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cyclist II
Short North & Peach District
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Governor fails; budget crisis continues
Governor's plan not quite sufficient, experts sayThe governor today handed Ohio's lawmakers a proposed state budget with a deficit of $0.55 billion.
The plan fails to meet the state Constitution's requirement for a balanced budget, and key members of the House and Senate declared it 'irresponsible' and 'dead on arrival' at the Statehouse.
1/2 a billion ain't bad.
Posted 1 year ago # -
melikecheese
Merion Village
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You have a budget deficit of $5.615 billion.
Whooooooops.
Posted 1 year ago # -
berdawn
near that stretch of N. High Street in the Short North
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this is fun! I wish it would show a calculation as I chose, though. I got the deficit to 2.8 billion. Interestingly enough, there were no headlines regarding the tax break eliminated for electricity providers...
Tomorrow's headlines if you were governor:* Sales-tax boost would hit poor hardest, economists say
* Outrage greets Hutchinson's income-tax plan
* Cigarette smokers fume over Hutchinson's tax proposal
* Hutchinson preserves aid to higher education
* Ohio's libraries greet budget plan with relief
* Faith groups hold Statehouse 'pray-in' against tax hike
* Legislators give chilly reception to plan to tax couples more
* Poor would suffer most under power-tax plan, analysis finds
* School leaders hail Hutchinson for sparing basic educationPosted 1 year ago # -
berdawn
near that stretch of N. High Street in the Short North
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YES!
Governor's budget plan more than erases deficit
Governor's surplus called 'painful, needless burden'The governor today gave the General Assembly a proposed state budget with a surplus of $0.065 billion.
The plan brought immediate objections from lawmakers and a host of interest groups, especially those representing taxpayers, who excoriated the governor for seeking to raise a surplus 'during the worst recession in two generations.'
Tomorrow's headlines if you were governor:
* Retailers vow: We'll stop 'job killer' sales-tax increase
* Income-tax plan stirs widespread protests
* Poor would suffer most under power-tax plan, analysis finds
* Teachers flunk governor for 'gutting' education
School districts warn of new local taxes
* Smokers vow they won't cough up one penny more
* 'Wave of suicides' predicted if mental-health cuts pass
* Library lovers rally to protect funding
If cuts pass, local taxes certain to be on ballots
* Homeowners picket Rhodes Tower, chanting 'No more taxes!'
* College cuts would doom Ohio's economy, critics say
Big boosts in tuition and fees loom, colleges sayPosted 1 year ago # -
rus
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Taxes
* Property tax subsidy: Eliminate this subsidy (raises $3.3 billion)
* Exemptions: Make churches pay sales tax (raises $700 million)Spending
* Aid to K-12 education: Cut aid by 20% (saves $2.6 billion)
* Aid to colleges & universities: Cut aid by 35% (saves $1.2 billion)
* Aid to cities & towns: Cut aid by 25% (saves $325 million)
* Aid to libraries: Cut aid by 25% (saves $190 million)
* Spending on adult and youth prisons: Cut spending by 25% (saves $900 million)
* Medicaid: End optional coverage for dental, vision, podiatry and hospice (saves $1 billion)Sell or lease state assets
* Allow oil and gas drilling on state land (raises $25 million)Your budget results
* You have a budget surplus of $2.24 billion.Posted 1 year ago # -
sixby9is42
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Taxes
- State income tax: Increase overall taxes by 10% (raises $1.6 billion)
- Property tax subsidy: Eliminate this subsidy (raises $3.3 billion)
- Exemptions: End sales-tax break for packaging and packaging equipment (raises $460 million)
- Exemptions: End sales-tax exemption for mining and farming equipment (raises $300 million)
- Exemptions: End sales-tax exemption for equipment sold to electricity providers (raises $650 million)Spending
- Aid to cities & towns: Eliminate aid (saves $1.3 billion)
- Spending on adult and youth prisons: Cut spending by 10% (saves $360 million)Sell or lease state assets
- You decided not to sell or lease any state assets.Your budget results
- You have a budget surplus of $0.07 billion.Posted 1 year ago #
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