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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Strickland snipes at Kasich on tax issue, “Wall Street” connection
Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland used a visit to Dayton on Wednesday, Aug. 25, to snipe at Republican John Kasich’s stand on Ohio’s tax system.
“I reject the assessment that has been made by my opponent that Ohio has a non-competitive tax system,” Strickland said at a press conference at the IUE-CWA Service Center where dislocated workers are being trained for advanced manufacturing jobs.
“I believe quite frankly….candidly that he spent so much time on Wall Street that he hasn’t paid attention to what we’ve done in Ohio,” Strickland said.
His comments came just days after Kasich launched a statewide TV ad in which he said Ohio is “one of the highest tax states in the country.”
Strickland said that the 2005 overhaul of the state’s tax system, backed by former Republican Gov. Bob Taft and a Republican-controlled legislature, has given Ohio “a very competitive tax structure for business investment.”
Rob Nichols, Kasich’s spokesman, responded to Strickland in an e-mail:
“He should knock on the door of any small business in Dayton and ask them if they think their taxes are too high—they will agree with the Tax Foundation which found that Ohioans shoulder the 7th highest tax burden in the nation.”
While the Tax Foundation ranks Ohio 7th, the Federation of Tax Administrators puts Ohio in the middle of the pack, 25th in per capita state and local tax collections.
Kasich, a former Columbus-area U.S. House member, was a managing director for Lehman Brothers after leaving Congress.
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