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Lucky to have cardiac rehab
JACK BURGESS Contributing Columnist I was one of the lucky ones in the emergency room that day. Not that I had survived a heart problem. Most people who get to the E.R. quickly do survive. Lucky because when the doctor said, “Be sure to follow up with your cardiologist,” I could say, OK. The man in the next bed wasn’t so lucky. When told to follow up with his doctor, he said, “Which I won’t, because I don’t have health care.” With heart p...
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Be a poll worker on Election Day
JON HUSTED Guest Columnist As the state’s chief elections officer, I am responsible for administering a fair election where eligible voters can freely exercise their right to vote and have confidence in the accuracy of the results. This is no simple job. As Ohio’s elections officials are working to prepare for the 2012 Presidential Election, the political rhetoric on both sides is heating up. One side believes the law is too restricti...
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USPS needs clear vision, not just compromise
By Reed Anfinson Guest Columnist Now that U.S. Senate has passed a bill, S 1789, to reform the ailing U.S. Postal Service, critics are trying to disable the bill on its way to the House of Representatives. Business Week recently catalogued unhappy stakeholders, including postal unions, postal management and some Republicans who wrongly think the bill burdens taxpayers. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., whose own bill awaits action in the Hou...
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99 percenter respects the 1 percent
I am proud to announce that I have not bought into the new attempt by the federal government to get me to participate in class warfare. I am, for sure, part of the 99 percent of Americans who are not wealthy. However, where I differ from those who are attempting to divide and conquer, I do not begrudge the one percent of the wealthiest Americans. Quite the contrary, I believe they are the only people who can actually create jobs. That’s why I...
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It’s your money, not Washington’s
REP. BILL JOHNSON Contributing Columnist Tax Day has come and gone without much acknowledgement from this White House or the mainstream media about the growing burden that hardworking families and businesses are enduring these days. Despite many Americans struggling to make ends meet, President Obama has proposed a budget that will take $1.5 trillion more out of our wallets than last year. When is enough, enough? Since President Obama t...
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Government a check on big corporations
JACK BURGESS Contributing Columnist In April, our thoughts turn naturally to spring—especially here in beautiful Southern Ohio. Our thoughts turn also to paying our taxes. Nobody likes to pay taxes, but it was Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. who pointed out, “Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society.” I had to pay a chunk of money to IRS this year. Living on a pension, I don’t have any business expenses or any...
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