Greg Hartmann - Kool Aid for Everybody !
In a recent LTE to The Fishwarp, Failed County Commissioner, Greg Hartmann, advocated for a second term for John Kasich whose financial policies have bedeviled Hartmann's county and hometown.
He makes the fallacious statement that previous governor Ted Strickland was responsible for job losses in the state and that Kasich is somehow responsible for some job creation. Similarly, one could argue that Strickland made the sunset & Kasich made the sunrise.
When the bubble burst on the global economy, financial, business & economic wonks all predicted a similar scenario & timeline for hitting bottom & subsequent recovery. A couple years later, they all agreed recovery would be slower and less robust. NEVER ONCE did they say the recovery was hinged on a particular party or candidate. Political hacks know they can assign blame & take credit for whichever way the wind blows, however and so, like rainmakers, they perform their songs and dances for the gullible. The false hope they sell being most attractive to the most desperate.
Hartmann praises Kasich for balancing the state budget on the backs of County, township and city governments forcing them to raise taxes or cut vital services like police and fire. Frequently this tactic is called, "kicking it down the road".
Hartmann credits Kasich for reducing the size of government which is just bizarre. he credits Kasich for cutting regulation. Again - bizarre.
Maybe Hartmann has missed his true calling - writing children's books.