Will it Ever End?

It seems like the slot machine standoff in Ohio will never come to an end. The infighting in the state is definitely taking its toll on both residents and government officials, and one expert wonders if it is worth it. The people of Ohio have repeatedly voted down slot machines because they say that they are a tax on the uneducated and the poor, which in many cases they certainly seem to be. However, this has not stopped their government officials from trying to find a way to pass a slot machine bill in a way that goes around the voting process.
 
But now they have another problem, their government officials are not getting along with each other, and Republican Senate President Bill Harris seems to be at the heart of it. The Democrats say that Harris will not pass their budget and is “holding it hostage” while the Republicans say that they are simply not ready to move on it as they don’t understand the slot machine elements of it.
 
The Democrats say that the budget was balanced, but the Republicans say that they don’t fully understand the implications or the steps involved in bringing in slot machines yet. The Senate has now said that they will hold public hearings to determine how they came to their numbers when referencing the slot machine revenue.
 
However, the people of the state, while against slot machines are even more against the Republicans holding up the budget. They say that slot machines or not, they are playing politics with the budget which is causing harm to them. Meals on Wheels had to suspend taking new clients, and they are just one program affected.

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