Will County Opinion
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Graduated income tax would be fairerAug 24, 2009 11:00 pm - In "Our View" on Aug. 14 you listed five issues that must be debated this campaign season. Two of them, Spending and Taxing, and The Children, our future, should have be...
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Don't publish gay wedding noticesAug 24, 2009 11:00 pm - I was disappointed to view a picture of apparently a gay couple's "wedding" announcement in the Aug. 9 Celebrate section of the Daily Herald. Our culture and religious a...
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Correcting the record on health care debateAug 23, 2009 11:00 pm - In response to the anti-health care reform letters I've seen over the past several weeks, I think it's important to keep some perspective. First, our health care system ...
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Health debate needs rational discussionAug 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Regarding the health care debate, here are some items that should be considered: 1. One of the main reasons for health care reform is that U.S. businesses must compete w...
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Why hire Arizona firm for 'robo calls?'Aug 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Gubernatorial candidate Bob Schillerstrom: The latest figures for the unemployment rate in Illinois is 10.3 percent (June 2009). The unemployment rate in Arizona is 8.7%...
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Thanks, Elgin for restoring senior rebateAug 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Thank you, Mayor Schock and Elgin City Council members, for restoring our Senior Citizen $200 Tax Rebate. It shows sound judgment on your part. We can appreciate that yo...
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Barrys' convictions something to celebrateAug 22, 2009 11:00 pm - While I commend John Barsanti for prosecuting Jill and Julie Barry, I disagree with his statement that their convictions are "nothing to celebrate." True, the guilty ver...
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Why bother? For the 2 percent have-nots.Aug 22, 2009 11:00 pm - An Aug. 14 letter from Steve Williams asked why we should bother improving a health care system that works for 98 percent of the population. Even assuming his assumption...
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'Death panel' scare will deny comfortAug 22, 2009 11:00 pm - End-of-life counseling is not a death panel. In the past decade, both of my parents and my father-in-law passed away, all in the care of hospice. All three had talked wi...
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No shows at county meet should be embarrassedAug 22, 2009 11:00 pm - So, let us taxpayers get this straight. There was a Kane County Board meeting and a meeting of importance and four out of seven committee members are "no shows." Board m...