Category Archives: Government

Delay in DSH Cuts Means No Need to Rush on Medicaid

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Greg R. Lawson

This week, the Ohio House of Representatives is poised to pass its version of the biennial budget.  While the bill looks much different than the blueprint originally introduced by Governor Kasich, and now includes changes to his tax reform and …

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Today is Tax Freedom Day in Ohio!

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Greg R. Lawson

Tax reform continues to be a big issue in Ohio as the biennial budget debates continue.  Regardless of what the final reform package might look like, everyone can agree we need to continue lowering the rates and allowing Ohioans across …

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Happy New Year: Pay More to Uncle Sam or What the Fiscal Cliff Means Part One

Posted on December 10, 2012 by Greg R. Lawson

Unless the impasse in Washington is resolved soon, America will go over the so-called “Fiscal Cliff.”  We’ve all heard the term, but what exactly is the “Fiscal Cliff”?  The “Fiscal Cliff” is a combination of massive tax increases as well …

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Governor Kasich Has It Right on Obamacare

Posted on November 16, 2012 by admin

Governor John Kasich is expected to opt not to set up a state exchange. This is the right decision for Ohio.  The President’s health care law is unworkable and unsustainable. Rejecting the health insurance exchanges, and equally as important the …

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Low Turnout and Bribery?

Posted on November 6, 2012 by admin

Check out our President Robert Alt’s  latest blog over at the National Review’s Battleground Ohio blog.  Check out the main points, “…But there are concerns that Democrats may have used Jay-Z and Springsteen not to just fill seats in the …

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Debt and GDP: Problems Loom

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Greg R. Lawson

This is a solid piece from Michael J. Boskin, a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institute.  It describes the long-term economic dangers associated with debt, especially the levels of debt that the US has been racking up in recent years. …

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Could Ohio be 2012′s “Florida?” John Fund and Hans von Spakovsky on Voter Fraud

Posted on November 2, 2012 by admin

This is a must read follow up to the conversation from earlier in the week between our President, Robert Alt, and the Heritage Foundation’s Hans von Spakovsky regarding whether Ohio will suffer the same in 2012 that Florida did in 2000. …

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