Cook County Opinion
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Teachers also are taxpayersMay 12, 2013 5:00 am - Thank you for sponsoring the pension forum. My question (If teachers were moved to a 401(k)-style pension, what would happen if they retired in a 2007-2008 world) was as...
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Problem creators now the problem solversMay 12, 2013 5:00 am - A bit of irony for readers of the Daily Herald: The same group of legislators who are in charge of fixing the pension systems are the same ones who helped destroy those ...
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Kids’ future at stake over pension woesMay 12, 2013 5:00 am - I attended the pension forum at Harper College, and it was enlightening. The pension system has to be reformed or there will be no future for pensions. They say it is in...
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Taxpayers’ concerns being overlookedMay 12, 2013 5:00 am - While I understand you try to get balance, one missing participant, so to speak, from the pension discussion is the taxpayer. Because we are not organized, as the variou...
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Gambling expansion an awful ideaMay 12, 2013 4:40 am - Gambling expansion an awful idea Last year Governor Quinn vetoed a bill to expand gambling in the state of Illinois for the second time. The legislature is again tr...
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Obama includes self in tax questionMay 11, 2013 5:00 am - A letter to the Daily Herald published April 27 was critical of President Obama for expecting the wealthy to pay a little more. The writer mistakenly said the president ...
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Great speeches need follow-upMay 11, 2013 5:00 am - Exceptionally well-delivered rhetoric in the end is still rhetoric, no matter how dramatic and seemingly heartfelt. There is no question that our president has never sto...
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Learn lessons from Soviet UnionMay 11, 2013 5:00 am - My, my, my, how we conveniently ignore history! It wasn’t too long ago when our government derided the USSR for its claims of full employment when investigations reveale...
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Clear red tape for severely disabledMay 11, 2013 5:00 am - A few weeks ago, I traveled to Springfield to testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the need for the state to make improvements in the approval process f...
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Owners have right to improve WrigleyMay 11, 2013 5:00 am - Someone needs to explain the financial/legal business concept behind the term “friendly confines” to the parasitic-like rooftop owners and political operators in Chicago...