http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html Latest comments for the article: Is Ohio racing toward a financial cliff? at middletownjournal. http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=8#comment-206997 Close corporate tax loopholes. Permit and tax hemp. Tax religion (the gods will make do somehow). Parole all non-violent drug offenders. Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:39:25 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=8#comment-206997 2009-07-16T01:39:25Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=8#comment-206723 Dale: You can't reason with ignorance. There will always be a segment in society that needs help, but it's not Jennie. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:24:43 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=8#comment-206723 2009-07-15T21:24:43Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=8#comment-206673 I live in Dayton and I don't mind telling you that it is a scary sight to see all of our businesses leaving the area. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:47:12 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=8#comment-206673 2009-07-15T20:47:12Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=7#comment-206643 I agree with the statement "at least half of the people currently on welfare that could get a job.". Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:39:05 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=7#comment-206643 2009-07-15T20:39:05Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=7#comment-206607 Not my problem jennie. Period! Dont have 8 kids with 12 different fathers! Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:05:29 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=7#comment-206607 2009-07-15T20:05:29Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=7#comment-206586 "Is Ohio racing toward a financial cliff?" Yes. It will probably also go over it as well. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:03:50 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=7#comment-206586 2009-07-15T20:03:50Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=7#comment-206354 Jennie, I don't know any Replublicans that woould not support helping the needy so stop trying to twist their words. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:44:57 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=7#comment-206354 2009-07-15T17:44:57Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=7#comment-206341 "AMEN jack. You are a true american brother! Stop the low lifes from suckp-ing off of society! " so the disabled are low lifes and all those who are poor are low life's, i think you republican jerks are the low life's!! what's next off the offing the sick?? Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:37:17 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=7#comment-206341 2009-07-15T17:37:17Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=6#comment-206334 Actually worked for an agency that produced commercials etc. to promote Ohio. We printed a booklet that the people at the Dept. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:28:55 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=6#comment-206334 2009-07-15T17:28:55Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=6#comment-206332 AMEN jack. You are a true american brother! Stop the low lifes from suckp-ing off of society! Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:21:32 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=6#comment-206332 2009-07-15T17:21:32Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=6#comment-206307 Why not save money and force prisons to becoem self sufficient once again? Prisoners can grow their own food and sew their own clothes. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:13:36 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=6#comment-206307 2009-07-15T17:13:36Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=6#comment-206179 Please don't give "Jack" any more exposure. He's just baiting. As he must know, the only thing keeping this country from "the cliff" is programs like food stamps, medicaid, etc. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:53:02 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=6#comment-206179 2009-07-15T15:53:02Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=6#comment-206148 Continued TO Jack..by the way, regarding your comment on "free tuition for moms on welfare", I do NOT know where you can get free tuition, but I paid $5,000 of my own money to renew my teaching license. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:19:34 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=6#comment-206148 2009-07-15T15:19:34Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=5#comment-206104 TO JACK and others who thinnk like him, have you walked in a person's shoes who is on welfare? Are you a single parent who has to support 2 children yet can't find a job in Dayton due to the economy? Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:12:30 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=5#comment-206104 2009-07-15T15:12:30Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=5#comment-206080 Medicaid is the single largest component of the state budget. They can start by cutting ADC, food stamps, Medicaid and free tuition for welfare moms. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:39:23 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=5#comment-206080 2009-07-15T14:39:23Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=5#comment-206050 Jim, Are you at all interested in facts. Last year, unemployment was 4.8%. Under Clinton it never got under 5%....so I guess Clinton had the worst economy since the Great Depression. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:21:43 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=5#comment-206050 2009-07-15T14:21:43Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=5#comment-206026 Not only is the state headed for a cliff so is the entire (formerly free) USA. We have lost our country not from foreign enemies, but from within. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:20:30 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=5#comment-206026 2009-07-15T14:20:30Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=5#comment-206014 Jim... You're dead wrong! Bush didn't create this mess. The Liberals who took over the House & Senate in 2006 did it on his watch. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:03:44 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=5#comment-206014 2009-07-15T14:03:44Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=4#comment-206003 All government (Republican AND Democrat) is incapable of living within its' means. It's fairly simple--don't spend more than you make. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:57:41 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=4#comment-206003 2009-07-15T13:57:41Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=4#comment-205959 Yocum is trying to warn the lemmings of the impending cliff ahead and Sykes is yelling louder for the lemmings to continue the charges toward the cliff. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:30:40 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=4#comment-205959 2009-07-15T13:30:40Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=4#comment-205938 Ethel, Obama was handed the worst economy since the depression, and it's unrealistic to expect an instant turnaround. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:29:02 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=4#comment-205938 2009-07-15T13:29:02Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=4#comment-205954 Sarah, Just a quick search, but I can't find anything specifically about the Old Red Barn and Bingo, except for one link indicating it is for sale because the charity that owns it is going out of business. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:24:59 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=4#comment-205954 2009-07-15T13:24:59Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=4#comment-205910 If you can't afford to pay your bills you need to cut services that are not necessities but are nice to have. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:04:36 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=4#comment-205910 2009-07-15T13:04:36Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=3#comment-205858 I dont understand why people are so against Casinos/slot machines coming to Ohio. We need jobs and revenue. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:34:30 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=3#comment-205858 2009-07-15T12:34:30Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=3#comment-205837 Can someone please tell me why The Old Red Barn closed for Bingo? Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:31:05 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=3#comment-205837 2009-07-15T12:31:05Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=3#comment-205855 A quick place to trim some money is to trim the department budgets for promotional items and other "swag". Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:30:46 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=3#comment-205855 2009-07-15T12:30:46Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=3#comment-205852 If the country ever needs to give itself an enema we know where to put the hose. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:29:50 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=3#comment-205852 2009-07-15T12:29:50Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=3#comment-205831 “It’s a possibility that the economy will get worse and we’ll be challenged as leaders even more so to try to take additional measures to help us bridge that gap,” Sykes said. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:19:51 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=3#comment-205831 2009-07-15T12:19:51Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=2#comment-205804 Well, if OH goes the same route as CA, the only difference is that CA can fall into the Pacific @ any moment w/ the next earthquake & no one would give a quack. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:14:11 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=2#comment-205804 2009-07-15T12:14:11Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=2#comment-205737 Producers moving out, dole queue staying constant or growing. It's not a difficult equation. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:26:32 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=2#comment-205737 2009-07-15T11:26:32Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=2#comment-205668 which of us can balance our household budgets by delaying debt payments? Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:59:12 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=2#comment-205668 2009-07-15T09:59:12Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=2#comment-205652 California saw it coming and didn't do anything about it either - Ohio is heading down the same road. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:00:10 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=2#comment-205652 2009-07-15T09:00:10Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=2#comment-205507 No kidding, Sherlock. Ptesident Obama promised transparecy and he gives very confusing messages about our economy. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:08:35 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=2#comment-205507 2009-07-15T04:08:35Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=1#comment-205483 I have seen govn't funded programs say that they have excess monies left over from the bugdet. So they say they need to find a way to spend that extra money (waste it). Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:00:06 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=1#comment-205483 2009-07-15T04:00:06Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=1#comment-205487 Stop giving handouts to all the lazy bums in this state and country, and we'd have money. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:51:04 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=1#comment-205487 2009-07-15T03:51:04Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=1#comment-205454 As long as Ohio keeps bulldozing repairable school buildings and constructing expensive temples of education it will have financial problems. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:38:13 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=1#comment-205454 2009-07-15T03:38:13Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=1#comment-205418 that tells me the state needs to cut spending real fast and bring on the slots twice as fast Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:58:43 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=1#comment-205418 2009-07-15T02:58:43Z http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=1#comment-205379 They're trying awfully hard to do it, like Monroe wasting their residents money for a useless attorney. Wed, 15 Jul 2009 02:12:05 GMT http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/ohio-news/is-ohio-racing-toward-a-financial-cliff--205395.html?cxtype=rss_205395&more_comments=true&showComments=true&page=1#comment-205379 2009-07-15T02:12:05Z