The health care industry in America is all about money – making profits from other people’s misfortune. As a patient, …
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The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Aug. 2, 2009 12:52 am5908d ago
The health care industry in America is all about money – making profits from other people’s misfortune. As a patient, …
The Gazette Opinion Staff Letters to the Editor Aug. 2, 2009 12:50 am5908d ago
President Barack Obama was elected because we, the American people, want universal health care, an end the war in Iraq, …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 2, 2009 12:46 am5908d ago
Here’s how Republicans operate: Run up huge deficits by providing tax cuts for the rich and no-bid government contracts to …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 2, 2009 12:45 am5908d ago
Regarding The Gazette’s July 25 article about the resignation of Dennis McMenimen from the Cedar Rapids Public Library Board of …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 2, 2009 12:42 am5908d ago
It amazes me that the liberals and Democrats who write to The Gazette never see the hypocrisy in their letters …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 2, 2009 12:38 am5908d ago
If, as Charles Krauthammer says in his July 26 column, support for President Barack Obama’s plan for health care reform …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 2, 2009 12:35 am5908d ago
In the United States, health care is more expensive than in any other developed nation. It takes more than 15 …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 2, 2009 12:30 am5908d ago
Regarding the letters in the July 24 Gazette: I cannot believe there are still people who defend our broken health …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 1, 2009 12:39 am5909d ago
Regarding the arrest of professor Henry Gates – two rules of white supremacy were broken: Uppitiness, disrespectfulness. Gates addressed Sgt. …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 1, 2009 12:37 am5909d ago
1. An end to private ownership of land. 2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax. 3. Abolition of all …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 1, 2009 12:36 am5909d ago
According to Harold Hensel’s July 27 letter, more than 40 percent of Linn County residents suffer from chronic respiratory, cardiovascular …
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Letters to the Editor Aug. 1, 2009 12:34 am5909d ago
My son recently added his new baby girl to his company’s health plan. It cost more than $70 a week, …
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 31, 2009 12:49 am5910d ago
Members of Congress should dress like NASCAR drivers – with their sponsor displayed. Carol Moser Garnavillo
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Letters to the Editor Jul. 31, 2009 12:47 am5910d ago
As if Hardees was not being offensive enough using scantily clad women to advertise their goods, now we have the …
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