the futu...
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A law to make our children safeOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Our local schools have several different functions. In addition to developing the minds of our children, it is vitally important that schools provide a safe environment ...
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It's hard to believe Bush on this crisisOct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - In Mr. Falk's letter of Sept. 22, he seems to be saying two things: 1. Bush, Hank Paulson and Ben Bernanke gave a superior response to the current crash of U.S. financia...