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OHIO
LEGISLATORS/GOVERNOR ARE LYING TO TRY AND KEEP THEIR JOBS
October 31, 2002
TO: Ohio Governor and Legislators
HOW MANY TAXES HAVE BEEN CUT OR LOWERED TO SAVE OR CREATE JOBS IN
OHIO? ZERO !
Yet many campaign commercials are stating just that - -
Representative (X) or Senator (X) cut
taxes
and created or saved jobs in Ohio. NO TAXES HAVE BEEN LOWERED
OR CUT FOR ANY
TYPE OF BUSINESS, LARGE OR SMALL IN OHIO.
There are candidates who are referring to their opponents as
"TAX HIKE (X)". When in reality,
they
have been voting in many TAX-INCREASES themselves, yet these are the
same legislators
who
are taking the credit for lowering taxes and creating jobs in Ohio.
THE TRUTH IS HIDDEN FROM THE VOTER! When a Ohio Legislator
and/or Governor is taking the
credit for a project that "created or saved jobs in Ohio by
cutting-taxes", they are really talking
about giving another "tax-credit" to a business to either
stop them from moving out of the State
of
Ohio, or to expand within Ohio, or to locate into Ohio. THIS
IS NOT A TAX-REDUCTION SINCE
THE STATE OF OHIO IS MAKING A COMMITMENT TO THE CITIES, SCHOOLS AND COUNTY
GOVERNMENTS THAT THEY WILL REIMBURSE THEM FOR THAT TAX-CREDIT!
WHERE DOES THE STATE OF OHIO GET THE MONEY TO PAY FOR THOSE
TAX-CREDITS??? It's
simple, they need to keep taxation rates higher for other Ohio
Businesses and/or the Ohio
Individual Taxpayers, or even create "NEW" taxation for
Ohio Businesses and/or the Ohio
Individuals to get those needed funds.
WHAT HAS DRIVEN THE STATE OF OHIO IN THE RED
IS THE HIGH AMOUNT OF "TAX-CREDITS"
BEING HANDED RIGHT AND LEFT BY THE CURRENT OHIO LEGISLATORS/GOVERNOR
IN THE
NAME OF CREATING AND/OR SAVING JOBS IN OHIO! WHILE AT THE SAME
TIME, THE SOFT
ECONOMY HAS LEFT THE OTHER TAXATION REVENUE METHODS SHORT
OF PRODUCING
ENOUGH REVENUES FOR THEIR INTENDED USES, AND ALSO HAVE THE NEEDED
FUNDS FOR
REIMBURSING THE OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES AND/OR SCHOOLS WITHIN
OHIO FOR
THOSE "TAX-CREDITS".
THESE SAME LEGISLATORS/GOVERNOR VOTED IN (PASSED AND SIGNED)/USED THE
FOLLOWING METHODS TO INCREASE THE STATE OF OHIO GRF TAXATION REVENUES/FUNDS
(WITHIN THE PAST TWO YEARS) TO HELP PAY FOR THOSE
"TAX-CREDITS": 1.) RAISED THE
CIGARETTE TAX TWO HUNDRED TWENTY NINE PERCENT; 2.) REQUIRED
ALL SALES-TAX BE
PAID "UP-FRONT" IN ALL LEASES (VEHICLES AND ALL TYPES OF
BUSINESS EQUIPMENT); 3.)
CREATE A NEW "INCOME-TAX" ON TRUST; 4.) CASH-IN THE
ENTIRE "RAINY-DAY FUND; 5.)
MISAPPROPRIATED HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF THE TOBACCO
SETTLEMENT BY
USING IT FOR GRF FUNDS TO BALANCE THE BUDGET, INSTEAD OF HELPING
OHIO SMOKERS
"KICK-THE-HABIT"!
IT SEEMS EVERY AD THAT HAS A INCUMBENT/CANDIDATE RUNNING FOR AN OHIO
LEGISLATIVE POSITION WHICH IS CLAIMING THEY EITHER DID AND/OR WANT
TO LOWER
TAXES TO CREATE JOBS HERE IN OHIO ARE BEING PAID FOR BY THE REPUBLICIAN-PARTY
(RICHARD FINAN OR LARRY HOUSEHOLDER FINANCE COMMITTEES). THIS
WAS DONE WHILE
HAVING A "OHIO BALANCED BUDGET", SO THEY CLAIM!
EVEN REPRESENTATIVE CHARLES CALVERT (CHAIRMAN OF OHIO FINANCE COMMITTEE)
TOLD ME, AND EVERYONE AT THE MEDINA COUNTY CANDIDATES FORUM THIS
MONTH, THAT
OHIO DOESN'T HAVE A BUDGET PROBLEM, AND THAT THE NEWSPAPERS SIMPLY
HAVE IT
BLOWN OUT-OF-PROPORTION. SO WHO'S LYING?
NOT ONE CANDIDATE/INCUMBENT IN OHIO SEEMS TO BE INTERESTED IN
KEEPING OHIO
BUSINESSES COMPETITIVE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE OHIO CONSUMERS.
WHEN TWO-THIRDS
OF
THIS NATIONS ECONOMY IS DRIVEN BY THE CONSUMER, ISN'T THIS REALLY STUPID?
JUST HOW MUCH RED INK IS THE OHIO
GOVERNMENT INTO??? NOBODY IS
COMING OUT
WITH THE FACTS! EVEN THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH, METRO SECTION
(OCTOBER 30, 2002)
WANTS TO KNOW WHAT GOVERNOR BOB TAFT IS HIDING, OR IS HE JUST AFRAID
OF WHAT
THE VOTERS MIGHT THINK OF THE JOB HE IS DOING, IF THEY KNEW?
THERE ARE MONTHLY REPORTS AVAILABLE ON THE OHIO BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT
WEBSITE. THEY GIVE THE FIGURES FOR ALL GRF RECEIPTS, AS WELL
AS, ALL GRF
DISBURSEMENTS. THAT'S THE SAME AS HOW MUCH MONEY WAS
COLLECTED, AND HOW
MUCH MONEY WAS SPENT. IT DOES
NOT SHOW HOW MUCH THE STATE OF OHIO OWES (OR
IS
COMMITTED TO PAY)! JUST HOW BIG IS THAT STACK OF BILLS (OR COMMITMENT)
CURRENTLY? WHAT EFFECTS ARE THE "TAX-CREDITS" HAVING
ON OTHER OBLIGATIONS.
APPARENTLY THAT IS TOP SECRETE INFORMATION.
HAS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN COLUMBUS, WHO HAVE BEEN HANDING OUT "TAX-CREDITS"
RIGHT AND LEFT PUTTING OHIO DEEP
INTO THE RED, PROVIDED MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS OF
CAMPAIGN MONIES TO TRY AND CHANGE THE OHIO SUPREME-COURT MAKEUP, SO
THEY CAN
TRY, AT A LATER DATE, REVERSE THE DECISION THAT COURT MADE WITH THE
OHIO SCHOOL
FUNDING ISSUE (THAT THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN IGNORING)?
THE CURRENT OHIO GOVERNOR/LEGISLATORS ARE ALSO IGNORING THE FACT
THAT OHIO
RETAILERS HAVE BEEN LOSING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF SALES FROM THE OHIO
CONSUMERS FOR MANY YEARS, AND THAT THE CURRENT TAXATION METHODS IN OHIO
ABSOLUTELY AND DIRECTLY EFFECT CONSUMER SPENDING WITHIN THE STATE OF OHIO.
THEY HAVE ALSO IGNORED THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE COMMITTEES TO STUDY
STATE AND LOCAL TAXATION FOR THE PAST 35 YEARS, WHICH ALL OF THEM
HAVE INDICATED
THAT THE STATE OF OHIO TAXATION METHODS ARE NOT FAVORABLE FOR ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT (THE MOST RECENT COMMITTEE WAS IN 1995).
HOW CAN YOU BRAG ABOUT CUTTING-TAXES AND SAVING AND/OR CREATING JOBS
IN OHIO
WHILE KEEPING THE OHIO BUDGET "BALANCED", WHILE AT THE
SAME TIME, PUTTING MORE
BURDENS ONTO OTHER OHIO BUSINESSES, AS WELL AS, INCREASE THE TAXES
OF OHIO
INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYERS???
THE OHIO VOTER WILL NOT BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE ABSOLUTE MESS
WHICH HAS BEEN
CREATED IN COLUMBUS BY OUR CURRENT LEGISLATORS AND GOVERNOR.
HOW CAN YOU
MAKE TAXATION FAIR IF YOU KEEP GIVING "TAX-BREAKS" TO A
FEW, BUT MAKE EVERYONE
ELSE PAY FOR THOSE BREAKS.
TODAY, EVERYONE IS CONFUSED ABOUT WHO TO VOTE FOR, BUT, I'LL BET
THAT WAS THE
GAME PLAN.
I GUESS IT IS TRUE ABOUT THE OLD SAYING - - HOW CAN YOU TELL IF
A POLITICIAN IS LYING,
THEIR LIPS ARE MOVING (PERHAPS IT ALSO APPLIES TO HOW MANY ADS THEY
CAN AFFORD).
CONGRATULATIONS.
Rick Wells
NOARD
Brunswick, OH 44212
Email: k8sci@noard.com
PH: 330 225-7373 |
