Budget & Spending Issues
February 29, 2012 JBudget & Spending
[img_assist|nid=26690|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=257|height=300]Here in Ohio the average price of a gallon of gas has been rising steadily in the past weeks and months. Paying an average of $3.77 per gallon, Ohioans have had to adjust their daily lives just to afford to gas up their car!
Our state is literally sitting atop a solution to provide energy independence for America--shale! Shale drilling will not only provide energy independence that President Obama's policies have continued to shun, but it will bring jobs and growth to Ohio. This is definite win-win in the name of economic freedom!
Click here to learn more about Ohio's shale industry.
July 12, 2011 JBudget & Spending
Well over 200 Ohioans joined us and the Marietta OH 9-12 Project for a "Hands Off Our Energy" town hall. Former State Representative and AFP-Ohio Policy Director Seth Morgan moderated the panel, who explained to attendees how overregulation and Ohio law are causing their energy prices to skyrocket.
Citizens learned that because of an Ohio law requiring energy companies to use a certain percentage of "renewable energy," our energy prices are higher. While AFP-Ohio supports any renewable energy that emerges and is successful in the free-market, we want Ohioans to know that laws regarding renewable energy in Ohio are currently driving their energy costs even higher. And, our hard earned tax dollars are being used to subsidize renewable energy sources that are not supported by the free market.
The panel also explained how the overregulation of the Obama's administration and the unelected bureaucrats at the EPA are driving up the cost of energy an most everything we buy.
July 08, 2011 JBudget & Spending
Please join AFP-Ohio and the Marietta OH 9-12 Project on Monday, July 11 for a Hands Off Our Energy town hall in Marietta.
Affordable energy is under attack in Ohio. Government regulation is driving up the cost of energy and ultimately most everything we buy.
Come to our town hall and learn how regulation is causing our energy prices to skyrocket and what you can do about it. The town hall will be moderated by former State Representative and AFP-Ohio Policy Director Seth Morgan, and the panelists are Robert Murray of Murray Energy Corporation, Jerry James of Artex Oil Company and Sam Randazzo of McNees, Wallace and Nurick, LLC.
This event is free and open to the public. Here are the details.
What: Hands Off Our Energy Town Hall Meeting
When: July 11, 2011 at 7:00 p.m.
Where: Valley Harvest Church (104 Tennis Center Drive - Marietta, OH)
Come learn what action you can take to help stop the rising cost of energy in Ohio.
July 07, 2011 JBudget & Spending
Americans for Prosperity Foundation's Running on Empty tour reached hundreds of Ohioans this week as it made 6 stops across the state. Citizens heard local and national speakers explain that the Obama Administration's overregulation of energy is causing our cost of living to increase. Because most everything we buy is manufactured with energy and shipped with fuel, when energy prices go up, it causes the prices of most everything we buy to go up.
Business owners shared with the crowds how rising energy costs are hurting their businesses and stifling job creation in Ohio. Click here to see photos of AFP-Foundation's Running on Empty stops in Ohio.
June 12, 2011 JBudget & Spending
Please join us for free Ohio 180° Policy and Grassroots Training sessions in Lebanon or Westerville this week. We will talk about major reforms needed in Ohio, possible obstacles to those reforms, and what we need to do to turn Ohio around in 2011. We will also provide grassroots training and give you tools to advocate for needed reforms. Here are the details.
What: Ohio 180° Policy and Grassroots Training
When: 7:00 p.m., Monday, June 13, 2011
Where: Warren County Fairgrounds, Grandstand, 655 N. Broadway St., Lebanon, 45036
Host: Warren County Tea Party
