Cutting LLC Loophole is excellent, proceeds should be used differently Wendy Patton, Senior Project Director with Policy Matters Ohio issued this statement on the House substitute budget bill introduced Thursday: “We welcome the proposed limitations on the costly and ineffective business income deduction, often known as the LLC Loophole. This
Ohio is a densely populated state with diverse regions in terms of economy, geography, and demographics. Local governments provide many of the services that support our daily lives: emergency response, water and sewer, flood control, libraries, parks, public health, child welfare, senior services and many others. Between 2006 and 2018,
Programs that help build strong communities haven’t been getting the investment they need to benefit all Ohioans. Between 2006 and 2018, local governments lost $1.4 billion a year, adjusted for inflation. Ohio provides so little funding for child care that many working parents can’t afford quality care for their children.
Medicaid is a crucial part of building a healthy Ohio. The health insurance program helps people get healthy, so they can work and contribute to their communities. Medicaid covers 3 million Ohioans, including 1.2 million children and around 400,000 elderly or disabled people. It covers just over half of all
Education and training for SNAP recipients and Medicaid help Ohioans earning low wages stay in the workforce Policy Matters Ohio released two Budget Bites today that call on Ohio lawmakers to support working people by protecting funding for the state’s largest health insurance program and improving education and training programs
By Wendy Patton and Zach Schiller In 2006, massive opposition from all over Ohio thwarted a constitutional amendment that would have placed a spending limit on investment in state and local public services. Ohio’s state lawmakers instead imposed a version of it on themselves (and future General Assemblies). They passed
An arbitrary spending cap the General Assembly imposed on itself over a dozen years ago shouldn’t stand in the way of needed state investment in public services today, Policy Matters Ohio said in a new report. In 2006, massive opposition from all over Ohio led proponents to withdraw a constitutional
By Wendy Patton and Zach Schiller Good morning, Chairman Greenspan, Ranking Member Skindell and members of the committee. My name is Wendy Patton and I am a Senior Project Director of Policy Matters Ohio, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization with the mission of creating a more prosperous, equitable, sustainable and inclusive
Good morning, Chairman Romanchuk, Ranking Member West and members of the committee. My name is Wendy Patton and I am a Senior Project Director with Policy Matters Ohio, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization with the mission of creating a more prosperous, equitable, sustainable and inclusive Ohio. Thank you for the opportunity
Governor DeWine has said it is time to invest in Ohio. He started to walk the walk by pushing the General Assembly to increase the gas tax to repair pocked roads and weakened bridges. He increases support for important children’s programs in his 2020-2021 budget proposal, but years of disinvestment
In 2017, Policy Matters launched its Budget Bite series to provide journalists, advocates, legislators and everyday Ohioans with easy to digest state budget analysis. Today, the group is releasing the first bite in this state budget cycle, focusing on Governor Mike DeWine’s 2020-2021 executive budget proposal. Governor DeWine makes some
By Wendy Patton and Zach Schiller Tax breaks lower tax liability for a person, business or other entity. They represent revenue forgone, taxpayer dollars the state could take in but has decided not to. The State of Ohio has 134 tax expenditures representing $9.1 billion in annual revenue the state
