dnc_email_15655.txt

dnc-emails 1,549 words email

D3 P19 V16 P20

-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- mQQBBGBjDtIBH6DJa80zDBgR+VqlYGaXu5bEJg9HEgAtJeCLuThdhXfl5Zs32RyB I1QjIlttvngepHQozmglBDmi2FZ4S+wWhZv10bZCoyXPIPwwq6TylwPv8+buxuff B6tYil3VAB9XKGPyPjKrlXn1fz76VMpuTOs7OGYR8xDidw9EHfBvmb+sQyrU1FOW aPHxba5lK6hAo/KYFpTnimsmsz0Cvo1sZAV/EFIkfagiGTL2J/NhINfGPScpj8LB bYelVN/NU4c6Ws1ivWbfcGvqU4lymoJgJo/l9HiV6X2bdVyuB24O3xeyhTnD7laf epykwxODVfAt4qLC3J478MSSmTXS8zMumaQMNR1tUUYtHCJC0xAKbsFukzbfoRDv m2zFCCVxeYHvByxstuzg0SurlPyuiFiy2cENek5+W8Sjt95nEiQ4suBldswpz1Kv n71t7vd7zst49xxExB+tD+vmY7GXIds43Rb05dqksQuo2yCeuCbY5RBiMHX3d4nU 041jHBsv5wY24j0N6bpAsm/s0T0Mt7IO6UaN33I712oPlclTweYTAesW3jDpeQ7A ioi0CMjWZnRpUxorcFmzL/Cc/fPqgAtnAL5GIUuEOqUf8AlKmzsKcnKZ7L2d8mxG QqN16nlAiUuUpchQNMr+tAa1L5S1uK/fu6thVlSSk7KMQyJfVpwLy6068a1WmNj4 yxo9HaSeQNXh3cui+61qb9wlrkwlaiouw9+bpCmR0V8+XpWma/D/TEz9tg5vkfNo eG4t+FUQ7QgrrvIkDNFcRyTUO9cJHB+kcp2NgCcpCwan3wnuzKka9AWFAitpoAwx L6BX0L8kg/LzRPhkQnMOrj/tuu9hZrui4woqURhWLiYi2aZe7WCkuoqR/qMGP6qP EQRcvndTWkQo6K9BdCH4ZjRqcGbY1wFt/qgAxhi+uSo2IWiM1fRI4eRCGifpBtYK Dw44W9uPAu4cgVnAUzESEeW0bft5XXxAqpvyMBIdv3YqfVfOElZdKbteEu4YuOao FLpbk4ajCxO4Fzc9AugJ8iQOAoaekJWA7TjWJ6CbJe8w3thpznP0w6jNG8ZleZ6a jHckyGlx5wzQTRLVT5+wK6edFlxKmSd93jkLWWCbrc0Dsa39OkSTDmZPoZgKGRhp Yc0C4jePYreTGI6p7/H3AFv84o0fjHt5fn4GpT1Xgfg+1X/wmIv7iNQtljCjAqhD 6XN+QiOAYAloAym8lOm9zOoCDv1TSDpmeyeP0rNV95OozsmFAUaKSUcUFBUfq9FL uyr+rJZQw2DPfq2wE75PtOyJiZH7zljCh12fp5yrNx6L7HSqwwuG7vGO4f0ltYOZ dPKzaEhCOO7o108RexdNABEBAAG0Rldpa2lMZWFrcyBFZGl0b3JpYWwgT2ZmaWNl IEhpZ2ggU2VjdXJpdHkgQ29tbXVuaWNhdGlvbiBLZXkgKDIwMjEtMjAyNCmJBDEE EwEKACcFAmBjDtICGwMFCQWjmoAFCwkIBwMFFQoJCAsFFgIDAQACHgECF4AACgkQ nG3NFyg+RUzRbh+eMSKgMYOdoz70u4RKTvev4KyqCAlwji+1RomnW7qsAK+l1s6b ugOhOs8zYv2ZSy6lv5JgWITRZogvB69JP94+Juphol6LIImC9X3P/bcBLw7VCdNA mP0XQ4OlleLZWXUEW9EqR4QyM0RkPMoxXObfRgtGHKIkjZYXyGhUOd7MxRM8DBzN yieFf3CjZNADQnNBk/ZWRdJrpq8J1W0dNKI7IUW2yCyfdgnPAkX/lyIqw4ht5UxF VGrva3PoepPir0TeKP3M0BMxpsxYSVOdwcsnkMzMlQ7TOJlsEdtKQwxjV6a1vH+t k4TpR4aG8fS7ZtGzxcxPylhndiiRVwdYitr5nKeBP69aWH9uLcpIzplXm4DcusUc Bo8KHz+qlIjs03k8hRfqYhUGB96nK6TJ0xS7tN83WUFQXk29fWkXjQSp1Z5dNCcT sWQBTxWxwYyEI8iGErH2xnok3HTyMItdCGEVBBhGOs1uCHX3W3yW2CooWLC/8Pia qgss3V7m4SHSfl4pDeZJcAPiH3Fm00wlGUslVSziatXW3499f2QdSyNDw6Qc+chK hUFflmAaavtpTqXPk+Lzvtw5SSW+iRGmEQICKzD2chpy05mW5v6QUy+G29nchGDD rrfpId2Gy1VoyBx8FAto4+6BOWVijrOj9Boz7098huotDQgNoEnidvVdsqP+P1RR QJekr97idAV28i7iEOLd99d6qI5xRqc3/QsV+y2ZnnyKB10uQNVPLgUkQljqN0wP XmdVer+0X+aeTHUd1d64fcc6M0cpYefNNRCsTsgbnWD+x0rjS9RMo+Uosy41+IxJ 6qIBhNrMK6fEmQoZG3qTRPYYrDoaJdDJERN2E5yLxP2SPI0rWNjMSoPEA/gk5L91 m6bToM/0VkEJNJkpxU5fq5834s3PleW39ZdpI0HpBDGeEypo/t9oGDY3Pd7JrMOF zOTohxTyu4w2Ql7jgs+7KbO9PH0Fx5dTDmDq66jKIkkC7DI0QtMQclnmWWtn14BS KTSZoZekWESVYhORwmPEf32EPiC9t8zDRglXzPGmJAPISSQz+Cc9o1ipoSIkoCCh 2MWoSbn3KFA53vgsYd0vS/+Nw5aUksSleorFns2yFgp/w5Ygv0D007k6u3DqyRLB W5y6tJLvbC1ME7jCBoLW6nFEVxgDo727pqOpMVjGGx5zcEokPIRDMkW/lXjw+fTy c6misESDCAWbgzniG/iyt77Kz711unpOhw5aemI9LpOq17AiIbjzSZYt6b1Aq7Wr aB+C1yws2ivIl9ZYK911A1m69yuUg0DPK+uyL7Z86XC7hI8B0IY1MM/MbmFiDo6H dkfwUckE74sxxeJrFZKkBbkEAQRgYw7SAR+gvktRnaUrj/84Pu0oYVe49nPEcy/7 5Fs6LvAwAj+JcAQPW3uy7D7fuGFEQguasfRrhWY5R87+g5ria6qQT2/Sf19Tpngs d0Dd9DJ1MMTaA1pc5F7PQgoOVKo68fDXfjr76n1NchfCzQbozS1HoM8ys3WnKAw+ Neae9oymp2t9FB3B+To4nsvsOM9KM06ZfBILO9NtzbWhzaAyWwSrMOFFJfpyxZAQ 8VbucNDHkPJjhxuafreC9q2f316RlwdS+XjDggRY6xD77fHtzYea04UWuZidc5zL VpsuZR1nObXOgE+4s8LU5p6fo7jL0CRxvfFnDhSQg2Z617flsdjYAJ2JR4apg3Es G46xWl8xf7t227/0nXaCIMJI7g09FeOOsfCmBaf/ebfiXXnQbK2zCbbDYXbrYgw6 ESkSTt940lHtynnVmQBvZqSXY93MeKjSaQk1VKyobngqaDAIIzHxNCR941McGD7F qHHM2YMTgi6XXaDThNC6u5msI1l/24PPvrxkJxjPSGsNlCbXL2wqaDgrP6LvCP9O uooR9dVRxaZXcKQjeVGxrcRtoTSSyZimfjEercwi9RKHt42O5akPsXaOzeVjmvD9 EB5jrKBe/aAOHgHJEIgJhUNARJ9+dXm7GofpvtN/5RE6qlx11QGvoENHIgawGjGX Jy5oyRBS+e+KHcgVqbmV9bvIXdwiC4BDGxkXtjc75hTaGhnDpu69+Cq016cfsh+0 XaRnHRdh0SZfcYdEqqjn9CTILfNuiEpZm6hYOlrfgYQe1I13rgrnSV+EfVCOLF4L P9ejcf3eCvNhIhEjsBNEUDOFAA6J5+YqZvFYtjk3efpM2jCg6XTLZWaI8kCuADMu yrQxGrM8yIGvBndrlmmljUqlc8/Nq9rcLVFDsVqb9wOZjrCIJ7GEUD6bRuolmRPE SLrpP5mDS+wetdhLn5ME1e9JeVkiSVSFIGsumZTNUaT0a90L4yNj5gBE40dvFplW 7TLeNE/ewDQk5LiIrfWuTUn3CqpjIOXxsZFLjieNgofX1nSeLjy3tnJwuTYQlVJO 3CbqH1k6cOIvE9XShnnuxmiSoav4uZIXnLZFQRT9v8UPIuedp7TO8Vjl0xRTajCL PdTk21e7fYriax62IssYcsbbo5G5auEdPO04H/+v/hxmRsGIr3XYvSi4ZWXKASxy a/jHFu9zEqmy0EBzFzpmSx+FrzpMKPkoU7RbxzMgZwIYEBk66Hh6gxllL0JmWjV0 iqmJMtOERE4NgYgumQT3dTxKuFtywmFxBTe80BhGlfUbjBtiSrULq59np4ztwlRT wDEAVDoZbN57aEXhQ8jjF2RlHtqGXhFMrg9fALHaRQARAQABiQQZBBgBCgAPBQJg Yw7SAhsMBQkFo5qAAAoJEJxtzRcoPkVMdigfoK4oBYoxVoWUBCUekCg/alVGyEHa ekvFmd3LYSKX/WklAY7cAgL/1UlLIFXbq9jpGXJUmLZBkzXkOylF9FIXNNTFAmBM 3TRjfPv91D8EhrHJW0SlECN+riBLtfIQV9Y1BUlQthxFPtB1G1fGrv4XR9Y4TsRj VSo78cNMQY6/89Kc00ip7tdLeFUHtKcJs+5EfDQgagf8pSfF/TWnYZOMN2mAPRRf fh3SkFXeuM7PU/X0B6FJNXefGJbmfJBOXFbaSRnkacTOE9caftRKN1LHBAr8/RPk pc9p6y9RBc/+6rLuLRZpn2W3m3kwzb4scDtHHFXXQBNC1ytrqdwxU7kcaJEPOFfC XIdKfXw9AQll620qPFmVIPH5qfoZzjk4iTH06Yiq7PI4OgDis6bZKHKyyzFisOkh DXiTuuDnzgcu0U4gzL+bkxJ2QRdiyZdKJJMswbm5JDpX6PLsrzPmN314lKIHQx3t NNXkbfHL/PxuoUtWLKg7/I3PNnOgNnDqCgqpHJuhU1AZeIkvewHsYu+urT67tnpJ AK1Z4CgRxpgbYA4YEV1rWVAPHX1u1okcg85rc5FHK8zh46zQY1wzUTWubAcxqp9K 1IqjXDDkMgIX2Z2fOA1plJSwugUCbFjn4sbT0t0YuiEFMPMB42ZCjcCyA1yysfAd DYAmSer1bq47tyTFQwP+2ZnvW/9p3yJ4oYWzwMzadR3T0K4sgXRC2Us9nPL9k2K5 TRwZ07wE2CyMpUv+hZ4ja13A/1ynJZDZGKys+pmBNrO6abxTGohM8LIWjS+YBPIq trxh8jxzgLazKvMGmaA6KaOGwS8vhfPfxZsu2TJaRPrZMa/HpZ2aEHwxXRy4nm9G Kx1eFNJO6Ues5T7KlRtl8gflI5wZCCD/4T5rto3SfG0s0jr3iAVb3NCn9Q73kiph PSwHuRxcm+hWNszjJg3/W+Fr8fdXAh5i0JzMNscuFAQNHgfhLigenq+BpCnZzXya 01kqX24AdoSIbH++vvgE0Bjj6mzuRrH5VJ1Qg9nQ+yMjBWZADljtp3CARUbNkiIg tUJ8IJHCGVwXZBqY4qeJc3h/RiwWM2UIFfBZ+E06QPznmVLSkwvvop3zkr4eYNez cIKUju8vRdW6sxaaxC/GECDlP0Wo6lH0uChpE3NJ1daoXIeymajmYxNt+drz7+pd jMqjDtNA2rgUrjptUgJK8ZLdOQ4WCrPY5pP9ZXAO7+mK7S3u9CTywSJmQpypd8hv 8Bu8jKZdoxOJXxj8CphK951eNOLYxTOxBUNB8J2lgKbmLIyPvBvbS1l1lCM5oHlw WXGlp70pspj3kaX4mOiFaWMKHhOLb+er8yh8jspM184= =5a6T -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- FACT CHECK: John Kasich’s Budget Reality: Taxpayers, Local Communities, Public Education Have All Borne the Brunt While The Top 5% Benefited John Kasich’s budget cuts have starved local governments, threatened services and created an urgent need for local municipalities to raise taxes. The burden of financing libraries, school districts, parks and social services shifted to local taxpayers, including middle class and lower income families – while Kasich cut taxes for wealthy households. Police and firefighters expressed concern that Kasich’s pursuit of cuts could put Ohioan’s safety at risk. Kasich has gutted Ohio’s public education system – slashing $1.8 billion from Ohio’s public schools while at the same time funneling hundreds of millions of tax dollars to private charter schools. Kasich cut $400 million in taxes in 2014. Half that amount was directed to the top 5% of households. As for the other half, they got the scraps. The bottom 20% of Ohioans saw an average tax cut of just $4. Earlier this year, Kasich proposed a budget that would have increased taxes for 60% of Ohioans but shifted the tax system “further in favor of wealthier Ohioans.” It’s clear Kasich does not look out for the middle class. KASICH GUTTED FUNDING FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, PUTTING STRESS ON SMALL TOWNS AND RESULTING IN INCREASED LOCAL TAXES AND FEES Columbus Dispatch: Kasich’s Cuts In State Aid “Threaten[ed] Services At The Local Level And Create[d] An Urgent Need For Cash From Local Tax Revenues.” “All across Ohio, cuts in state aid have pushed hundreds of local governments, schools and libraries to ask voters for more money. Although Gov. John Kasich and GOP legislative leaders frequently boast of closing a massive budget shortfall without raising taxes, it hasn’t taken long for the cuts – compounded by those from earlier years – to threaten services at the local level and create an urgent need for cash from local tax revenues.” [Columbus Dispatch, 10/23/11<http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2011/10/23/locals-say-state-cuts-led-to-levies.html>] Under Kasich, The Burden Of Financing Service Agencies, Libraries, And School Districts Has Shifted From The State To Local Taxpayers. “Restraining the growth of government, another watchword for Kasich, has translated into less state support for service agencies, parks, libraries and, as some school districts will attest, education. The burden of financing them has shifted from the state to local taxpayers, who find themselves being asked to support tax levies. Again, the governor's rhetoric seems at odds with reality.” [Editorial, Twinsburg Bulletin, 3/4/15<http://www.twinsburgbulletin.com/opinion/2015/03/04/our-view-flip-side-to-kasich-s-talk-of-tax-cuts-governor-s-budget-includes-hike-in>] Kasich Oversaw A Nearly 50% Cut To Ohio’s Local Government Fund. “Nearly 50 percent of Ohio's Local Government Fund has been cut in the past three years, leaving many local governments seeking replacements for funding they had come to count on. The Muskingum County and Zanesville governments felt the cuts just as harshly as other areas but appear to be taking the loss in stride through increases in alternative revenue sources and departmental decreases. Despite the reduction, instituted by the administration of Gov. John Kasich between 2010 and 2013, Muskingum County's revenue increased by about $1.2 million, following in the footsteps of most of the state's other counties.” [Zanesville Times-Recorder, 9/7/14<http://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/story/news/local/2014/09/06/local-government-absorbs-state-cuts/15215801/>] Akron Beacon Journal Editorial: Local Officials Were “Left To Bear The Burden Of Taking Proposed Tax Increases To Voters” Which Was “No Easy Task When Many Middle-Income And Lower-Income Voters Have Not Gained From The State Tax Cuts In The Way Wealthier Households Have.”. “The state government, too, is seeing revenue growth, income tax collections rising from lows during the recession. At the same time, the governor and the Republican lawmakers have continued a misguided policy of assorted tax cuts at the expense of other priorities. As a result, many local officials are left to bear the burden of taking proposed tax increases to voters. That's no easy task when many middle-income and lower-income voters have not gained from the state tax cuts in the way wealthier households have.” [Editorial, Akron Beacon Journal, 8/27/14<http://www.ohio.com/editorial/local-revenue-seven-years-later-1.517414>] POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS WERE CONCERNED THAT KASICH’S CUTS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS PUT “OHIOANS’ SAFETY AT RISK BY STARVING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WHILE PURSUING TAX CUTS” Toledo Blade: Police And Professional Firefighters Expressed Concern That Kasich Was “Putting Ohioans’ Safety At Risk By Starving Local Governments While Pursuing Tax Cuts.” “Gov. John Kasich and Republican lawmakers are putting Ohioans' safety at risk by starving local governments while pursuing tax cuts and banking huge surpluses, police and professional firefighters claimed on Thursday. Safety services union leaders contend they've been shut out of talks as the proposed budget for the next two years has moved from the governor, through the House, and to the Senate. The Local Government Fund was slashed by 25 percent in each of the last two years, and the effects would not be erased in the next proposal.” [Toledo Blade, 5/31/13<http://www.toledoblade.com/Politics/2013/05/31/Kasich-frustrating-safety-unions.html>] Ohio Association Of Professional Fire Fighters President: Kasich’s Tax Cuts Were “More Of A Tax Shift.” “More fire departments and ambulance services went to voters for funding in November after they said state cuts slashed their abilities to provide basic services … Mark Sanders, president of the Ohio Association of Professional Fire Fighters, blames cuts to the local government fund - money from state income and sales taxes that Gov. John Kasich and lawmakers slashed by half between the summer of 2011 and the summer of 2013. Reductions to that and other funds forced local leaders to fill the gaps that state officials created, he said. ‘It's more of a tax shift,’ Sanders said.” [Gannett Ohio, 1/3/15<http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2015/01/03/emergency-service-levies-increasing-november-ballots/21249263/>] KASICH SLASHED $1.8 BILLION FROM OHIO’S PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHILE SIPHONING MONEY TO CHARTER SCHOOLS AND VOUCHER PROGRAMS Kasich’s 2011 Biennial Budget Cut $1.8 Billion In State Funding For Public Schools. “Cutting $1.8 billion in state funding for public schools in the 2011 biennial budget has affected districts across Ohio. Never would have seen that one coming, right? Of the 172 of Ohio’s 613 K-12 school districts that responded to a Policy Matters Ohio survey, 65 percent said their planned spending was greater than their expected revenues. That’s up from 45 percent in 2010.” [National Public Radio, 1/19/12<https://stateimpact.npr.org/ohio/2012/01/19/study-most-ohio-school-districts-cut-expenses-in-face-of-state-budget-cuts/>] · HEADLINE: “Schools, Local Governments Take Hit In Gov. John Kasich’s Budget Proposal.” [Plain Dealer, 3/15/11<http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2011/03/schools_local_governments_take.html>] Toledo Blade Editorial: Kasich Proposed “Siphoning Money To Expansions Of Charter-School And Voucher Programs”. “The House Republican majority has tweaked the governor's plan to restore some school aid, but largely by shifting money to wealthier districts from poorer ones. Whatever else lawmakers do, this surely is not the time to deprive public schools of even more state support by siphoning money to expansions of charter-school and voucher programs, as Mr. Kasich proposes.” [Editorial, Toledo Blade, 5/5/11] 2014: KASICH SIGNED TAX CUTS IN WHICH HALF THE BENEFITS FLOWED TO THE TOP 5% OF EARNERS June 2014: Kasich Signed $400 Million In Tax Cuts. “In the months before Gov. John Kasich unveiled his off-year budget proposals, the Republican governor had spoken almost exclusively about lowering the state’s top tax rate to less than 5 percent whenever the topic turned toward taxes. The mid-biennial review Kasich signed yesterday — the legislative fruit of his proposals — includes about $400 million in tax cuts but won’t get the state’s top rate under 5 percent, according to his tax department.” [Columbus Dispatch, 6/17/14<http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/06/16/kasich-signs-off-year-budget.html>] · Institute Of Taxation And Economic Policy Reported Concluded That Half Of 2014’s $400 Million Tax Cut Would Go To The Top 5 Percent Of Ohio Taxpayers, While The Poorest 20 Percent Of Ohioans Get An Average Tax Cut Of $4. “According to an analysis done for the progressive advocacy group Policy Matters Ohio by the nonpartisan Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy, fully half of this year's $400 million tax cut will go to the top 5 percent of Ohio taxpayers. Ohio's 1 percent - those with average annual incomes of more than $1 million - will get tax relief of $1,846 this year, on average. The poorest 20 percent of Ohioans - those who earn less than $19,000 a year - will get an average tax cut of $4.” [Editorial, Toledo Blade, 7/10/14<http://www.toledoblade.com/Featured-Editorial-Home/2014/07/10/Comfort-the-comfortable.html>] · HEADLINE: “Comfort The Comfortable.” [Editorial, Toledo Blade, 7/10/14<http://www.toledoblade.com/Featured-Editorial-Home/2014/07/10/Comfort-the-comfortable.html>] 2015: KASICH PROPOSED A PLAN THAT WOULD RAISE TAXES FOR THE BOTTOM 60% OF EARNERS Akron Beacon Journal Editorial: The Institute On Taxation And Economic Policy Concluded Kasich’s Tax Proposal Would “Shift The Tax System Further In Favor Of Wealthier Ohioans.” “The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy performed an analysis of the governor’s tax plan for Policy Matters Ohio. Released on Tuesday, the evaluation reveals how the overall impact would shift the tax system further in favor of wealthier Ohioans, or the top 5 percent.” [Editorial, Akron Beacon Journal, 2/11/15<http://www.ohio.com/editorial/editorials/kasich-the-tax-shifter-1.566130>] HEADLINE: “New Study Says That 60% Of Ohioans Would Get Tax Increases Under Kasich Budget Plan.” [Columbus Dispatch, 2/10/15<http://www.dispatch.com/content/blogs/the-daily-briefing/2015/02/10022015---policy-matters.html>]