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Cleveland think tank proposes budget-balancing plan
The Center for Community Solutions, a Cleveland-based public policy research and advocacy group, on Thursday, June 24, unveiled a three-pronged plan for resolving Ohio’s looming budget crisis, including a potential $8 billion shortfall.
“Thinking the Unthinkable - Finding Common Ground for Resolving Ohio’s Fiscal Crisis” proposes to solve the problem with equal one-third shares of:
*New tax revenue
*Reductions in tax expenditures or tax breaks
*Spending reductions
Release of the report comes as a bipartisan six-member state legislative commission studying the looming budget crisis prepares to hold its first meeting on Tuesday, June 29 in Columbus.
John Begala, the group’s executive director and author of the study said in a press release that the report “seeks an analytical tone, and unapologetically strays into a call for moderation in addressing a fiscal crisis of the first order.”
Begala urged “the spirit of collaboration in common cause critical to overcoming the customarily contentious interest group politics in Columbus…to both pursue new ideas and make concessions from cherished programs and special benefits provided under current tax law.”
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By R U Kidding Me
June 25, 2010 11:49 AM | Link to this
No seriously? Really? More taxes and reduction in tax breaks. QUIT FEEDING THE ANIMAL WE CALL GOVERNMENT AND PUT THEM ON A SLASH & BURN DIET. Cut expenses, reduce bureaucracy - cut b.s. government make work jobs, quit giving money to the non producers (homeless, indigent, welfare) - encourage don’t discourage captialism, job creation, risk taking, reward people who truly create jobs, cut taxes, reduce the amount the thieving government takes….. Just a few realistic ideas
By Papagino
June 24, 2010 12:57 PM | Link to this
*New tax revenue *Reductions in tax expenditures or tax breaks *Spending reductions Yeah, that’ll work. Where are the provisions to bring in more jobs. More jobs = more people taxes which means you don’t raise rates on those already working (the lucky ones). I guess you should expect that out of Cleveland. Think Tank? Must have imported some non Cleveland residents…