Gov. John Kasich, Republican and former Fox News TV host, has continued his verbal attacks on public employees. A new video has surfaced of Kasich speaking to Ohio EPA employees:
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The following is from the AAUP (American Association of University Professors) as posted at Chilaborarts:
....In Ohio, 9 percent of the state budget is spent on public employees. Firing every state employee would result in a savings of $2 billion, and would still leave the citizens of Ohio with a $6 BILLION deficit and completely without the vital services that state employees provide....
.....Governors Kasich in Ohio, Snyder in Michigan, Walker in Wisconsin, and many of their peers have tried to paint public employees as overpaid, unskilled, and unnecessary. The truth is that public employees provide a wide range of necessary services that states depend on, for an average salary that is 11 percent less than their private sector counterparts. They drive children to and from school safely. They patrol our streets, put out fires, provide transportation for disabled and elderly, safeguard our prisons, plow our streets, fix our busted waterlines in freezing weather, research life-saving developments, and teach our students. Allowing them to be scapegoated for state budget shortfalls does nothing to solve the real budget crisis and encourages those forces that are currently tearing at the fabric of our communities to continue.
The future of our communities and of quality public education in this country depends on our ability to unite and respond to these politically motivated attacks with facts. The time has come for us to rally to save our public institutions and the workers who maintain them.
John Kasich doesn't seem to appreciate the work, and dedication of public service employees. He has unfairly targeted those who serve our communities and has attempted to blame them for our recent economic difficulties. The horrible recession that we witnessed started with the manipulation and greed of Wall Street bankers. Public service employees do not deserve to be used as scapegoats or called idiots.
