McHenry County Opinion
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Health care debate is about who paysSep 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Let us please deal with reality. The issue is not about health care access. Everyone has that. The issue is about who's paying for it. Health insurance or not. Virtually...
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Clunkers for Cuba a missed opportunitySep 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Boy, what an opportunity for American capitalism but we blew it. Can you image how many clunkers (recycled gas hogs) could have been sold to Castro. What an opportunity ...
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Generation of giants appears to be goneSep 26, 2009 11:00 pm - I attended the Niles West health care forum last month. I favor a single payer public option, but I wanted to listen and understand why people are so opposed to reform....
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U.S. auto business has got it all wrongSep 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Now, GM is going to build more cars. Do we really need more? There have been cars going begging on car lots for a while now due to the economy. And, the government is pu...
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Medicare is simple fix, already in placeSep 26, 2009 11:00 pm - I don't understand why President Obama and the members of Congress have let the Republicans hijack the health care bill and steer it so far from its intended destination...
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Not delivering anti-plan messageSep 26, 2009 11:00 pm - The bias of the news media is once more on display when they refused to run commercials opposed to Obama's plan to socialize medicine in America. These are the same mega...
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Is our press still free?Sep 25, 2009 11:00 pm - And the loser is: civility or our unbiased free press? For eight years Bush was called every bad name you can think of, even a liar on two occasions on the Congress floo...
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Government often bests private sectorSep 25, 2009 11:00 pm - In light of the recent health care debate about whether a government option should be considered to offer competition in the marketplace and insure the close 50 million ...
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Catholics must promote lifeSep 25, 2009 11:00 pm - Let's look at health care reform as Catholic Christians, who are called to promote a culture of life. The issues of abortion, protection of the elderly, terminally ill a...
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National sales tax to pay for health careSep 25, 2009 11:00 pm - This often virulent health care debate has been continuously framed in terms of the individual loss of present health care and the potential costliness of a government o...