Ohio

=Welcome to the Non-Official Site for the State of Ohio=

Listen up everyone! The Ohio page has been moved to the following address:
http://www.ohio2008mockconvention.wikispaces.com

Flag

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Ohio's state flag was adopted in 1902. The Ohio burgee, as the swallowtail design is properly called, was designed by John Eisemann. The large blue triangle represents Ohio's hills and valleys, and the stripes represent roads and waterways. The 13 stars grouped about the circle represent the original states of the union; the 4 stars added to the peak of the triangle symbolize that Ohio was the 17th state admitted to the union. The white circle with its red center not only represents the "O" in Ohio, but also suggests Ohio's famous nickname, "The Buckeye State. ||

Social Security
Ohio beleives that social security should be provied by private industries and banks.

Economics
Economy is our biggest problem. The white collar workers make under 100,000 dollars or less therefore they tend to vote for Clinton. Most poeple are manufacturers or farmers and their jobs are being hurt by the current economy. All of their jobs are being outsourced to different coutries making more and more pople unemployed. The Obama supporters make more money and the highly educated but there is a small population of them in the state because most of them have left to go elsewhere.

Health Care
In Ohio we beleive providing health care is extremely important to the most needy people:children and low-income residents.

Immigration
FAIR estimates the illegal alien population in 2005 at 74,000. This number is 85% above the U.S. government estimate of 40,000 in 2000, and 516% above the 1990 estimate of 12,000. In 2006 it cost 224,000,000 to provide emergency medical care, education, and incarceration to these immigrants It is estimated that in 2010 it will cost 372,000,000. In Ohio we believe that we should have polices for these immigrants because the government is losing too much money and they are taking too many jobs away

Issues
We are against people having to show their id to get to the polls. Because this discriminates agianst people who in college students, the elederly, and people in poverty. Having in ID required the residence

History
__Bird:Bird:__ Cardinal __Tree:Tree:__ Buckeye __Mammal:__ White-tailed Deer __Insect:__ Lady Bug __Gem:__ Flint __Beverage:__ Tomato Juice __Nickname:__ “The Buckeye State” __Fun Facts:__
 * __Flower:__ Scarlet Carnation
 * Home to 7 major rivers
 * Home to 2 major lakes
 * Birthplace to 7 major presidents
 * Ohio is the only state with a non-rectangular flag

__State Motto:__ //“With God, all things are possible”// __State Song:__ Beautiful Ohio __Major Idustries:__ media type="custom" key="508527"
 * Manufacturing (cars, steel, planes, rubber products, chemicals, plastics)
 * Farmers
 * Mining (coal)
 * Bordering States
 * Pennsylvania
 * West Virginia
 * Kentucky
 * Indiana
 * Michigan ||

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