I voted No for Issue One. The state of Ohio has a budget deficit that has "forced" them to cut grant money for college students yet we can afford to borrow 200 million to provide service men and women a $50/mo check? Its as big of a political sham as the "economic stimulus" checks mailed out during the Bush Administration. Provide help to services that ACTUALLY help the citizens of Ohio. The Governor is up for reelection this year and buying a lot of Republican leaning Veterans votes sure sounds like a good idea. The members of the Armed Forces are FEDERAL employees not STATE employees. It is up to the Federal Government to extend benefits to their employees. If the Issue was limited to National Guardsmen I might have thought differently. $50/mo is not going to help any Veteran in the long run but $200 million will definitely hurt Ohio. We spend between 925billion and 1.14 trillion on Defense in a year and yet we are asked to borrow more.
Vote yes on Issue 1 to give Ohio veterans a bonus
All the conservative voters that complain about government spending and give away programs dont seem to care when the money is given to them
November 3, 2009 at 9:01 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Vote yes on Issue 1 to give Ohio veterans a bonus
I voted No for Issue One. The state of Ohio has a budget deficit that has "forced" them to cut grant money for college students yet we can afford to borrow 200 million to provide service men and women a $50/mo check? Its as big of a political sham as the "economic stimulus" checks mailed out during the Bush Administration. Provide help to services that ACTUALLY help the citizens of Ohio. The Governor is up for reelection this year and buying a lot of Republican leaning Veterans votes sure sounds like a good idea. The members of the Armed Forces are FEDERAL employees not STATE employees. It is up to the Federal Government to extend benefits to their employees. If the Issue was limited to National Guardsmen I might have thought differently. $50/mo is not going to help any Veteran in the long run but $200 million will definitely hurt Ohio. We spend between 925billion and 1.14 trillion on Defense in a year and yet we are asked to borrow more.
November 3, 2009 at 9 p.m. permalink suggest removal