Lake County Opinion
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Thoughts on food, energy, education in U.S.Jul 16, 2017 1:00 am - Letter to our government: It seems to me that there is plenty of blame being spewed around by everybody from politicians to average citizens. As an average American citi...
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Hobby Lobby hypocrisyJul 16, 2017 1:00 am - Claiming religious freedom, Hobby Lobby succeeded in not having to cover employee birth control costs. But apparently there are no religious objections to illegally smug...
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A father's claim that is hard to believeJul 14, 2017 1:00 am - My son works at a coffee shop. If he were to make $100 in tips one day, I'm sure I'd hear about it. He'd find the time at some point to say, "Hey Dad, crazy thing. I mad...
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Fraud commission will protect rule of lawJul 13, 2017 1:00 am - In response to the Daily Herald editorial "Resisting a brutish assault on voter privacy": The most valuable asset on the planet Earth is the right to vote in this great...
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The Illinois tax traditionJul 13, 2017 1:00 am - Tax, spend and borrow. That is the mantra of the Illinois General Assembly. They must have missed the simple math of grade school. When you have $32 billion to spend, y...
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'Perfect' is enemy of good health care billJul 12, 2017 1:00 am - As Senate Republicans, House Republicans and the Trump administration debate the emerging Republican plan to extract America from the ObamaCare death spiral, there is a ...
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Deal leaves out reformJul 11, 2017 1:00 am - We can swallow hard and abide by an income tax increase that will address the state's chronic fiscal issues, such as runaway pension payouts. The vote to increase income...
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What divides us? It's based on whom we serveJul 11, 2017 1:00 am - I am forever reading about the great divide in America. We cannot even unite behind a duly-elected president. Believe it or not there was a time in America when once a p...
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Source of our problem is lack of term limitsJul 11, 2017 1:00 am - We have just gone through another stalemate when working to make a budget. Madigan and Cullerton have been in office too long. Gov. Rauner has been trying to pass the bu...
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The folly of a $15 minimum wageJul 10, 2017 1:00 am - With Illinois approaching what could be a financial death spiral with a junk bond status, the Illinois House and the Senate still had time to pass a $15 minimum wage bil...