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But then again, President Bush at least waited until AFTER the election before he admitted he’d break his no new taxes pledge. Kasich did it Saturday some 17 days before Early Voting.
Notice what else is missing from Kasich in Saturday’s Dispatch? Not only does he admit that he’s willing to consider abolishing tax expenditures (targeted tax cuts) to balance the budget, but there’s no mention by Kasich of his proposal to repeal Ohio’s income and estate taxes. Only Governor Strickland brought it up.
The realities of, you know, having to govern are finally starting to sink [...]
Full Story... →John Kasich is a piece of work. He signs the Americans for Tax Reforms’ pledge not to “raise any taxes.” Jon Keeling tries to parce Governor Strickland’s comments to the Columbus Dispatch and says it means that, unlike Kasich, Strickland refuses to take possible tax increases off the table to balance Ohio’s next budget (which ended in the black this year.)
Perhaps Keeling should have read the rest of the article. Because if he had, he would have seen a statement that shows Kasich has an exception to his “no new taxes” pledge that swallows the [...]
Full Story... →It’s going to be pretty hard for Lehman boy John Kasich to continue to avoid questions about transparency when Ted puts this kind of pressure on:
In all, Strickland has now voluntarily released his tax returns for the past 10 years.
10 years. Will Kasich match it? Will he who would take on the special interests care to reveal the true nature of this creed?
Release the Returns! This should be shouted at every Tea Party? if those things were about anything other than partisan rants.
Do the right thing John. Show us – [...]
Full Story... →So the Tax Foundation’s blogger tried to do some damage control yesterday for the Kasich-Taylor campaign after I pointed out that their election-year study on John Kasich’s signature issue really didn’t help his campaign any.? Please note that the Tax Foundation’s blog post was not written by the actual author of the report, but instead someone who is far less qualified than the original study’s author.? First, read my initial post, and then read the Tax Foundation’s reply.
I know, they raised more strawmen than an Iowa cornfield!
But, just so you can follow this [...]
Full Story... →Add this to the things John Kasich and the GOP has yet to explain with their statewide push to abolish the Ohio personal income tax besides their complete inability to pay for it.
The repeal, in every reporting of it I’ve seen, is sold as being necessary to bring good-paying jobs like manufacturing jobs back into Ohio.
Except, also in every reporting of it I’ve seen, John Kasich, Recharge Ohio (his PAC), and the legislative leaders in the GOP are talking about repealing only the personal income tax, not any corporate taxes.? In other words, they’re waging a war on [...]
Full Story... →John Kasich is literally having one of those “fer it ‘fore I wuz ag’nst it” moments.
Back in July, Kasich said it was entirely proper to delay cutting taxes during unstable economic times:
The first thing that needs to be done, Kasich said, is lower the barriers to entry, beginning with stabilizing the budget, ?which is in freefall,? he said, and reduce the tax burden once the economy regains stability . . . ” (emphasis added.)
Oh, and that’s? not the only media report indicating Kasich made such statements, either:
But with the state facing a [...]
Full Story... →Kyle Sisk is the first conservative blogger to admit that the entire candidacy of John Kasich for Governor is about hiding one fact: that for all his promises to repeal taxes, not only will John Kasich not do that, but he’ll raise taxes instead.
Given Sisk’s recent history of scrubbing his website when he realizes the import of his post is counterproductive, here’s the screenshot:
Meanwhile, it’s Strickland’s public construction contract and sentencing reforms that are the structural reforms that the Senate GOP has adopted as their own (both were originally introduced in the Governor’s budget.)
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Full Story... →So, the Columbus Dispatch, has more details on exactly how the Senate GOP would fill the gap with less than a full freeze of the final income tax cut:
Raids $30 million from the Housing Trust Fund Removing the requirement that schools provide all-day kindergarten starting next school year, and the requirement that they meet class size restrictions. Restoring $25 million this year and $35 million next year to private, chartered schools, most of which are Catholic. The schools were hit with significant cuts in the two-year budget. Creating a commission to study state functions that could be [...]
Full Story... →Despite their best efforts, the Senate GOP Caucus could not unite behind an alternative plan to Governor Strickland’s proposal to freeze the implementation of the final phase of the state income tax cuts begun in 2005.? Therefore, they have resigned themselves to giving the Democrats the five votes necessary to pass their modified version of the House’s plan.
According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Senate GOP plan delay implementation of a majority of the tax cut with the remaining hole filled by other sources, such as the casino licensing fees being paid now that Issue 3 has [...]
Full Story... →Look, I’ve been really hard on the Ohio Senate Democratic Caucus, its leaders, and particularly Ohio Senate Minority Leader Capri Cafaro.
It’s hard when you are so outnumbered by the Senate Republicans to be politically relevant, or to convince Democratic donors to donate to your caucus in your campaign to chip away and eventually take over a legislative body most of us have always known to be controlled by the Republicans.
But I think Senate Minority Leader Cafaro has listened to that criticism and is responding, and therefore, she should be applauded.
Watching the Senate Republican majority trying to find [...]
Full Story... →A reader forwards yet another photo of the weak turnout in Columbus today. Photographer estimated the crowd at around 20. I guess a little rain dampened their revolutionary spirits.
People will continue to pay taxes (95% of us less) and Barack Obama will still be our President. Carry on.
If you want to see other example of the failure, see #teapartyfail.
Full Story... →Budget Watch
