DuPage County Opinion
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Deficit solution: legalize prostitutionSep 09, 2011 5:00 am - Illinois faces record budget deficits. We will need to find revenue sources and cut down on government spending in order to avoid a credit rating reduction. If we contin...
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Herald muddled tea party messageSep 09, 2011 12:00 am - I read with interest Madhu Krishnamurthy's article of Sept. 6 regarding Naperville's Last Fling parade on Labor Day. I was honored to walk with the Naperville Tea Patrio...
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Economic facts tell the whole storySep 07, 2011 11:00 pm - I wish that everyone would present all of the facts. A recent letter to the editor claimed that there would be a 3.8 percent real estate tax on the sale of your home due...
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Giving away money doesn’t create jobsSep 07, 2011 11:00 pm - I agree that President Obama is spending like a drunken sailor. President Bush did add $4 trillion to the national debt. He did this over the eight years he was presiden...
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CFL bulbs not what cracked up to beSep 07, 2011 11:00 pm - I read Sandra Kaptain’s letter in support of going green, which is fine, but I think we should consider where we go green. There is more to say about the CFL light bulbs...
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Serious about less unemployment?Sep 07, 2011 11:00 pm - The Daily Herald recently encouraged private industry to “take calculated risks to create jobs when they can.” This is not the way our economic system works. It’s not th...
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Economic recovery requires spendingSep 07, 2011 11:00 pm - We know how to get out of recession. To do that we need to create jobs. There is no other way. We have done it many, many times before, and it works every time. To creat...
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Don’t blame tea party for this messSep 07, 2011 11:00 pm - In rebuttal to Chrisi Vineyard’s Aug. 21 letter, she presents all the Democrat “War Room” talking points as if sent by the Democratic Central Committee, the exact twiste...
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Solution to our woes? Drill for oil.Sep 07, 2011 11:00 pm - This week the president will make another speech about how the government is going to create jobs. And we will hear the same rhetoric. Let’s be honest for a change. The ...
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Lights at Memorial Field a bad ideaSep 07, 2011 4:00 am - As longtime residents of our village, we would like to express our concern about Glenbard High School District 87 plans to install 7-story light towers at Glenbard West ...