In 2014 John Kasich gave 100% tax emptions to tech giants for 40 yrs

[irisblue]

That SOB is gone & still screwing over Ohioans
Honestly I did not know this then

Link to tweet

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/2014/10/27/kasich-1-1-billon-amazon/24164547007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=false&gca-epti=z1151xxe1151xxv000052&gca-ft=154&gca-ds=sophi


https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/ohios-spending-billions-on-tax-breaks-for-data-centers-now-an-incentive-battle-is-brewing


https://www.cleveland.com/news/2026/06/ohios-biggest-data-centers-secured-decades-of-tax-breaks.html

[Diamond_Dog]

1. Unbelievable.

[irisblue]

5. W/O me being able tocite a source today, I suspect that was a policy from ALEC

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Legislative_Exchange_Council


snip-"The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is a nonprofit organization of conservative state legislators and private sector representatives who draft and share model legislation for distribution among state governments in the United States.[3][4][5].

ALEC's activities, while legal,[15] received public scrutiny after news reports in 2012 from outlets such as The New York Times and Bloomberg Businessweek described ALEC as an organization that gave corporate interests outsized influence.[9][10] Resulting public pressure led to a number of legislators and corporations withdrawing from the organization. However, at ALEC's July 2022 policy summit, Insider reported on a political commentator who stated that if the conservative constitutional convention movement—which "is gaining momentum" largely out of public view—is successful in its plan to rewrite the Constitution, the USA will become the "conservative nation" ALEC has been working toward.[16]

[in2herbs]

2. So ... why can't a different tax be imposed (to offset the Kaisch tax)? nt

[irisblue]

4. I really cannot imaging the authoritarian GOP in this state raising taxes

Except for 'sin taxes'.
Especially not for their corporate masters.

[in2herbs]

6. This is what po's me about Ds. The Ds in that state should be screaming that their legislature is refusing to impose

any tax on these cretins.

[irisblue]

7. Did you know a/b the attempt in the last 2 weeks to stop payment to family caregivers

Of disabled citizens?

The Ds did a grass roots call to action, gathered ppl to speak at a hearing.& the gop backed off for.now.


https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/06/09/multiple-childcare-bills-on-access-fraud-advanced-in-ohio-house-committee/



yes I do nerd out on this stuff

[in2herbs]

10. No, didn't hear about what you cited, but YEAH! I nerd out on a bunch of news, too, but MSM is not a reliable news

source and news re individual states is not their priority especially when it's good news.

[irisblue]

11. The Ohio Capitol Journal is worth following for info.about many things IMO

Also one of C-bus NPR stations, WOSU89.7fm, they are worth my membership $

[Diamond_Dog]

9. I was surprised that the petition to abolish property taxes

Didn’t get enough signatures to get on the ballot.

Ramaswamy wants to abolish state income tax and these folks want to abolish property taxes. Hey, nobody likes to pay taxes, but how do they expect the state to function?

[Raven123]

3. A wolf in sheep's clothing

Kasich played the “fiscal conservative” card, by cutting taxes and not spending on infrastructure improvements and maintenance. Thought he’d be the next POTUS. The only decent thing he did was not support Trump in 2016, of note because Ohio hosted the GOP convention, though part of me thinks it was just sour grapes.

Hope Ohio voters can see the problem he and DeWine created, along with their legislative majority.

[niyad]

8. Scumbag