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Yeah Taft sucked, but this can't be a great stat for ol' Strick.
Almost One in 10 Ohioans on food stamps.
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PodFive
Vic Village/Short North
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I think this is beyond the governorship.. We'd have to take a serious look at our economy for more than just the past 2 years.. like.. the past 10 years to see where the real root of this is.
I think its kinda silly to just look at the stat and say it doesn't look good for strickland.
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Zenperson
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BG wrote Yeah Taft sucked, but this can't be a great stat for ol' Strick.
Almost One in 10 Ohioans on food stamps.
Quite the contrary, Gov. Strickland is the one that's pushing food stamps right now:
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Public benefits were designed to help people when the economy is weak, not to feed a cycle of poverty. As the article said, with the rising costs of food and gas, working class families are having trouble feeding their families so food stamps gives them a little bit extra to help them do just that.
Posted 4 years ago # -
brothermarcus
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Yeah, the point for the state and counties are to get anyone eligible enrolled - so high numbers, while unfortunate, do mean that a certain job is getting done very well in our state.
We have poor people in our state, and we're going to have less jobs in the short term from what I'm looking at... so I don't see an immediate remedy for this but I don't think this reflects on the short time that Strickland has been in office. I do question trimming state support staff at a time when the state is experiencing such an increase in need, but I'm not an administrator - so I lack the vision to understand how fewer skilled workers equals better customer service... I think you get that vision as you get older or something. I will admit I find Strickland odd, and some of the agenda I've seen so far is odd... but I won't rush to judgment unless he completely abandons the idea of welfare reform. I bought into welfare reform, I stand behind it, and I think there's still more reform to be done.
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Zenperson
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The toughest problem he faces is taking a state that is historically a manufacturing and farming economy and shifting that economy to something sustainable in the long term. Before you can do that, you have to stabilize the population that's being left behind from the loss of jobs and when you've done that, you have to begin re-orienting your workforce with new skills to replace the old ones, all while trying to constantly watch your spending and re-evaluate your methods to keep things efficient and moving.
It's a multi-dimensional problem that literally requires looking decades down the road and Strickland is the one who's forced with dealing with the stabilization phase of the problem.... And sadly, he's faced with the aftermath of a president who's favored corporate America over the past 7 years and has literally screwed low income earners, so he's essentially having to work against the Federal tide at the state level... It's mind boggling to think of how multi faceted it is to deal with an almost 6% unemployment rate and no immediate solution to resolve it.....
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