Taxpayers will pay for the Cleveland Browns new stadium, and Ohio is officially the 15th state with a flat tax after Gov. Mike DeWine signed the state’s new operating budget.
In an announcement made in the early morning hours Tuesday, the second-term Republican said the budget prioritizes children and develops the state’s workforce.
“This budget builds upon my commitment to make Ohio the best place for everyone to live their version of the American Dream,” DeWine said. “It prioritizes our children, empowers our workforce, and strengthens our communities. We are investing in the people of Ohio, not just today, but for generations to come.”
DeWine issued 67 line-item vetoes in the budget, the most in his two terms as governor, but kept the plan that takes $600 million from individual taxpayers in the state’s unclaimed funds and funnels it to the Browns’ $2.4 billion stadium project in Brook Park.
One of the nation’s leading experts on taxpayer-funded stadiums, J.C. Bradbury of Kennesaw State University, called the plan “willful ignorance” and the idea a planned tax capture will return more than $600 million to the state in tax revenues is wrong.
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Author: Ray Hilbrich
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