The centerpiece of Ken Blackwell’s proposed tax reform doesn’t translate into relief for those Ohio households with middle incomes
Flat FallThe Akron Beacon Journal Of the many easy answers pitched by Ken Blackwell, none delights him more than his proposed flat tax, a single rate of 3.25 percent on the income of Ohioans. The Republican candidate for governor championed the concept last week in a third televised debate with Ted Strickland, his Democratic opponent. […]
Candidates Play Ohio’s Economic Woes to their Advantage
The Akron Beacon Journal By Julie Carr Smyth CINCINNATI – Candidates for Ohio governor differ in their approaches to solving the state’s economic problems, but they also differed Wednesday on several of the facts involved. Republican nominee Ken Blackwell often repeated a claim during the third debate between him and Democrat Ted Strickland that Strickland’s […]
Blackwell: Rush Tax Cut
GOP candidate’s plan, including flat tax, dismissed by Strickland, other critics By Mark Niquette Columbus Dispatch Income-tax cuts approved last year would be phased in more quickly and Ohioans earning $20,000 or less a year would no longer pay income tax under a plan announced yesterday by Republican gubernatorial candidate J. Kenneth Blackwell. Blackwell said […]
Blackwell Unveils Plan to Overhaul State Taxes
Dayton Daily News By William Hershey COLUMBUS
Blackwell Answers Flat-Tax Critique
The Hannah Report Secretary of State Ken Blackwell returned to the flat tax question Tuesday following a study released by Policy Matters Ohio, which focused on the purported impact of an across-the-board 3.25 percent rate on the middle class. The gubernatorial challenger continued to emphasize tax amnesty for a vast number of poor Ohioans while […]
Washington Institute: Ohio Flat Tax Would Favor Wealthy
The Hannah Report “Replacing Ohio’s graduated income tax with a flat, 3.25 percent tax would increase taxes on most Ohioans, while costing the state nearly half a billion dollars in annual revenue. Meanwhile, the richest Ohioans would reap thousands of dollars on average in annual tax savings apiece.” That in a nutshell describes Ken Blackwell’s […]
Blackwell Tax Plan Proposes $1.2 Billion in Cuts, Promises Break for Low-Income Ohioans
Gongwer News Service Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Blackwell would take steps that reduce Ohioans’ tax burdens by $1.2 billion within 100 days of his swearing-in as governor, his campaign said Tuesday. Mr. Blackwell said the move, which also includes eliminating the income tax burden on Ohioans who earn less than $20,000 per year, would help […]
Is State Issue 2 on the Money?
Canton Repository By G. Patrick Kelley Should the minimum wage be higher than $5.15? State Issue 2 would raise it to $6.85. Labor, community and religious organizations back the raise. But a host of business organizations say the proposed constitutional amendment could cause job losses, and it carries some dangerous fine print that has nothing […]
Sides Weigh Merits of Minimum Wage Hike
Dayton Business Journal By Suzelle Tempero Young’s Jersey Dairy Farm in Yellow Springs, known for its ice cream, employs about 300 people during its summer peak. But all of its employees, even the 16-year-olds working their first jobs, earned more than minimum wage this year. However, spillover from raising the minimum wage would effect his […]
Corporate Success Hasn’t Benefited Lowest-paid
Columbus Dispatch By Alan Johnson Worker productivity, corporate profits and executive wages have risen in recent years, but Ohio’s lowest-paid workers haven’t shared the benefits. That is the conclusion of a study released yesterday by the Center for American Progress and Policy Matters Ohio, a nonpartisan but union-affiliated policy group. The study said Ohio worker […]
Waging War on the Minimum
A matter of fairness or a plot against privacy?By Margo Pierce Cincinnati City Beat An increased minimum wage will hurt businesses or help Ohio’s economy and the working poor — it just depends on the speaker and which study you read. Both sides say the other is creating a smoke screen for larger issues. The […]
Statutory State Spending Limit Won’t Help Economy, Report Says
Gongwer News Service The measure to limit government spending the General Assembly passed in May is unlikely to foster economic growth in Ohio, according to a study released this week. The Policy Matters Ohio study found no correlation between the size of a state’s public sector and private sector growth. “In order to have a […]