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Says common sense regulations and lower taxes enables small businesses and the economy to thrive
HANOVERTON
Republican presidential hopeful Gov. John Kasich vowed to keep Social Security secure for future generations in an address before about 400 enthusiastic supporters Sunday at the Spread Eagle Tavern and Inn.
Kasich said that if he becomes president “Social Security will last forever.”
He also talked about changing many regulations and tax policies that he says strangle small businesses.
“Be respectful of small business,” Kasich said.
With “common sense” regulations and lower taxes, small business becomes the economic engine that provides jobs and puts food on the table and turns Ohio around, he said.
“A rising economy floats all boats ... everybody benefits,” Kasich said.
“We know we have to create jobs ... they give people hope. Other people have jobs but are upset about not getting a raise forever,” he said.
Kasich also discussed the need to do more to assist the working poor and minorities in the country.
“Some minorities feel that the country doesn’t work for them, but in some cases, it actually works against them,” he said.
Kasich acknowledged helping the working poor is not easy; but said “we are changing the system.”
If a working person gets a raise the state is not going to subtract the amount of that raise from their benefits in order to help them pull themselves out of poverty, he said.
One topic Kasich did not broach is the proliferation of charter schools at the expense of public schools during his administration.
However, a couple of signs appeared before the rally started protesting that scenario.
One read: “Stop giving my taxes to corrupt charters.”
Another called charter schools a “failed experiment.”
Yet another said: “Give schools the money and respect they deserve.”
Kasich also touched on the demeanor of the campaign, without referring specifically to Republican front-runner Donald Trump who has been criticized over what some have viewed as brash behavior on the campaign trail.
“All of us have a responsibility to be a role model of what it means to be an American and how to conduct ourselves. It matters about the way you go about it. Think about what you have seen and our children and the world have seen,” Kasich said.
“I was advised to attack my opponents; but I’m not going to take the low road to get to the highest office in the nation,” he said.
“We can send a message about the future of our country that we are Americans, not Democrats and Republicans,” said Kasich, who talked about wanting to do for the country what he says he did for Ohio: improving the economy and getting out of debt. He said he would use the same formula as president that he has used as governor of the Buckeye State.
“It’s about time we had an Ohioan as president,” he said.
Kasich said that in the first 100 days of his presidency he will introduce a “shock and awe” program that will get the nation going, which brought him one of the many rounds of applause and cheering he received during the rally.