Kasich Did Not Support the Troops When He Had the Chance

John Kasich appears in day-glo yellow pants at Sean Hannity's event for the troops (to raise money that never really makes it to the troops or their families).

Here is a view of Sean Hannity's charity.
The Daily Beast:


For years, Sean Hannity has hosted “Freedom Concerts” across America. He has claimed that the proceeds are donated to help the children of fallen soldiers pay for college and to pay for the medical care of wounded veterans. But according to conservative blogger Debbie Schlussel, “it’s all a huge scam.” She went through the tax returns of Freedom Alliance, the charity that helps Hannity throw the concerts, and found that less than 20 percent of the money raised goes to these causes—in 2006, for example, Freedom Alliance raised almost $11 million, but only $397,900 was donated to children of fallen soldiers or to injured veterans. $979,485 was spent, meanwhile on consultants, and more than $3 million was spent on postage and shipping and printing. One person tells Schlussel that Hannity demands a private jet and a fleet of Cadillac or Lincoln SUVs to transport him to the concerts.

Read it at Debbie Schlussel 

 

Here is Kasich as he appeared at Hannity's concert:

 

 Day-glo Kasich below:

 (pic by JChabria)

 

 

 

 

 When Kasich had the chance to really help veterans, Kasich decided to vote against issues/programs to help vets.

Dayton Daily News:

...While in Congress, Kasich opposed increasing the minimum wage, favored increasing the cost of college loans, wanted to weaken job training programs, pitched a budget that called for slashing food stamps and children’s nutrition programs, moved to cut veterans’ benefits, and pushed to reduce the Earned Income Tax Credit for low-income workers....

 

John Kasich's congressional record on veterans, from the Dispatch:

• Proposed cutting $7 billion from veterans programs, quadrupling veterans' prescription costs, and "cutting benefits for veterans who suffered head wounds and mental traumas and could no longer care for themselves independently."

 

Kasich didn't support the troops when he had the chance.  All this talk with Hannity's poor excuse for a charity is nothing more than baloney.

If you are one of our military veterans, I offer my thanks for your service and sacrifice.  If you are a veteran living in Ohio, don't vote for Kasich.  He did not vote for YOU when he had the chance.