LOL, I wouldn't go into business for myself if I lived in Ohio - that state has the 3rd highest business tax rate in the country, one of the highest in the world.
What can you say? Elections have consequences - ACORN got to run wild in Ohio thanks to an incompetent bureaucrat, and the governor used state money to go after Obama's big enemies, like that Joe the Plumber guy. They wanted change, here it is.
Ummm...this is not all of Ohio you realize right? Anyway, I live in the more conservative central Ohio. Unfortunately the RINO Taft helped get the governor elected that you are speaking of: Strickland. Taft managed that with all kinds of questionable dealings himself while in office and helped taint Blackwell, who incidentally, is African-American and has writen scathing article on ACORN and no doubt knows first hand having been Secretary of State in Ohio for years:
http://townhall.com/columnists/KenBlackwell/2008/09/30/an_acorn_falls_from_the_tree?page=full&comments=trueBefore that we had republican governors since 1991 so in 16 years taxes have become what they have become. Hard to blame the dems for that ridiculousness I'd say or the people of Ohio who apparently get sold a bill of goods year after year. IMO, Strickland is only in after 16 years of incompentent republican leadership. I'm not sure what else you expected the people of Ohio to do given the choices we are given for governor. I didn't vote for Strickland, but I do know some very conservative people were fed up and likely did not vote and in addition we too are plagued by very biases media coverage and the push of ACORNto discredit a SoS who breated down their backs relentlessly over the years. It's a bit more intertwined then 'you get what you wanted' or an incompentent beaurocrat considering the SoS fought against ACORN for YEARS--it's just not an honest an assessment. Sadly, all this contention creates chaos and doubt and you get what you get out of that. Great...we are stuck either way so our family will suffer: thanks for pointing that out, Tess. It's really kinda shitty too considering *I* did not vote for this change so I certainly did not get what I voted for. We seem to forget a lot of good people who are tied to their family obligations are also being pulled down the drain in this mess. Flippancy really doesn't help matters any.
I really am down enough about living with a spouse I'm separated from, not being able to find a job, and the prospect of perhaps leaving my children to be able to get one at some point, even if only for the work week. I really hate Opus, but shit, I know I don't need to come here and get even more low about it while someone points out from the corner and goes, "ha ha".
