Comments on: Growing Government, Shrinking Economies http://www.buckeyeinstitute.org/blog/2009/06/18/growing-government-shrinking-economies/ Up To The Minute Analysis Of Ohio Public Policy Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:34:40 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: mark http://www.buckeyeinstitute.org/blog/2009/06/18/growing-government-shrinking-economies/comment-page-1/#comment-4596 mark Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:35:58 +0000 http://www.buckeyeinstitute.org/blog/?p=4252#comment-4596 While I agree that Ohio needs to be more competitive, as far as Youngstown goes, it's been struggling for probably three decades. It's heavily unionized steel industry faded away and now, with GM's troubles, the next greatest contributor to the economy, Lordstown, will diminish, if it even exists in a few years. Unless Youngstown and/or Toledo are given some dramatic advantage -- for example, eliminate the state income tax for those living there first (I know, probably unconstitutional) and phase it in elsewhere -- or large employers can be enticed to set up shop, they will have a tough time for years to come. While I agree that Ohio needs to be more competitive, as far as Youngstown goes, it’s been struggling for probably three decades. It’s heavily unionized steel industry faded away and now, with GM’s troubles, the next greatest contributor to the economy, Lordstown, will diminish, if it even exists in a few years.

Unless Youngstown and/or Toledo are given some dramatic advantage — for example, eliminate the state income tax for those living there first (I know, probably unconstitutional) and phase it in elsewhere — or large employers can be enticed to set up shop, they will have a tough time for years to come.

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