Kasich's budget slashes aid to local goverments, libraries

[upstatecajun]

Source: Columbus Dispatch

Local governments would see a cut of 25 percent per year and state colleges and universities would be limited to 3.5-percent tuition increases under Gov. John Kasich's new two-year budget.

That move would cost counties, municipalities and townships $167.1 million the first year and $388.2 million starting in the second year.



Read more: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2011/03/15/kasich-releases-budget.html?sid=101

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Of course they bury the privatization of prisons and cuts to Medicaid....











http://www.liberalohioan.com/index.html

[JohnnyRingo]

1. ....and handing the money directly to the people who got him elected.

Though that epilogue is left unsaid, it's exactly what's happening, and that's what he means when he says "Ohio is open for business". A more apt slogan would be "Ohio, home of the corporate welfare king".

Unfortunately for the Barstool Republicans who voted for him, it will mean a severe rise in local property taxes to maintain their community or county levels of service. On the chopping block will be small town EMS, police and fire dept co-ops, libraries, and park maintenance, none of which interests Kasich's beneficiaries.

It seems Republicanism is a terrible disease that first affects the mind, but swiftly progresses to the wallet.

[Marthe48]

4. Anti everything that benefits American citizens

and of course the new crop of repugs, like Thompson, go right along in lock-step.

I might add, if the repugs in Washington had not embroiled us in 2 illegal invasions, which continue to suck the life out of our economy, the money for domestic basics would be there. But in their lust for some kind of pretend power, they are bankrupting us. When the schools are locked, when the only job for the kids is soldier, when there is no money for food, then maybe the die hard supporters of these criminals will wake up.

or not, bunch of dumbasses

[HowHasItComeToThis]

2. JUST ONE MORE SWEET REPUBLICAN

[1776Forever]

3. Our county will lose 30 people including 16 teachers. This is a heavily Repub county!

I knew it was going to happen and we all tried to get some of the die hard Repub's to vote for Gov. Strickland and many more homes had Strickland signs on them then I have ever seen in this county but to no avail! Kasich won and now these people are going to be wondering why is the Fire Dept. EMT taking so long, why are the police not here yet, and why are our neighbors having to give up their home? Duh! Will they ever wake up? I hope to God this does wake some of them out of their daze and they realize:

This ain't your Grandpa's GOP!

:kick:

[safeinOhio]

5. Tax breaks for spoiled rich brats too.

http://www.plunderbund.com/2011/03/14/governor-kasichs-plan-for-ohios-prosperity-booze-lots-of-booze/

What loses out from this move?  Just everything else that is funded by the State’s general revenue fund, and public safety and alcohol and substance abuse treatment programs.
Which just adds to Kasich’s anti-law enforcement/public safety record.  Kasich’s estate tax repeal will impact funding for local fire and law enforcement as many municipalities use proceeds from the tax specifically to fund those function.  Then there’s SB 5, and then there’s the expected massive, double-digit cuts to the State Local Government Fund (SLGF).  If Kasich does all that to take out his frustrations over one ticket three years ago on an entire public sector of our economy, imagine what he’ll do to the fast food industry when he finds out some kid spit in his burger?


Wouldn't want those spoiled rich kids to have to pay a nickel on all that free, unearned money.

[defendandprotect]

6. More and more RW dictatorships in place --

Michael Moore has sent out a message to rally support ....

Governor Snyder, once elected, yanked off his nice-guy mask to reveal that he is in fact a multi-millionaire hell-bent on destroying our state and turning it over to his buddies from Wall Street.

In just 8 short weeks he has:

* Gotten the House and Senate to pass bills giving him "Emergency Management" powers such as the ability to appoint a corporation or a CEO who could literally dissolve town governments or school boards, fire the elected officials, nullify any local law and run your local governmental entity. That company then would have the power to immediately declare all collective bargaining contracts null and void.

* Proposed giving business a whopping 86% tax cut while raising personal taxes by 31%! And much of that tax hike he believes should be shouldered by -- I kid you not -- senior citizens and the poor! He says these two groups have not been "sharing the sacrifice" the rest of us have been burdened with. So his budget proposes a $1.8 billion tax CUT for business and a $1.75 billion tax INCREASE for the rest of us, much of it from the poor, seniors and working people -- even though the top 1% in Michigan ALREADY pay a lower state tax rate than everyone else does!

* Together with the legislature, introduced over 40 anti-labor bills in just the first two months of this session! They have wasted no time and have caught most people off guard. Much of this is being rushed through right now before you have a chance to raise your voice in objection.

These actions are breathtaking when you realize they will drive our already battered state straight into the ground. What we needed right now was an inspiring leader to help us reinvent Michigan and to find creative ways to create new jobs and lift us out of our economic depression. The rest of the country may call what they're experiencing the "Great Recession," but few argue that Michigan is suffering a "one-state Depression."

I know many of you are filled with a great sense of despair and a justifiable loss of hope these days in Michigan. But you must not let things get even worse. You must stand up against these Draconian measures and this outrageous attempt to rip our democratic rights from us by turning our state over to well-paid hacks from Wall Street and corporate America. They see our state as one big fire sale -- and they are licking their chops to get their hands on what is still a state rich in natural resources and industrial infrastructure.

Please show up at noon on Wednesday for our first mega-rally against this insanity. Hundreds of groups are already organizing car pools and buses. You can right now just declare yourself an organizer and get your friends and neighbors committed to being in Lansing. If ever there were a day to call in sick, Wednesday is it (because this IS sick). Students, if ever there were a day to cut class and become a participant in your democracy, Wednesday is it. This event needs to be HUGE -- and I believe it will be if you will simply be there and take a stand.

Much attention has been paid to Wisconsin in recent weeks. Well, they got nothing on what's going on here in Michigan. Rick Snyder is Scott Walker on steroids. There's never been what even the AARP calls "an all-out attack" like this on us. Trust me, you will rue the day you sat home and did nothing while thieves posing as politicians stole your Great Lakes State from you.

Don't let it happen. Be at the Capitol by noon on Wednesday for the largest demonstration the state has ever seen.

Seems all the masks are coming off -- including Obama's --