According to a Quinnipiac University survey released Wednesday, 46 percent of registered voters in Ohio disapprove of the job the new Republican governor's doing, with three in ten approving of how Kasich's handling his duties and nearly a quarter unsure. The survey indicates that by a 53 to 36 percent margin, Ohioans say the governor's budget is unfair. The budget aims to close the state's projected $8 billion deficit by cutting spending but not raising taxes.
Kasich has been in the national spotlight the past two months for joining with another freshman Republican governor, Scott Walker of Wisconsin, in moving to try and strip some collective bargaining rights from public service union members in an effort to try and balance the budget. About half of those questioned in the survey say they oppose the bill, which is currently working its way through the Ohio legislature.
As a former Michigander, I absolutely hope that Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ohio do everything possible to become like the third world when it comes to education. I am a Texan now, and we need somebody below us. :mrgreen:
As a former Michigander, I absolutely hope that Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ohio do everything possible to become like the third world when it comes to education. I am a Texan now, and we need somebody below us. :mrgreen:
As a former Michigander, I absolutely hope that Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ohio do everything possible to become like the third world when it comes to education. I am a Texan now, and we need somebody below us. :mrgreen:
Yesterday it was the Governor of Michigan Rick Snyder who saw his popularity plunge in a poll hitting lows that took his predecessor over seven years to achieve. Today, it is the Governor to the south Of Michingan - John Kasich of Ohio.
Poll: Tough start for Ohio’s new governor – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs
Just like in Wisconsin, both Snyder and Kasich have come under fire for attacking labor unions, worker rights and a budget titled in favor of helping corporations while making cuts on average citizens.
The sleeping giant is awakening.
The survey indicates that by a 53 to 36 percent margin, Ohioans say the governor's budget is unfair.
Yesterday it was the Governor of Michigan Rick Snyder who saw his popularity plunge in a poll hitting lows that took his predecessor over seven years to achieve. Today, it is the Governor to the south Of Michingan - John Kasich of Ohio.
Poll: Tough start for Ohio’s new governor – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs
Just like in Wisconsin, both Snyder and Kasich have come under fire for attacking labor unions, worker rights and a budget titled in favor of helping corporations while making cuts on average citizens.
The sleeping giant is awakening.
Uhh the Sleeping giant awoke in 2010.......and delivered the largest political ass whooping in history.....in the only poll that matters.
God Bless John Kaisch, Rick Snyder, and Scott Walker--Greatest Governors of all-time.
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Here we go with that map BS again. The map, of course includes a lot of areas where very few people live, in respect for other areas. For example, New York City has more population than the entire state of Montana. So what we need is an honest map, adjusted for population, to replace the dishonest map. And here is the honest map, known as a cartogram, which adjusts the map on the basis of population:
This map is for 2008. So is this map from 2008, which is NOT adjusted for population:
Using your logic, and the exact same kind of map you like to produce to make your point, Obama got totally slaughtered that year, and the Democratic party was put out of business. :mrgreen:
wage and hour laws are only good if enforced, and can be changed on a whim...unions serve as a watchdog for these laws, to lobby for improvements in the laws, and to lobby against changes that would be detrimental to the worker.....OSHA is only interested in minimal safety guidelines, they don't strive to improve workplace safety, they enforce minimum standards. unions lobby on behalf of the working person, to push for better health and safety workplace rules, and better working conditions in general.Citizens are going to have to face the facts that Unions are a large part of what is wrong with State Budgets from Coast to Coast and Governors have few choices to try get the spending under control.
You can cut services to everyone and or raise taxes for everyone or reduce the ridiculous cost most Governors face through no fault of their own.
California's day without sunshine is coming and it won't be pretty.
Sadly the public tends to fall for the BS put into media by unions that they are needed or the world will collapse.
Truth is and I have said it over and over, wage and hour laws along with OSHA keeps most people from becoming slaves.
I do agree that minimum wages need to be improved but other than that Unions are in it to make money and pay bribes to politicians with by spending the money members pay in dues and they never ask the members who to bribe next.
wage and hour laws are only good if enforced, and can be changed on a whim...unions serve as a watchdog for these laws, to lobby for improvements in the laws, and to lobby against changes that would be detrimental to the worker.....OSHA is only interested in minimal safety guidelines, they don't strive to improve workplace safety, they enforce minimum standards. unions lobby on behalf of the working person, to push for better health and safety workplace rules, and better working conditions in general.
It is a bit more than interesting to see the shift that has taken place in many places just in the few months since November. Yes, the GOP did very well and should be proud of their results. But yes, the poll numbers now demonstrate that a good chunk of Independent voters have developed a case of buyers remorse and people like Walker, Kasich and Snyder might not even get elected today and are facing recalls.
We are living in a time where the pendulum of change is swinging both faster and farther than it has done for a very long time.
White Students already outperform White students in those three states.
Black students already outperform black students in those three states.
And hispanic students already outperform hispanic students in those three states.
the only way to pretend Texas is not outperforming those three states is to stick your head in the sand.
Yea Texas is also out preforming them in deficits!
That was 2010--The Largest Political Ass Whooping in History.......
Republicans took Control of the House with 63 House Seats, 6 Senate seats, 10 Governorships, 680+ State legislative seats, and control of 19 more State legislatures..
....put that in your tropy case.
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I have no problem with public sector unions in that regard. I do have a problem with their being able to negotiate wages and benefits -- at least under the current corrupt system. I think Walker's got it more right than we know. Bargain to the CPI...anything over that goes to the voters.
At this time, I would be very cautious about assuming that today's polling numbers point to the outcome of the next gubernatorial election cycle, much less assure such an outcome. Wisconsin might be an exception, but only if a recall effort is successful prior to the next gubernatorial election. In short, between now and the next election much can change. If the states find themselves on more solid fiscal ground and their economies are growing appreciably (and creating jobs), the governors who are currently quite unpopular could be re-elected. The narrative that they would offer, one of providing strong leadership by making tough and deeply unpopular decisions from which their states had begun to benefit, could actually resonate with voters.
There is past precedent for such cases. For example, the 1982-83 period for President Reagan saw his approval rating fall to just 35% by early 1983. Yet, by November 1984, buoyed by a briskly growing economy, he scored an historic landslide victory.
I'm against setting salary by referendum. That goes completely against the notion of pay on merit. Also, it won't solve the public/private wage divide. The private sector hasn't been keeping up with cost of living for decades now. That's a big reason why the public sector is so out of whack, because the private sector has seen the value of labor fall immensely.
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