We were lucky enough to be at the game on Saturday. It was very exciting. During TV commercial breaks, the scoreboard had video messages from active duty military personnel who were stationed in Iraq. Each of the men and women offered some cheer or encouragement for the Buckeyes. When the Buckeyes won, the students flooded the field and joined with the team to celebrate. The only thing the Buckeyes have to do now is beat that team up north this Saturday.
* The Ohio Republicans are fighting to give their rich friends tax breaks at the expense of programs and state employees. Despite the fact that the economy is not doing well in the state, the Republicans want to still give tax breaks that they voted for during the Gov. Taft's administration.
The Dispatch:
....."We're trying desperately to find options other than going with freezing the tax cuts," said Sen. David Goodman, R-New Albany....
If only David Goodman worked "desperately" for the average working person and Ohio's school children the way he works for the rich.
The Dispatch has listed some of the possible plans the Republicans propose so that the wealthy can get tax cuts:
...Eliminate the 12.5 percent property-tax relief on newly approved levies...
...Cut the pay of all state workers by 5 percent...
...Draw from school-construction money...
There are other cockamamie ideas from the Ohio GOP. If you notice, all of these plans to save the tax cuts hurt ordinary people. Just in the three I've listed, homeowners would pay higher taxes, hardworking state workers would lose part of their pay (they've already had to take multiple unpaid furlough days), and Ohio's school children will continue to go to school in unsafe buildings.If you'd like to offer David Goodman your feelings about his proposals to save the tax cuts for the rich, you may contact him: Phone: (614) 466-8064 Email: SD03@senate.state.oh.us
Shame on David Goodman and the rest of the Ohio Republicans.