DuPage County Opinion
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Safeguards ignored, financial ruin occursNov 02, 2011 5:00 am - Our financial system has worked pretty well for more than 200 years. The big game changer that spawned the real estate bubble and financial crisis occurred when investme...
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State’s action a little too lateNov 02, 2011 5:00 am - I don’t understand how the state can be broke when I and others pay our bills on time — property taxes, state income tax, sales tax. I also don’t understand how this pro...
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Target war spending to balance budgetNov 02, 2011 5:00 am - Cutting over $1 trillion should not be done to the programs that help the sickest, the oldest and youngest in our country. Cut the largest section of discretionary spend...
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Put meaning back in measurement of schoolsNov 02, 2011 5:00 am - Across Illinois, 80 percent of all school districts are said to be “failing” to meet basic standards in reading, math and science. In Northwest Cook County, every single...
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Begin pension reform with lawmakersNov 02, 2011 5:00 am - As a future annuitant of the state’s pension system, I support efforts to reform, stabilize and sustain it. But why is the media focused on blaming public employees for ...
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Headline didn’t reflect realityNov 01, 2011 6:00 am - In the recent past, I have read the articles in the upper right hand corner of Page 2 of the first section of the Daily Herald with interest. The headline, “GOP senators...
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Call it what it is: tax moneyNov 01, 2011 6:00 am - I’d like to propose a law. From this day forward, politicians, newspapers, newscasters and commentators may not use the terms government grants, federal money, state mon...
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Don’t let Dist. 300 students downNov 01, 2011 6:00 am - The Sears EDA tax break would be devastating to our district for many reasons you have probably heard of. The people that would suffer the most are our students. Their v...
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More to worry about than pensionsNov 01, 2011 5:00 am - Shouldn’t our state legislators be discussing stagnant or falling wages and a more equitable tax system in Illinois, the state’s crumbling infrastructure, economic growt...
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Why ignore history of financial miscues?Nov 01, 2011 5:00 am - History has been recorded between the pages of books for eons, perhaps so that future generations might not repeat similar problems of the past. However, past historical...