IT IS A SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS WHEN THE ONLY THING THAT CAN KEEP THE "SHIP OF STATE" AFLOAT IN OHIO IS ................... SLOT MACHINES .................. AND EXTORTION IS BEING USED BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR CAN'T HAVE HIS WAY ............
He knows that OHIO voters have always turned GAMBLING down, so he tried to RAM IT DOWN OUR THROATS and the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that it is subject to VOTER APPROVAL ...... so next ............. this...
If gambling is voted for in OHIO, what next, when that money runs out. Government is a BOTTOMLESS pit............ THEY will never have enough....................
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland on Wednesday proposed freezing income tax cuts for two years to fund education in the wake of a court decision that could halt his plan to put lottery slot machines at racetracks.
Strickland suggested postponing the final year of the overall 21 percent tax cut, raising about $850 million. The cuts were scheduled to be phased in over five years at a rate of 4.2 percent a year.
Last week, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the slot machine proposal is subject to voter approval, stopping the state's plans to place machines at horse racing tracks by May. Strickland had been counting on the slot machines to contribute about $850 million to help balance the two-year education budget.
