COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A coalition of tea party groups in
Ohio is calling a tax proposal by the state’s Republican governor
"unnecessary and unwise."
Gov. John Kasich wants to
deliver a modest statewide income tax cut with revenue from a severance
tax increase on oil and gas drillers.
The idea remains stalled in the GOP-controlled Legislature and the tea party group says it wants to keep
it that way.
The Ohio Liberty Coalition is telling its members to urge their state lawmakers to oppose the proposal.

The
group’s president says Kasich should trim state spending if he want cut
taxes — not go after an industry that’s expected to grow in Ohio.
Studies are split on the tax’s economic impact on the industry, but polls indicate voters support
Kasich’s proposal.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A coalition of tea party groups in
Ohio is calling a tax proposal by the state’s Republican governor
"unnecessary and unwise."
Gov. John Kasich wants to
deliver a modest statewide income tax cut with revenue from a severance
tax increase on oil and gas drillers.
The idea remains stalled in the GOP-controlled Legislature and the tea party group says it wants to keep
it that way.
The Ohio Liberty Coalition is telling its members to urge their state lawmakers to oppose the proposal.

The
group’s president says Kasich should trim state spending if he want cut
taxes — not go after an industry that’s expected to grow in Ohio.
Studies are split on the tax’s economic impact on the industry, but polls indicate voters support
Kasich’s proposal.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.