On Get out the galoshes: Rock River rising
Posted on March 13 at 3:29 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Well none of you obviously flooded last year and don't realize how scarry this is - do you realize our homes are note even fixed yet.
Just food for thought
On Should local government bodies allow public comments during their meetings?
Posted on March 2 at 9:46 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
How about we lower the saleries of all our governmental officials. They keep talking about all this crazy spending. Do we really need every senator or every alderman. That should take a big chunk out of the debt. What would all these government bodies that we are paying their saleries say to that. I always thought you had to answer to thase who pay your salary.
Posted on February 26 at 4:28 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Do you want us smokers to have a place to smoke or do you want to pay minimum of $2.00 tax on something that you buy everyday... and if you do not buy it everyday that tax will be even higher than $2.00 each. Does anybody realize what would happen w/out the smokers. First the job loss would be horendous and the amount of money that the states and the federal government would have to make up somewhere is huge! I feel that since we contribute so much to the tax revenue we should be able to have a place to smoke if the business owner feel that is the type of clientele he or she would like to cater to. Just as smokers may not go to a "non smoking" establishment - a non smoker has the coice not to enter a "smoking" etablishment.
Posted on February 26 at 12:10 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
no one has come up with what they would like taxed since they want cigarettes to go away. Kinda like the republicans - can't stand what the President is doing but have no other alternatives.
Posted on February 25 at 4:21 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Of course the gas tax did not pass - they still have the cigarettes to tax - what I said is when the amount of cigarettes purchased goes down the tax revenue for the state will be hurt and they will have to tax something else.
Posted on February 24 at 12:22 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Yes I am a smoker - I don't even smoke in my house...but I do believe a business has the right to choose. I just wonder how all of you would feel if so many stopped smoking that the tax revenue would have to go somewere...how about $2.00 per gallon tax on gas or milk. Or why don't we just raise taxes for those that don't smoke.
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On Let’s be honest about death counseling
Posted on August 21 at 10:44 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Does no one understand that "choice" is what is being offered. Insurance companies now do not pay for such conversations. In fact many won't approve the options to keep you alive while in acoma or even pay for Hospice care. This is all about freedom of choice. If you don't want to be part of a Public option DON'T. If you are in Medi-Care (a public option for seniors) and you do not want to have that conversation w/ your doctor DON'T. If you are happy w/ the cost of your insurance going up every year and coverage being less - BE HAPPY and keep it. Why is it so important for the "right" to keep people uninsured. Do you know how much of your insurance premium pays for all those who don't have insurance?