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Piglet Book |
Every two years, lawmakers must adopt a new biennial budget, accounting for most of Ohio’s spending. To help guide policymakers as they debate the budget, The Buckeye Institute analyzes the governor’s initial proposal to identify areas where legislators can provide savings to taxpayers, implement pro-growth tax cuts, eliminate wasteful spending, close tax loopholes, and end corporate welfare.
The 2023 edition of The Buckeye Institute’s Piglet Book makes recommendations on how to effectively balance the need for implementing pro-growth tax policy, prioritizing necessary spending while eliminating wasteful spending on corporate giveaways, empowering families whose students have suffered pandemic-related learning loss, and preparing Ohio’s workforce for 21st century opportunities.
If followed, the recommendations in the 2023 Piglet Book would provide more than $2.7 billion in savings to Ohio taxpayers by closing $2 billion in tax loopholes, ending more than $120 million in corporate welfare, eliminating nearly $62 million in unneeded government handouts and advocacy, cutting more than $161 million earmarks, and enacting other reforms saving more than $350 million.
INFOGRAPHIC: 2023 Piglet Book: Taxpayer Savings Highlights
While the Piglet Book focuses on Ohio’s biennial budget, there are other areas where policymakers can find savings for taxpayers, including reining in Ohio’s capital budget and overhauling Ohio’s Medicaid program, K-12 public education, and criminal justice system.
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