More trinkets from our politicians

Ohio State Representative (92nd) Debbie Phillips pulling a publicity stunt of handing out back-packs.....what's worse than doing the stunt itself is that WTAP is giving it air time. Must be really slow in the news department!

"Commitment without cash is counterfeit,"

"No one has ever said where this money is going to come from. I commend them for trying to come up with a better model, but this is a false promise."

State Senator Jimmy Stewart commenting on the new "evidence based" school funding scheme.

This is the problem with liberals.....or big spenders....liberal or conservative. You can have all the so called, alleged, relative, "good intentions" in the world, but if you don't have the money for the program, it's just vote buying on credit.

The good thing about the state of Ohio is it's balanced budget requirement. The federal government is where the liberals really shine. They can actually print money and invent it out of thin air to fund their schemes. The problem, of course, is the inflation and higher taxes it causes in the future.

Dave Yost, a great Attorney General candidate

Coyote Hunting video

Term limits, what's the point?

Are we, the voters admitting that we don't have enough judgment to pick our own Representatives, Senators and Governor?

We intentional limit our own choices (with term limits) for some reason. Why wouldn't we want to have a choice instead of arbitrarily throwing out good representatives because we have "term limits"?

It's another way of saying we don't trust ourselves to make the correct choice. Or we are admitting that we don't pay enough attention to our representatives to make a choice. In this case you shouldn't be voting anyway.

There are ways to get around the term limits any way. Here we have John Carey running for State Representative again. He was once a State rep, then ran for State Senate.....has term limited out and is running for State Representative again. Who is running for his State Senate seat? The current State Representative of the same district that Carey is now running for.

So, term limits don't really work. What they do is limit the voter's choices. Term limits need to go.

By the way, Carey is a great Mayor / Representative / Senator / Representative. I'm happy he's able to stay in the legislature....as he will be elected....or is it re-elected?

Obama and the Continuing War on the Poor

Mises.org story

"The process of looting the public appears to have gained momentum with the newest administration. It has embarked on a full-scale assault on the American public, aimed not only at ravaging the poor for a few special interests, but vastly increasing the number of people consigned to poverty. Whether we look at Obama and the Democrats' cap-and-trade legislation or their health care reform or their pork barrel stimulus bill, in each case they intend to raise prices and increase taxes on us all. While a few corporate interests will benefit grandly from such nonsense, the vast majority of us will be made poorer."

Destroying good used cars that poor people would love to buy. Only the government could think of it.

Is it just me, or is this "cash (your cash btw) for clunkers" program just another liberal pipe dream with unintended consequences?

Why are we using tax money to buy perfectly good used cars and send them to the crusher? If the democrats are for the "poor" (which, of course, they are not, they are for saying whatever it takes to get elected) why would they take cars that poor folks can afford off the market. They do this in two related ways.

1. Paying (with tax money) an inflated price for used cars takes them out of the used car market.
   
2. The cars that are not sold and crushed in this program become more expensive because there are fewer used cars to be purchased in the open market.

Garrison Announces Campaign for Secretary of State

“Today I am announcing my candidacy for Ohio Secretary of State because I believe that the citizens of Ohio deserve someone who will work to continue to move the state forward.”

Wow. That's what I like about the democrat party. They are all intellectuals....really deep!

ObamaCare Yay Or Nay? The Truth About Canada!

StevenCrowder

Kasich's running mate

Since John Kasich does not have the perfect past when it comes to the 2nd Amendment, one would think that he has to name a strong pro-gun / freedom running mate.

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This is desperately needed due to Strickland's good NRA rating.

Also, it's a mistake to think that ignoring the assault weapons ban vote in Kasich's past and counting on Strickland's current unpopularity to carry the day for the next GOP Governorship.

This one anti-gun vote needs talked about now, not swept under the rug. Because if it's not dealt with now, it'll be dealt with during a general election.

One thing Kasich can do to make gun owners feel reassured is by naming a pro-gun Lieutenant Governor candidate...one with a known and verifiable voting record.

Athens county democrat ethics II

Dem party chair appeals election ruling against her

More issues with so called minimum wage laws

The hidden Costs of a Minimum Wage

"Advocates of higher minimum wages are often motivated by the purest of concerns for the poor. However, the minimum wage has been described as a "maximum folly" by many economists for many years because it hurts precisely the people who most desperately need help. Self-styled friends of the poor are unrelenting in their advocacy of a higher minimum wage, but with friends like these, the poor do not need enemies."

To the right is a book written by two gentlemen from Southeastern Ohio about Unemployment and Government. This is a great book.

Another good coyote

House Committee Again Fails to Deny Illegal-Alien Access to Healthcare Benefits

Zach Space has completely left the reservation. Now he works to allow illegal aliens access to tax payer funded health care!

Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee endorsed an amendment sponsored by Rep. Zack Space (D-Ohio) that was designed to provide political cover for Representatives who want to give illegal aliens benefits under the healthcare reform bill (H.R. 3200). The amendment’s language reaffirms current law, which prohibits illegal aliens from applying for state Medicaid and child health insurance programs, but does not require states to verify whether applicants are actually eligible to apply. Therefore, H.R. 3200 will continue to allow states to require little more than an attestation of citizenship in benefit applications.

Under the health care bill, states would be required to automatically enroll non-traditional Medicaid individuals to the proposed government-run option. An amendment offered yesterday by Rep. Nathan Deal (R-Ga.) would have required states to verify an individual's citizenship status before automatically enrolling them. That amendment was defeated by one vote. Rep. Space, the sponsor of today’s amendment, was one of those who opposed the Deal amendment.

The Committee passed its portion of the bill tonight by a 31-28 margin. Before passage, Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) noted that that the remaining amendments not considered tonight will be placed in a separate bill. When Congress returns from recess, the committee will mark up and pass that bill. The Rules Committee, he said, would deem it to be an accepted amendment for floor debate on H.R. 3200.

Honduras leader firm against communist Obama's pressure

"...we want to continue to seek peace and tranquility in our country, but we do not accept intervention by anybody, especially not from the Communists of the 21st century," Micheletti said."

I believe he is referring to our communist President Obama and his flock of fawning Pravda writers in our media who continue to call this a "coup".

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