Posted on 03/14/2016 8:35:53 PM PDT by Whenifhow
John Kasich touts Ohio’s comeback story on the campaign trail, saying he brought this Rust Belt state back from the economic brink, creating jobs, slashing tax rates and cutting government spending.
The problem is that vision is unrecognizable to many Ohioans, especially those struggling to make it in the state’s gritty urban centers, such as Cleveland, Cincinnati and Toledo — all ranked among the nation’s most economically distressed big cities. Cleveland, host of this summer’s Republican convention, is the No. 1 most economically distressed large city in America, with 53 percent of adults not working, according to an analysis by The Economic Innovation Group, a nonprofit research group.
“I am mystified when he talks about fixing the economy,” said Amy Hanauer, executive director of the left-leaning think tank, Policy Matters Ohio. “Ohio added the smallest share of jobs out of the 38 states, including the District of Columbia, with job growth from 2007 to 2015. It is interesting to me that he has managed to portray the economy as being really good because it is not.”
Kasich’s survival in the GOP presidential sweepstakes hinges on whether he can deliver a native-son victory in this bellwether state. But the disconnect between the Ohio miracle he describes on the campaign trail and the reality of some voters’ lives could cost him that home-state advantage.
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Kasich also created a new, private state entity called JobsOhio, responsible for the state’s economic development. The entity has been controversial among both liberals and the state auditor because Kasich exempted it from public record laws, meaning that Ohioans have no idea about the deals it cuts with taxpayer dollars to entice businesses. State economists and academics wonder whether Kasich has done enough to diversify the state’s economy.
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Kasich takes credit for a lot of “miracles” that just ain’t so - the other day he was talking about the big fix on Social Security that he supposedly helped engineer back in the day - as Senator Moynihan famously pronounced during the 80’s “we have helped fix Social Security so that it will never be in trouble again” - except that here we are only thirty-some years later and already Social Security demands adjustments to keep from going broke - never isn’t such a long time after all....
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“I am mystified when he talks about fixing the economy,” said Amy Hanauer, executive director of the left-leaning think tank, Policy Matters Ohio. “Ohio added the smallest share of jobs out of the 38 states, including the District of Columbia, with job growth from 2007 to 2015. It is interesting to me that he has managed to portray the economy as being really good because it is not.”
I’m surprised Obama hasn’t claimed credit for the price of gasoline going from $4 to $1.50.
Kasich’s economic miracle consists of NOT being Ted Strickland.
His record was abysmal by all historical standards.
Anyone would look like Reagan by comparison.
Agreed! Strickland was bad news! Strickland is running against Rob Portman for the senate this year.
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