Counterpoint
Should government rethink its wager on sports betting?
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Is it a matter of free will or vice? The Beacon’s Counterpoint columnists debate gambling on sports contests.
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Does talk about ‘fair share’ of taxes demonize success?
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The Beacon’s Counterpoint columnists—liberal Rick Dollinger and conservative Geoff Rosenberger—are back, once again debating whether “the rich” need to “pay their fair share of taxes” and what the impact of higher rates for wealthy taxpayers would be.
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Taxes and the Ten Commandments
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The Tenth Commandment states: “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s goods.” Do those who say “the rich don’t pay their fair share” of taxes violate that commandment? Conservative Geoff Rosenberger and liberal Rick Dollinger debate this question.
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What’s wrong with our political parties?
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Rick Dollinger, a liberal Democrat, and Geoff Rosenberger, a conservative Republican, are both tired of slogans masquerading as solutions—especially those coming from their own respective party.
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What can be done about Rochester’s housing crisis?
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Rochester’s real estate market is among the most challenging in the nation, with only few hundred homes on the market and many selling well above asking price. Liberal Rick Dollinger and conservative Geoff Rosenberger dig into the problem and discuss possible solutions.
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To fix Social Security, whose ox should be gored?
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The Social Security Trust Fund is projected to run out of money in less than a decade. Liberal Rick Dollinger and conservative Geoff Rosenberger look at the math—and politics—involved in making the national retirement program solvent.
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Two views on charter schools
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Liberal Rick Dollinger and conservative Geoff Rosenberger agree on this point: Parents will decide the future of charter schools.