What you need to know about Ohio Politics and Policy
Innovation Ohio and the Center for American Progress Action Fund released a report today, The Real Cost of the Romney-Ryan Plan to Ohioans. If you’re a member of the middle class or struggling to get by in today’s economy, you might want to read it. Tom Perriello, president of CAP Action, gave a presentation today in downtown Columbus where he drew a distinction between the kitchen table and the king’s table. The kitchen table is one of the regular places that working people and families sit down to figure out how to navigate today’s economy. They talk about paying for extra fees for sports at school, health care costs, their home values and how to pay for tuition at a university or community college. They make decisions about what they can and cannot afford. They pay their taxes and what they want in return is for government to keep its promises on Social Security and Medicare and for federal and state officials to invest in the things that make Ohio and the nation stronger. At the king’s table sit the millionaires and billionaires who are trying to buy this year’s election. Their proxy and humble servant is Mitt Romney. When he can get away with it, he’s evasive about his plans for the nation’s economy. He ought to be. His plan calls for massive tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans while the middle class picks up the tab. Here are a few of the kitchen table issues our latest report documents from Romney’s plan: