What you need to know about Ohio Politics and Policy
IO ON THE STATE BUDGET:
A JOB KILLER THAT REWARDS THE RICH AND HIKES LOCAL TAXES
Columbus-Innovation Ohio, a progressive think tank headquartered in Columbus, today blasted Governor Kasich and the Ohio General Assembly for a two-year budget that “kills jobs, rewards the wealthiest Ohioans, and makes local tax increases all but inevitable. And by cynically refusing to accept even a modest cut in their own pay, legislators have hypocritically exempted themselves from the shared sacrifice they’re asking of everyone else.” To illustrate its claims, IO pointed to the following:-30-