December 8, 2008
J.H. Hubert, Fellow at the Buckeye Institute, Pens Op-Ed on Ohio Fiscal Policy, Citing Tax Foundation’s State-Local Tax Burden Study
"Ohio Taxes and Spends Too Much"
By J.H. Hubert
Thirty years ago, things were different. Then, Ohio ranked 45th in the Tax Foundation's annual ranking of state and local tax burdens. That means Ohioans paid the fifth lowest taxes in the country.
Today, though, Ohio ranks seventh on that list. It rates worse than any of its neighbors - in most cases, much worse. And between 1970 and 2006, Ohio's tax burden increased more than that of any other state.
