News Release: High-Speed Rail a Waste of Money, Says Report
COLUMBUS - The Obama Administration's proposed high-speed rail plan will cost $1,000 for every federal income taxpayer, yet the average American will ride high-speed trains less than 60 miles a year, says a new report from the Buckeye Institute. The report estimates that the average Ohio resident will take a round trip on high-speed trains only once every 19 years.
Estate Tax is Killing 58,000 Ohio Jobs Study Says
COLUMBUS - Ohio could add 58,363 new jobs at no cost to taxpayers if the federal estate tax were repealed, according to a new analysis by the Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions.
Buckeye Institute and CAGW Release 2009 Ohio Piglet Book
Today in the Crypt of the Ohio Statehouse, the Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions and the nation's premiere national taxpayer watchdog group Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) released the 2009 Ohio Piglet Book: The Book Ohio's Government Doesn't Want You To Read. Buckeye...
Buckeye Institute Debunks Nines Myths About Payday Lending
COLUMBUS - The Buckeye Institute today released a report debunking nine common myths regarding payday lending. These myths have received considerable attention during the debate over State Issue 5. Report authors Dr. Tom Lehman and Marc Kilmer examine many popular criticisms...
Report: Ohio Taxpayers Could Forfeit $1 Billion with Passage of State Issue 6
Columbus - A report issued today by the Buckeye Institute, a Columbus-based think tank, found that Ohio taxpayers could forfeit nearly $1 billion in lost revenue with the passage of the casino gambling ballot amendment, State Issue 6. Report author and Buckeye Institute Adjunct Scholar Jeffrey Hooke called State Issue 6 "a $1 billion giveaway to wealthy individuals."
News Release: Phasing Out Ohio's Income Tax
Columbus - Ohio could significantly boost its economy by phasing out its income tax, according to a study released today by the Buckeye Institute, a Columbus-based free-market think tank. The report provides state lawmakers with a road map to phase-out Ohio's economic growth-hindering...
Testimony: Regulation of Payday Lending in Ohio
By Tom Lehman, Ph.D., posted May 9, 2008
I oppose this bill because I believe additional regulations on the payday lending industry in Ohio are unnecessary, and because, of the various bills related to payday lending regulations currently pending in the Ohio General Assembly, HB545 is perhaps the most likely to create adverse and unintended economic consequences over the long run, and will further restrict and limit credit options for the low- and moderate-income customers who make convenient and tempered use of payday loan services in the State of Ohio.
Sponsor testimony on income tax phaseout
By Rep. John Adams, posted May 8, 2008
HB 534 seeks to eliminate Ohio’s income tax and alleviate the tax burden placed on individuals who look to make Ohio their home. This bill phases out the income tax on individuals, estates, and trusts over ten years.
The Wall Street Journal opens with an editorial today, Texas v. Ohio, comparing Lone Star prosperity with Buckeye decline: "Texas has been prospering while Ohio lags, and the reasons are instructive about what works and what doesn’t in economic policy." According to the WSJ,...
Buckeye Institute Comments on Governor's Stimulus Plan
COLUMBUS -- Buckeye Institute President David Hansen today expressed concerns regarding Governor Ted Strickland's plan to create short-term economic growth through the issuance of long-term debt obligations.
Testimony: Regulation of Payday Lending
By Tom Lehman, Ph.D., posted January 31, 2008
Payday lending has come to fill a market niche in the consumer finance industry between the informal sector and conventional but larger and longer-term consumer loan products offered by traditional banks.
Global Warming: Man-Made or Natural?
By Dr. S. Fred Singer, posted January 7, 2008
In the past few years there has been increasing concern about global climate change on the part of the media, politicians, and the public. Recent evidence suggests that this concern is misplaced.
Buckeye Institute Analyst Comments on SCHIP Veto
COLUMBUS – Buckeye Institute healthcare policy analyst Marc Kilmer today commended President Bush for his veto of a bill expanding the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
Ohio’s Tax Burden Increases Again Study Shows
COLUMBUS - Ohio's combined state and local tax burden continues to increase according to a study released today by the Tax Foundation, an independent research and educational organization. Ohioans give 12.4 percent of personal income to government, up from 12.1 percent last year, while...
Ohio Government Spends $823 per Second
By David Hansen, posted July 13, 2006
COLUMBUS --- How much money did you spend last week? Ohio government spent more than $499 million, or $79.1 million per day. The Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions now clocks how quickly state government spends taxpayer money on its Ohio Spend-O-Meter found at www.buckeyeinstitute.org.
Ohio's March to the Top of the Nation in State and Local Tax Burden
By David Hansen, posted April 12, 2006
COLUMBUS, Ohio. --- The president of the Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions, David Hansen, has these observations about the Tax Foundation’s finding that Ohio’s state and local tax burden is ranked third highest in the nation for 2006. "Today's Tax Foundation report placing Ohio third in the nation for state and local tax burden confirms what every Ohioan not employed by government or by a spending interest lobby already knows: Once a low-tax, high-growth state, Ohio is a now a very high tax state from which jobs, growth and prosperity are exiting at an alarming rate."
The Buckeye Institute and CAGW to Release Ohio Piglet Book
(Columbus, OH) - The Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions, an Ohio-based nonpartisan research and educational institute and Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW), the nation's premiere taxpayer watchdog, will hold a press conference on Tuesday, August 9 to release the Ohio Piglet...
New Poll Shows Strong Bipartisan Support in Ohio for Proposed TABOR
A new poll released today by the Americans for Prosperity Foundation and the Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions shows that Ohio voters support by a nearly 3-to-1 margin a proposed Taxpayer's Bill of Rights amendment that would cap the growth of state and local spending at the rate of inflation plus population growth.
