College Students Fear Kasich Will Raise College Tuition

John Kasich, Republican candidate for Ohio governor, has plans to cut and gut education funding in order to fund his massive tax cuts. Do you know what that means?
 In Education:
- Programs will be cut
- Teachers/Professors will lose their jobs
- Classes will be larger
- Tuition at Ohio's colleges will increase (Gov. Strickland had a tuition cap to keep tuition costs down.)
- Some college specialized programs will be eliminated, others consolidated
- Equipment, books, libraries, facilities will not be replaced/repaired
- Scholarships/grants/work study programs will be cut

Kasich wants to move to total free choice charter schools, thereby removing a substantial amount of funding for public schools.

The young people in Ohio will suffer because Kasich wants to eliminate the state income tax.  Kasich's move to wipe out the state income tax means that the state of Ohio would lose 40% of the state budget and severely hamper growth and services in this state.  In order to make up the difference, Kasich would have to impose huge user fees, registration fees, license fees, etc., and possibly institute a sales tax.


John Kasich attempted to defund grants/scholarships when he was in the House of Representatives. In 1995, Kasich targeted college students and programs that many of them needed for school.

NY Times (2/15/95):

...Other suggestions advanced by Mr. Kasich include the elimination of Federal aid programs managed by colleges, including the Perkins loan, the Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants and the work-study programs....

...Under Mr. Kasich's suggestions, an additional 23 grant programs in the Federal Department of Education, some of them covering higher education, would be eliminated....

President Clinton did not allow Kasich's draconian plans to go through because he said it would be devastating.

College students were appalled at Kasich's plans and a protest march was organized.

*Here is more from the Dayton Daily News, Sunday, February 19, 1995 (retrieved from Newsbank):
Eight Antioch College students were arrested in Columbus after being sprayed with pepper gas
Saturday at a protest against Republican-proposed cuts in student financial aid. About 75 Antioch
students, members of a campus group called Student Aid Action, took part in what began as an informational protest outside the offices of U.S. Rep. John Kasich , said student Karali Pitzele, who
was answering the SAA hotline at the school. Kasich , R-Columbus, is chairman of the House Budget Committee.... ....students are trying to educate the public about proposed cuts in the
Republican-backed Contract With America.
 

According to articles in the Dispatch (Saturday, April 3, 1999-retrieved from Newsbank) and
the Dayton Daily News (Tuesday, April 6, 1999-Newsbank), the city of Columbus had to pay to settle 

a lawsuit with the arrested students because they were sprayed with mace and arrested during a peaceful protest. 
It took four years for the case to make it to the settlement table.

I am not suggesting a march against Kasich.  I am suggesting that before you cast a vote for Kasich, think  

about what he attempted to do in the past and what his proposals would do to us, if he is elected.

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Josh Mandel is running for Ohio Treasurer, even though he is not even remotely qualified. Check out the

my post at Stubborn Liberal.

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Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy (OH-15th) should be re-elected. She has done more to help her constituents by solving 

problems, supporting change, voting for the health care law, protecting the environment, promoting green jobs,

and supporting programs in education, etc. (For a complete list of Kilroy's sponsored legislation, visit 

Rep. Kilroy's legislation page.)

Kilroy's opponent, Stivers, is a former bank lobbyist, who continues to support bankers, lobbyists, polluters,

insurance companies, oil/gas PACs and execs.  Stivers even voted against a bills for consumer protection and

a scholarship program for the disabled!

* According to a survey that Republican Steve Stivers, a former bank lobbyist, completed for the 

Glenn Beck/912 group, Stivers wants to

1. Repeal the health care reform bill

2. Repeal the 16th Amendment to the Constitution

3. Repeal the 17th Amendment to the Constitution

4. Eliminate the Department of Agriculture

5. Eliminate the Department of Education

6. Eliminate the Department of the Interior

7. Eliminate the Department of Housing of and Urban Development

8. Eliminate the Department of Transportation

9. Eliminate the Department of Energy 

Sounds pretty radical, doesn't it? 

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* Did you know that Republican Rob Portman wants to privatize Social Security? OMG!  

Can you imagine what would have happened if Portman's Social Security privatization

plan would have been in force during the recent Wall Street collapse, Grandma and Grandpa

would have already moved into your house or onto the street.

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If you are a college student, visit and participate in the political process by visiting your local 

College Dems group. Here is a partial list for Ohio:

Ohio State: College Democrats at Ohio State

Ohio University: OU College Dems 

Bowling Green State University:  Bowling Green College Dems 

University of Cincinnati:  UC College Dems 

University of Dayton: UD College Dems

Case Western Reserve: Case College Dems