Kane County Opinion
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Why the delay on health care reform?Mar 13, 2010 10:00 pm - Why do we let the scare tactics win? A new federal study shows health care spending rose to $2.5 trillion in 2009. The cost of our family's health insurance rose 30 perc...
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Robinson column hit nail on headMar 13, 2010 10:00 pm - I just want to say thank you for printing Eugene Robinson's March 10 column. Right on, sums it all up, he hit the nail on the head. The nonsense that the Republican Par...
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Disagree with Burt's 'common sense'Mar 13, 2010 10:00 pm - I would like to comment on a few points in Burt Constable's March 4 column. Firstly, the main reason the Second Amendment was written was so that we the people would be ...
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Reforms will keep insurers honestMar 12, 2010 10:00 pm - It is clear what will happen if there is no health care reform: Patients will sicken to the point of permanent disability or death, employers and employees will pay to r...
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Politicians should take pay cuts, tooMar 12, 2010 10:00 pm - I have a solution for the tremendous deficit that Illinois faces in the coming year. Cut all politicians' salaries in half. The governor makes $177,000 a year. Now his s...
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Wage war or care for our citizens?Mar 12, 2010 10:00 pm - It is time to address the guns or butter issue. According to the federal government's own financial statement, the defense department costs $684 billion, or $7 trillion ...
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Health care reform will lower costsMar 12, 2010 10:00 pm - I am in the financial industry. For years, I have seen the financial and emotional devastation of families due to non-covered medical bills. The pre-existing conditions...
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Midwives part of health care solutionMar 12, 2010 10:00 pm - A letter by Peter Flowers (Feb. 8 Fence Post) stated, "Health care reform is a vital issue to all Americans." A neglected area in the debate over health care reform is m...
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Where's the relief for self-employed?Mar 12, 2010 10:00 pm - I am self-employed with a small construction business that I run out of my home. I am close to be homeless. I've been late on my mortgage every month, and I had to borro...
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Pull out the stops on U.S. intelligenceMar 12, 2010 10:00 pm - Be afraid, be very, very afraid, say the heads of our major intelligence agencies. Testifying before a Senate committee they said they are "certain" there will be anothe...