Who’s in charge here?
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008It is reported below that an entity (COHHIO) receiving all of its funding through government grants has spent some $260,000 campaigning for the ‘yes’ side on Issue 5.
If an entity is entirely dependent on government funding then it is hard to call it anything other than a proxy for government. Can anyone really image a group so funded doing anything other than what its government patrons would want it to do?
Since government holds the strings on the COHHIO puppet, then government itself is working to influence the outcome of the vote on Issue 5.
The people of Ohio deserve a chance to debate the merits of Issue 5 without the interference of government.
Check that. The freedom of Ohioans is at stake when government interferes with election outcomes. Arguably the greatest gift the Founders gave to America and the world is the notion that ‘we the people’ are the sovereign of this country. Government by the people promotes our freedom. Government over the people threatens it.
When government puts its thumb on an election scale, it is subverting popular sovereignty and eroding our liberty.
COHHIO’s spending in the Issue 5 campaign is a wasteful abuse of tax dollars, a potential violation of state law and is lamentable in itself.
But is also a very serious threat to freedom in Ohio.
