We Deserve a Better Business Plan: An Assessment of Ohio’s New Budget

House Bill 153, the Ohio budget bill for state fiscal years 2012 and 2013, will impose enormous cuts on critical public services, yet provides hundreds of millions of dollars in tax cuts, breaks and amnesties and even repeals the estate tax, which impacts only 8 percent of Ohio estates, provides important resources for local services and makes the tax system more fair. The tax breaks reward few and the cuts damage much. …

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