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The lead Democrat on the House budget panel State Rep. Jack
Cera (D-Bellaire) and Assistant Democratic Whip Emilia Sykes
(D-Akron), also a budget committee member, issued the
following statements in response to Ohio GOP leaders call
for close to $1 billion in state budget cuts due to stagnant
economic growth and opportunity in The Buckeye State after
six years of unchecked Republican tax shifting and deep
budget cuts:
"After six years of Ohio GOP policies that continue to shift
taxes to working people and local communities to fund
giveaways for the wealthiest one-percent, Ohio is now faced
with a serious budget crisis, one that will force us all to
pay the price for the failed economic policies of the past.
We were promised that deep cuts to communities, deep cuts to
schools, privatizing job creation and shifting taxes to give
millionaires breaks would grow our economy and create jobs,
but today´s announcement is proof Governor Kasich and other
leaders have broken that promise."
-State Rep. Jack Cera (D-Bellaire)
"Now - after having it their way without compromise for six
years has brought us to the `verge of recession´ - schools,
communities, the opioid fight, healthcare for
developmentally disabled people and children, and other
essential services will be defunded because politicians in
Columbus don´t have the courage to do what´s needed to
recession-proof our state. Instead of shoring up self-made
shortfalls with Rainy Day money that was essentially stolen
from schools and communities, Ohio will likely continue on
it´s terrible economic trajectory with fewer resources to
fend off this deteriorating economy."
-State Rep. Emilia Sykes (D-Akron) |
