Weekly Republican Address 8/20/11: Gov. John Kasich (R-OH)

Delivering the Weekly Republican Address, Ohio Governor John Kasich talks about how his administration's success closing the largest budget shortfall in Ohio's history without raising taxes offers lessons for Washington. Working together to make tough fiscal choices, remove government barriers to job creation, and institute real, confidence-boosting reforms -- like a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution -- is the focus of Kasich's address. A former chairman of the House Budget Committee, Kasich helped lead the charge for the Balanced Budget Amendment in the mid-1990s, when it came within one vote of heading to the states for ratification. Ohio recently had its credit rating upgraded by Standard & Poor's, which attributed the move to the Buckeye State's budget reforms.

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[Alvin691]

This is good, keep allowing these governors share their successes. Let the states compete, and show the way back to economic growth.

[Soteira17]

@thomaseco1 you are a moron...first...the Balanced Budget Amendment allows for more free market by getting control on your spend happy liberals so that business will have more confidence in our country to invest in jobs. Consumers will have more confidence in spending because our country has gotten control of its spending, which would bring us back from the edge of bankruptcy! You would understand that if you were not an idiot!

[themuteherald]

"...states used tricks and gimmicks [for stimulating the economy]." A series of vague statements about giving the wealthiest Americans more loopholes than ever IS a gimmick. Using his position to force his religious views on Ohio is another gimmick. You criticize the President for the very same tricks you play. Fix Ohio's job problem, then you can talk. Stop letting yourself be pimped by Boehner and Cantor for political gain.

[STDog325]

hey you are going to be on SSI one day so you should not be against it. By the way most people that are on SSI are either poor, disabled or really old. These people paid into the system. Also since you hate entitlements so much why don't we do away with mortgages and loans...thats right people should turn in their cars and houses that is bank owned and quit being lazy and settle for little until they save up...stupid conservatives who are rich and can buy a house milk the government money anyway

[megarational]

@Alvin691 "...sharing their successes...."????

You have as much chance of hearing the true story and underlying causes from one of these lying spinning political sleezeballs as a young princess has of hearing the truth when she asks "if I give you a blowjob do you promise not to come in my mouth?"

[megarational]

@Wildkkat1 The only thing you own is warts from too much masturbation.

[Wildkkat1]

@megarational Typical lib moron resorts to name calling, because I own you...Puke!

[megarational]

@Soteira17 "....so business will have more confidence..."

Nothing gives a business confidence like a fat order book. When the middle & lower classes are robbed of purchasing power because all the wealth is going to the top end, and because of high unemployment & stagnating wages - the order books get slim.

[megarational]

@Wildkkat1 "...2300 pages of rules & regulations..." Do you think financial system reform should be of a size that can be comfortably printed on the back of a serial box???

Fucking simpleton. Even a dime store novel is between 250 & 400 pages long.

Only a fucking retarded Fox Fiction fan could be led to criticize a piece of legislation without knowing shit about it - just by "wowing" him with the number of pages.

But then again, the GOP and Faux Fiction (aka GOP-TV) feed on such fools.