John Kasich
John Richard Kasich Jr. is an American politician, author, and businessman born on May 13, 1952, in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania.
Kasich attended Sto-Rox High School before going on to study at Ohio State University. After his education, he built a career that spanned several distinct fields, working as a banker and investment banker alongside his political activities. He also worked as a television presenter at various points in his career, making him a notably varied figure in American public life.
The most prominent chapter of his career came when he served as the 69th governor of Ohio, a position he held from 2011 to 2019. That eight-year tenure placed him among the longer-serving governors in the state's modern history. Beyond the governorship, his career as a writer has run alongside his work in public life, and he has produced written work catalogued under the name Kasich, John in the Library of Congress Name Authority File.
In recognition of his contributions, Kasich received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, an award given to American citizens who have made notable contributions while honoring the heritage of their origins. His career across politics, banking, business, writing, and television presenting reflects the range of roles he has taken on over the decades.
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I was the chairman of the House Budget Committee and one of the chief architects the last time we balanced a budget, and it was the first time we had done it since man walked on the moon. We had a $5 trillion surplus and we cut taxes.
The first thing we better get going is strengthening our economy, because if we don’t have a strong economy, we can’t pay for all of this. And the world wants us to be able to function from strength, believe it or not.
I mean, the fact of the matter is, Ohio ’s coming back because we set a clear path, we cut taxes, we balanced our budget, we got credit upgrades when the whole rest of the world, including America, was being downgraded.
You cannot build a little guy up by tearing a big guy down – Abraham Lincoln said it.
Nobody wants anybody who’s radical, who wants to move in here to be able to gain access. I said we should take a pause on these Syrian migrants. And I believe we should do that.
We still have systems we don’t need, we have infrastructure we don’t need. Why do you have over 900,000 bureaucrats working in one way or another in all these systems.
And no one ever expect me to get in the race. They didn’t think I would get on the debate stage. I did. They didn’t think I’d do well in New Hampshire. I finished second. And so we went to South Carolina. In a short period of time later, two weeks ago people in South Carolina had no clue who I was.
We don’t have to fight all the time. It can be done, and we will be great when we join together.