GOP-OH governor wants authority over funding for everything

[InkAddict]

from high-speed rail to job training...

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/kasich-...
Kasich pitches his $400M rail plan to Obama

In addition, Kasich suggested he had little hope that the administration would provide Ohio with the flexibility to use federal Medicaid, job training and education programs the way the state chooses as opposed to following strict federal guidelines.

As an example, Kasich asserted that the federal governmentrequires states to use virtually all federal job training money for workers who have already lost their jobs. By contrast, Kasich wants to devote a larger share of that money to retrain people who still have their jobs.

(and evidently to those already paid by our tax dollars - see below)

versus

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories...

College trains medical record keepers

All have full scholarships, paid for with federal stimulus money that Columbus State received for the program. Tuition is currently $79 a credit hour.

snip

...hopes the new skills will help her in her current job and perhaps lead to a consulting gig in the future.She works full time as a medical coder for the Department of Veterans Affairs and teaches part time at Columbus State

[davidinalameda]

1. retrain people who have jobs?

isn't the job of either the person or his company?

sounds like more corporate welfare to me