Bob Taft: Actions speak louder then words.
E-Check and other lies!
Bob Taft: Actions speak louder then words.
E-Check and other lies!
"This
statement, made just before the 1998 election, was Bob Taft's last expression of
opposition to E-check. For the next eight years as Ohio governor, he did nothing
to stop this wasteful, intrusive curse on residents in 14 of 88 Ohio
counties."
Bob Taft said this in October, 1998 in the Columbus gubernatorial debate, and despite winning that election and re-election in 2002, he did nothing to end E-check. Fueled by citizen outrage, it will expire in December 2005 in at least 7 counties, but may continue in some northern Ohio counties. The legislation Mr. Taft referred to was House Bill 172 from 1997. This Bill was another one of many actions by our elected officials that were contrived to deceive from the very start. The simple truth is HB 172 would not have done away with E-Check, but it would have made it stronger while protecting areas of the State like Columbus from ever getting the program, no matter how bad their air quality. Bob Taft knew this before the 1998 Governors debate and was reminded after the election, but chose to ignore the issue completely.
If the first term lies and broken promises weren't bad enough, Bob Taft, at the very start of his second term raised taxes on car plates, drivers licenses, hunting and fishing licenses, barber shops, tanning salons, cable and satellite TV, and the list goes on. He also drained a $1 billion dollar surplus "Rainy Day Fund," spent $120 million of the tobacco settlement to balance a bloated budget, and raised the Ohio sales tax. This all took place after promising not to raise taxes and attacking his opponent as a tax and spend Democrat. To
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Many of us recognized long ago that Mr. Taft lacked the leadership qualities to help lead Ohio successfully into the 21st Century, but that is behind us. Governor Taft is term limited out in 2006, but Senator DeWine is not, and he has proven that he is even more dangerous in Washington than Bob Taft has ever been in Columbus.
For example:
Mike DeWine has taken sides with liberal Democrats to obstruct President Bush's federal judicial appointments.
Senator DeWine has opposed immigration reform measures that have resulted in an increase from less than 300,000 immigrants in 1965 to over a million in 2004, the vast majority entering the U.S. illegally. Americans for Better Immigration grade Senator DeWine D+ for his career, and more recently, gave him an F- for his votes on immigration reform.
Since Senator DeWine was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1994, the national debt has increased over $3 trillion to nearly $7.8 trillion. It took more than 213 years for the national debt to reach $3 trillion, but Mike DeWine and other big spending Congressmen and Congresswomen matched that dubious accomplishment in just ten years.
48 states had a net increase of jobs during 2004. Ohio is one of only two states that had a net loss of jobs in 2004.
In terms of local, state, and federal taxes, Ohio is the 3rd highest taxed state in the U.S.
Between 2000 and 2003 personal bankruptcies in Ohio grew faster than in any other state.
The 2004 trade deficit was a record $618 billion, including $162 billion with communist China. Mr. DeWine continues to support one-sided trade deals that send jobs, sensitive technology, and hard currency to communist China, and they are using those resources to modernize their military at a dangerously accelerating pace.
Where Ohio gets back only $.89 of each gas tax dollar we send to Washington, the U.S. Department of Transportation returns $1.23 to New York and Hillary Clinton.
The evidence is in - Mike DeWine cares more about corporate special interests and his own political career than he does about Ohioans and our future. Don't you think it's about time our elected officials start standing up for Ohio? If you agree, please consider joining us, and help make history in the May 2006 primary.