Ohio Inc.

[upstatecajun]

When your governor is a former investment banker and his jobs guru is a venture capitalist, you shouldn't be surprised when your state starts to look like a corporation. But when the result is full-speed-ahead faith in a governance model that looks more like Goldman Sachs than John Locke, it's time to slow down and ask whether transforming the state into Ohio Inc. is a desirable goal.

A good place to start would be Gov. John Kasich's plan to lease the state's liquor distribution network to his new, private economic-development group.

Ohio is one of 19 states in the liquor business. Last year, the state made a record profit of nearly $229 million on the 10.8 million gallons of vodka, gin, and other spirits it sold. Liquor sales, which have risen by almost 5 percent since 2008 despite the recession, offer one of the state's most secure revenue streams.

http://www.tloforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=70

[liberal N proud]

1. Kasich plans on privatizing everything he can

From the roads, water system, prisons and eventually they will get the schools.