...Brian Rothenberg, executive director of ProgressOhio, a Columbus-based liberal advocacy group, also questioned whether Kasich's JobsOhio plan would incorporate assurances that businesses receiving taxpayer-funded incentives actually create the jobs they promise....
...Rothenberg said: "Until Ohio stops viewing job-creation dollars as corporate welfare and demands accountability in jobs created for dollars spent to create jobs, this is just a boondoggle with another name."
I agree. Besides, why are Kasich and the Republicans in such a hurry to privatize the Department of Development without much input from the public? Are they rushing this legislation and new private entity so that we don't have a chance to see the plans, and research how other states have done similar moves? What about the proposal that those on Kasich super, special development board will only be paid for expenses? Shouldn't there be a limit or a per diem as to a limit they can charge the state for reimbursement? Will they be able to charge champagne, expensive dinners, and fancy hotel stays to the state? Somehow this entire idea needs to be on firmer footing with specific guidelines.
I almost hesitate to read the news in the morning because I worry that Kasich has come up with another ridiculous idea that we will have to pay for out of our tax dollars!
***** Did you know that Gov. Kasich not only is paying his staffer higher salaries than former Gov. Ted Strickland, but most of his cabinet is also being paid more?
Columbus Dispatch:
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*** How many jobs have the Republicans, John Boehner, and Steve Stivers created? I've looked over the recent legislation list and there are no job bills? Where are the jobs???
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*** Rep. Jay Hottinger, another Republican, is in the news for two stories today:
Politifact rates a recent statement by Hottinger as FALSE:
"Ben Franklin once quipped that only two things in life were certain: death and taxes," said Rep. Jay Hottinger, a Republican from Newark. "I think even he didn't envision that the tax man would visit on the day of your death -- and that's something that needs to end here in the state of Ohio."
...We sought further guidance from Franklin authority Dr. Michael Zuckerman, professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania, which Franklin founded. There is "nothing whatever in that quote pertinent to estate taxes," he responded.
But Franklin, he told us, did not view taxes negatively. Rather, Zuckerman said, he was "mistrustful of great wealth, and quite supportive of inheritance taxes."
But Franklin, he told us, did not view taxes negatively. Rather, Zuckerman said, he was "mistrustful of great wealth, and quite supportive of inheritance taxes."
Why do Republicans think they can just make up their own facts?
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>>> The second article in the Dispatch, recounts the sophomoric behavior of some Ohio Republicans. While at a "retreat" at the Cherry Valley Lodge, some Ohio Senate Republicans "toilet-papered" the home and property of State Rep. Jay Hottinger.
I sincerely hope that our tax dollars did not pay for the "retreat" or the toilet paper. I guess this is what you get from a bunch of overzealous, arrogant, bragadocious, unfeeling Republicans. Instead of meeting and discussing the plight of children, the poor, disabled, and elderly in Ohio, these adolescents are wasting time instead of solving problems. I guess they might not need to do any thinking on their own since apparently they just follow orders from Gov. Kasich and his highly paid staff and cabinet.