Cross-posted from Townhall. Few aspects of the Republican Party affair with the welfare state are worse than the crooning from politicians who offer “compassion” as an excuse for betraying conservatism. By muddling messaging and helping the press dismiss anyone to his right, a big-government Republican who claims he’s a limited-government Republican can undermine conservative principles… Continue reading Compassionate Conservatism is a Love Song to Big Government
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Gov. John Kasich – Ohio’s Own Obama?
Cross-posted from Townhall. Ohio taxpayers are being treated to an unwelcome taste of DC, as Governor John Kasich brings President Obama’s favorite policies and tactics to the Buckeye State. Narrowly elected as a small-government conservative in 2010, Kasich has veered sharply to the left despite Republican supermajorities in both houses of the Ohio General Assembly.… Continue reading Gov. John Kasich – Ohio’s Own Obama?
AFL-CIO Funding of “We Are Ohio” Tops Other Donors 896 Times Over
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. The DC headquarters of the AFL-CIO sent $49,297 to union campaign committee We Are Ohiobetween January 1 and June 30, 2013, more than 896 times the sum of $55 contributed by all other donors this year. Dating back to the union front group’s inception, 95.65 percent of all… Continue reading AFL-CIO Funding of “We Are Ohio” Tops Other Donors 896 Times Over
Gov. Kasich Helps Democrats Hound Obamacare Opponents
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-MD) touted Ohio Governor John Kasich’s assurance that expanding Medicaid under Obamacare will “save lives” in a July 29 release meant to pressure other governors into emulating Kasich. “Ohio Governor John Kasich stated: ‘It’s going to save lives.’ He added: ‘It’s going to help people, and you tell… Continue reading Gov. Kasich Helps Democrats Hound Obamacare Opponents
The Teacher Tax: Union Takes $700/year from Ohio Educators
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Teachers in school districts organized by the Ohio Education Association (OEA) are charged $703.33 per year for union membership, and can be forced to pay $688.67 in annual “fair share” fees if they decline to join the union. Barring a religious exemption, a full-time Ohio teacher with a salary… Continue reading The Teacher Tax: Union Takes $700/year from Ohio Educators
Obamacare Advocates Invest in Ohio Republican Primaries
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Some of the entitlement lobbying groups that fought for the Obamacare Medicaid expansion in Ohio are spending tens of thousands of dollars to defend Republican incumbents in the state’s May 6 primary. To keep new taxpayer money from Republican Governor John Kasich’s expansion of Medicaid flowing their direction, the Ohio Hospital Association (OHA) and other healthcare industry groups… Continue reading Obamacare Advocates Invest in Ohio Republican Primaries
Pro-Obamacare Ohio GOP Campaigns On Standing Up to Obamacare
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Party-endorsed Ohio Republican Party (ORP) State Central Committee candidates are being promoted with inadvertently hilarious ORP flyers asserting, “It Takes a STRONG Republican Party to Stand Up to Obamacare.” ORP supports the Obamacare Medicaid expansion, a major component of President Obama’s unpopular insurance law. Several of the Obamacare expansion’s most vocal… Continue reading Pro-Obamacare Ohio GOP Campaigns On Standing Up to Obamacare
More Obamacare Critics Fall Out of Favor With Ohio GOP
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site. Three of the six Ohio House members who challenged Republican Governor John Kasich’s enactment of the Obamacare Medicaid expansion in court have been denied the endorsement of the Ohio Republican Party (ORP). Questioned after a February 28 ORP Central Committee meeting where the committee voted on its 2014 slate, Party… Continue reading More Obamacare Critics Fall Out of Favor With Ohio GOP
CBO Report Confirms Kasich is Wrong About Medicaid Expansion
Cross-posted from the archived Media Trackers Ohio site on 1/25/2020 Conservatives were right to warn that Governor John Kasich’s embrace of the Obamacare Medicaid expansion would increase government spending and hurt Ohio’s labor force, a February 4 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report affirms. Of exploding federal spending, CBO wrote, “The increase in outlays reflects substantial growth in… Continue reading CBO Report Confirms Kasich is Wrong About Medicaid Expansion
Why Does John Kasich Keep Lying About Obamacare?
Governor John Kasich keeps misrepresenting what the Obamacare Medicaid expansion is and how it works, because Ohio’s press doesn’t know — or care — to report that Kasich is not telling the truth. In a January 23 interview with Bill Cunningham on Cincinnati’s 700 WLW, Gov. Kasich stuck to his insistence that the Obamacare Medicaid expansion “has nothing to do… Continue reading Why Does John Kasich Keep Lying About Obamacare?