Lake County Opinion
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Minority party got us into this messFeb 19, 2010 10:00 pm - In reading the opinion page, I ask where were the hawks against deficit spending when the Bush administration turned a $2 billion surplus into a $5 trillion deficit: tax...
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Let the market fix health care systemFeb 18, 2010 10:00 pm - I may not be the cheapest man in America, but I am certainly in the team picture. Some people even say that George Washington wears sunglasses when he comes out of my wa...
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Keep trial lawyers out of CongressFeb 18, 2010 10:00 pm - A letter was published Feb. 8 by a president of the Trial Lawyers Association, which extolled the wonderful work trial lawyers accomplish to help certain victims of unju...
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February primary was an eye-openerFeb 18, 2010 10:00 pm - This last primary election has shown the people of Illinois that two changes need to be made. First, the primary date needs to be changed. There is no way the citizens o...
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Cost drives kids out of organized sportsFeb 17, 2010 10:00 pm - The article about the decline in youth baseball enrollment, given the state of the economy, is poorly timed and a bit socially irresponsible. Suburban kids are not enrol...
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Nothing progressive about our directionFeb 17, 2010 10:00 pm - Ask yourselves how the U.S. has arrived where we are today. I'm sure you've heard the phrases: the New World Order and Going Green. I've concluded they are one in the sa...
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End Bush tax cuts for the wealthyFeb 17, 2010 10:00 pm - Why would we extend and continue the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy when is has be very clear that they have not helped most average Americans? Health costs have skyrocke...
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Bush tax cuts help small businessFeb 17, 2010 10:00 pm - I agree with extending the Bush tax cuts. It's misleading to say only the rich are getting them. The job creators are small businesses, which are in the tax bracket Obam...
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This spending can't go on foreverFeb 16, 2010 10:00 pm - The selfish and irresponsible politicians that continually manipulate and restructure the very laws put in place for America's well being have changed our economic progn...
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Ideas for jobs from newly unemployedFeb 16, 2010 10:00 pm - I just joined the unemployment club of over 17 million Americans. The future looks bleak. The only way the government can help "Americans" get back to work is: • Cancel ...