Dennis Spisak, Green for Governor of Ohio via IPR facebook:
Two recent studies confirm what we already know: Ohio’s economy is moving backwards under John Kasich.
Reports from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and the non-partisan W.P.Carey School of Business at Arizona State University paint a bleak picture of Ohio’s economy, showing the state headed in the wrong direction as the rest of the country continues to improve.
In November, according to the Ohio Department of Jobs and Family Services, Ohio lost 12,000 jobs, the worst job loss of any state in the nation. Employment increased in 43 states across the country at the same time. The state-by-state report by the W.P.Carey School of Business notes that Ohio plummeted to 46th in the nation in job growth for the month of November. The bottom line is that 427,000 Ohioans are still without jobs, a failure manifested in a state unemployment rate of 7.4 percent compared to the national average of seven percent.
John Kasich believes his vision is the right vision. So far, the numbers tell the story that Kasich’s economic promised land, where jobs are plentiful and wages rise, is still far over the horizon. Kasich’s staunch belief in Jack Kemp-style supply side economics and cutting taxes whenever possible makes him a relic of the Reagan Era. And it’s not working in the 21st Century.
Ohio needs a governor who will end supply side economics and invest in clean energy and green infrastructure giving folks a chance to make economic gains and build stronger, healthier communities and build pathways out of poverty. I am that governor.
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