Statements about State Budget
Says Ohio law gives tax breaks "to rich people who own private jets."
"Our rainy day fund has gone from 89 cents to $240 million."
"The total (state) payroll has gone down. The total amount of the number of workers in the state has gone down. I like the fact that the bulk of that is just by retirements."
Says the reforms in state Issue 2 "will save taxpayer dollars"
"Gov. Kasich and the Republican-dominated legislature have foregone the popular option of closing tax loopholes that amount to $7 billion annually in this state."
"Most of the state budget isn't for state government doing things. ... 85 percent of the state budget is transferred to local communities for delivery of service."
Says tax revenue was lower than expected in May and "that's basically a clear indication the governor's counselors are probably right -- that we are still not out of the woods yet."
The budget currently being debated "significantly decreases the use of one-time resources."
"Kasich’s budget increases state spending from $50.5 billion to $55.6 billion. This is the second largest, two-year spending increase in Ohio history."
Says the Ohio Consumers’ Council office employs 74 lawyers and that the funding them is wasteful duplication.
Says there are more federal dollars in Gov. John Kasich's budget plan than in the previous state budget.
"The substitute budget now adds in tax breaks and tax deductions for those who buy these prisons."
When "the governor announced his ‘jobs budget,’ 99 folks from the Department of Taxation were let go the next day."
"Two million federal workers negotiate zippo, zero. There is no collective bargaining for federal employees."
"State employees are actually going to get a pay raise."
"As far as standing committees, we have 10 fewer standing committees. So we’ve saved the state about a quarter-of-a-million dollars through the reduction of the standing committees."
"In this bill that I’ve just signed, we don’t cut anybody’s salary. We don’t take away their pension. And we don’t destroy their health care."
There was "some sort of informal commitment to build a (psychiatric) building in downtown Cleveland."
"Many states without collective bargaining, such as Arizona, Nevada and North Carolina, have far larger budget deficits than many that do, including Ohio."
Ohio Director of Job Creation "Mark Kvamme just clawed back about $900,000 from companies that made promises and they didn't keep them."
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