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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 2004
Page
1
McKinley Elementary students celebrate a regional championship at Troy after winning Saturday’s Division I Regional crown. The event marks the kids’ early foray into politics themed activity, with their votes not counting toward the final tally.
Ohio voters faced hundreds of school tax issues across three ballots this year. March primary had 229 issues with under 47 percent passing. August special election featured 103 issues with about 26 percent approved.
Ohioans also decide on 2004 statewide issues including a supreme court justice ballot measure and a constitutional amendment. The article notes 95 percent of school funding comes from state and local sources, with 286 school tax issues on Tuesday’s ballot as districts respond to funding challenges and reballoting.
The 2-4 Bengals visit the 2-5 Titans as they seek another win on the road. Weather looks sunny and cooler with a high near 64 and a low around 43.
A proposal would repeal Bush era tax cuts for earners over 200000, promise no tax rise for others, cut corporate rate by 5 percent, and halve the deficit in the first term excluding defense homeland security and education. It supports raising the minimum wage to seven dollars by 2007 from 515.
The plan calls for halving the deficit within five years by limiting nondefense spending, lowering the corporate tax rate to 32 percent, and funding reemployment accounts of 3000 dollars to assist job seekers. It supports NAFTA and WTO, opposes a minimum wage increase, and prioritizes defense and homeland security spending.
The speaker backs taxpayer financed vouchers for private school tuition under the No Child Left Behind Act and opposes universal preschool for four year olds and federally backed bonds for school repairs. He cites a law that provided tax breaks for college tuition saving students and parents about 9 billion dollars.
The candidate opposes gay marriage and backs a constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman, while endorsing states deciding on civil unions for gay couples. They support continuing Clinton policy allowing gays to serve in the military if not openly gay.
Politician opposes private-school vouchers while backing No Child Left Behind with full funding and a $200 billion education trust fund. Proposes a $3.2 billion community service college tuition plan for high school graduates completing two years of national service. Endorses a tax credit for college tuition costs.
The stance favors no constitutional marriage ban while opposing same-sex marriage. It calls for state decisions, supports civil unions for same-sex couples, bans workplace discrimination, extends hate-crime protections to gays, and allows open service in the military.
The plan opposes granting immunity to gun makers from lawsuits and backs renewing the assault weapon ban. It would require standard background checks at gun shows, supports mandatory child safety locks, and advocates uniform gun sale regulations.
The plan would extend insurance to all children and 95 percent of adults at an estimated cost of 895 billion dollars over ten years. It backs lowering prescription costs via bulk Medicaid purchasing and Canadian drug imports, plus tax credits for small businesses and catastrophic care. It also supports federal funding to expand state child health insurance programs.
Lawmakers favor immunizing gun makers from civil suits over wrongful weapon use. They back renewing background checks at gun shows and extending the assault weapons ban for 10 years, but would let the current ban expire afterward.
A signed law extends limited prescription drug coverage under Medicaid for the elderly, subsidizes costs for low income patients, urges insurers to cover seniors who drop Medicaid, opposes cheap drug imports, favors expanding tax free medical savings accounts, and proposes a $1,000 tax credit to help four million uninsured people buy insurance.
The official supports the Patriot Act with improvements to curb abuses and boost effectiveness. They oppose raising active duty forces by 40,000, oppose doubling Army Special Forces, favor placing the National Guard under Homeland Security, and oppose introducing a draft while backing reserve forces.
The act broadens authority to detain suspects including illegal immigrants with no terror links, pledges a missile shield, boosts defense spending by 100 billion—the largest since the Korean War—and starts redeploying troops from Korea and Europe while ruling out reinstating the draft.
The plan vows no rise in Social Security taxes or retirement age, and no benefit cuts or privatization. It opposes personal accounts and suggests possible limits on benefits for wealthier seniors.
Social Security seeks to privatize part of the program by letting younger workers allocate part of their payroll tax to personal retirement accounts with potential higher returns in exchange for reduced Social Security benefits. The plan has not ruled out raising the retirement age.
In Wisconsin, President Bush seized an eventful moment after a speech to tease opponent John Kerry over a misnaming of the Packers stadium. He stopped at Lambeau Field across from the venue, greeting supporters and joking about the field name during a chilly Saturday appearance.
Democratic presidential candidate Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts raises his hand to fans as he takes the stage at a campaign rally in Des Moines Iowa, drawing applause from supporters gathered on a Saturday.
In Appleton Wisconsin presidential hopeful John Kerry told voters to stay united after a videotaped bin Laden message. He avoided dwelling on the message, stressing Americans are determined to defeat terrorists and hold Bush accountable for the Afghanistan lapse while focusing on economic and military concerns.
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