Subject: FACT CHECK: John Kasich’s Policies Don’t Reflect a “Moral Purpose”
From: DNC Press <[email-masked]>
To: DNC Press <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 01:23:08 +0000

FACT CHECK: John Kasich’s Policies Don’t Reflect a “Moral Purpose”

John Kasich says he has acted with a moral purpose in Ohio, but the facts show otherwise. Kasich’s cut in state aid to municipalities threatened schools, libraries, and local government services. He proposed a plan that would raise taxes on the bottom earners and benefit the top 5%.

His budget made it more difficult for family planning groups to obtain funding for preventative care, and he required unnecessary ultrasounds for women seeking abortions. Shaming women seeking medical care is not moral. And even though Ohio ranks toward the bottom in infant mortality, Kasich proposed budget cuts to health care for low-income women.

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>]

KASICH’S BUDGET MADE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR FAMILY PLANNING GROUPS TO OBTAIN FUNDING FOR PREVENTIVE CARE

Kasich’s Budget Made It More Difficult For Family Planning Groups To Obtain Funding For Preventive Care. “Ohio’s Republican governor, John Kasich, recently signed into law a state budget that includes measures that will require ultrasounds for anyone seeking an abortion and limit abortion clinics from transferring patients to public hospitals … The budget will also make it more difficult for family planning groups in the Buckeye State to obtain funding for preventive care.” [CNN, 7/18/13]

EVEN THOUGH OHIO WAS RANKED NEAR THE BOTTOM NATIONALLY IN INFANT MORTALITY RATES, KASICH PROPOSED BUDGET CUTS TO HEALTH CARE FOR LOW-INCOME WOMEN

Even Though Ohio Was Ranked Near The Bottom Nationally In Infant Mortality Rates, Kasich’s Budget Proposal Cut Health Care For Low-Income Women. “With Ohio ranking near the bottom of the 50 states in infant mortality, lawmakers should prioritize action and investment that will lead to improvements. Accepting federal money to allow more families to get Medicaid in 2014 was an excellent initial move. Yet, the new Kasich budget proposes cuts to health care for low-income women.” [Policy Matters Ohio, 5/7/15<http://www.policymattersohio.org/womenshealth-may2015>]

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>]