Reply #3: Buckeyes never give up, never lose faith in their team

[mtnester]

You almost have to be from Buckeye country to understand, but it is like we apply this to everything we do.

Yeah, our state may not be the leader in tourism, or have a ton of neat and interesting things to see, but a lot of us live here, and we would like for our kids to WANT to stay here, and as it stands right now, that is not happening.

And it is the economy here...forget Iraq (not that it is not important, but it is in PERSPECTIVE here), Ohio will vote with its pocket book. Things like reduced federal dollars for higher education (our total for 4 years at a PUBLIC college, where the son only lived in a dorm for one year, was more than $44,000.00). When you plan for college, and the state used to have ceiling caps on the amount you could raise tuition annually, so you figure you will see a 5% increase each year, and after the first year caps are removed and you start to see 18% increases annually, well, you just about crap, especially if you are paying cash. And even if you do not lose YOUR job, if your job depends on the ability of others to purchase YOUR goods or services, you STILL SUFFER! It is all about JOBS JOBS JOBS HEALTHCARE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS JOBS JOB JOBS JOBS JOBS

Plus, we don't want to be that State that Cheated in 2004, that is NOT acceptable to us...not at all.