John Kasich (R) wants to replace Ted Strickland (D) as the next governor of Ohio; but, unfortunately, John doesn't get it. He apparently has no idea of the role of governor. Mr. Kasich, after leaving his Wall St. job at Lehman Brothers, is running for governor on the same old Rovian campaign of cutting and eliminating taxes.
He wants to repeal Ohio's income tax, the state's second largest source in income behind sales taxes, and then yesterday signed a pledge saying he would oppose and veto any effort to raise taxes.
Great, everybody would like to pay less in taxes; but the problem is Mr. Kasich has no plan as to how he is going to govern the State of Ohio after he eliminates nearly 50% of its revenues. Is he going to cut state spending on highways, education, infrastructure, penitentiaries, the highway patrol, environmental control, mining and safety programs, state employees' retirement programs, agricultural programs, or unemployment services? The man has not said. Either he has no plan or he has a secret plan that he will tell us about after he is elected. Either of those options is unconscionable and irresponsible.
The governor's job is to balance the budget and execute the state programs that the people and the legislature have instituted. Mr. Kasich wants to eliminate nearly half of the state's revenue, but cannot tell us how he is going to balance the budget or tell us which state programs he is going to eliminate.
Such a position is the pinnacle of irresponsibility! Mr. Kasich, you are no longer on Wall Street; you can't sell us another batch of sub-prime loans.
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