tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post2561033344169889675..comments2023-10-17T05:44:23.781-04:00Comments on COAST - Fighting for the taxpayers, not working against them!: Kasich captures lead on "no new tax" pledgeCOASThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-76723856752275677652010-06-14T10:05:41.095-04:002010-06-14T10:05:41.095-04:00Mega corporations are one thing, but most people i...Mega corporations are one thing, but most people in this country are employed by small businesses. Small businesses do in fact move every single day to low tax environments. <br /><br />My brother in law is a doctor and he moved out of the City of Cincinnati to Green Township, where there are lower property taxes and NO earnings tax. He took with him the rest of the doctors in his practice, Frankie W.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-1298311638497247342010-06-11T02:50:11.603-04:002010-06-11T02:50:11.603-04:00And people should read Florida's books. Corpo...And people should read Florida's books. Corporations don't attract workers, they move to where the talent is. A tech start up in PA moved to 'tax high' Massachusetts to get talent, not vice versa.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-63302481847493975582010-06-09T22:18:29.448-04:002010-06-09T22:18:29.448-04:00All 3 Commissioners are proposing to raise our tax...All 3 Commissioners are proposing to raise our taxes to give the Bedinghaus and company hundreds of millions more of OUR tax dollars. We should be rising against it, not acting like Obama Democrats in support of it.<br /><br />Local Republicans = we hate higher taxes (except when we raise them).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-86873241600084646622010-06-09T14:04:08.821-04:002010-06-09T14:04:08.821-04:00Hey Greg Hartmann imposter. You may want to do a ...Hey Greg Hartmann imposter. You may want to do a little double checking on your facts. Bengal Bob Bedinghaus wrote large checks to the campaign coffers of.... DAVID PEPPER.<br /><br />And of course, Hartman's plan to plug the stadium gap does not give one dollar more to the Bengals then they are already receiving, but hey, why bother to deal in facts when you can just make uninformed and Fact Checkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-47061856429784142812010-06-09T11:50:09.327-04:002010-06-09T11:50:09.327-04:00Me too. I'm against higher taxes, except when...Me too. I'm against higher taxes, except when the opportunity presents itself to give more tax dollars to my good friends Mike Brown and Bob Bedinghaus.Greg Hartmannnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-75076059795937896662010-06-09T11:02:10.957-04:002010-06-09T11:02:10.957-04:00I chose where I lived because of taxes. As you ma...I chose where I lived because of taxes. As you may know, as a great Ohioan, I died a resident of the State of Florida in order to escape Ohio's Estate Tax.Howard Metzenbaumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-59974857265882603072010-06-09T10:56:24.300-04:002010-06-09T10:56:24.300-04:00As soon as we got the chance we moved out of the C...As soon as we got the chance we moved out of the City of Cincinnati to escape their onerous high taxes. We moved to Anderson and Green Townships, which have no earnings tax unlike Cincinnati and lower school taxes than Cincinnati.Todd Portune and David Peppernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-18566325929274268972010-06-09T08:21:56.023-04:002010-06-09T08:21:56.023-04:00Really Ohio's overall tax structure didn't...Really Ohio's overall tax structure didn't lose this plant. We lost out in this case to a better package offered by Indiana. And yet Honda hasn't pulled its other plants from the state of Ohio in spite of the "onerous" tax policy you allege. One might suggest that these are nothing more than bribes to entice the business, but generally a plant like this has rippling Joe Mhttp://youcanbuyfrom.menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-77119043900454728412010-06-08T23:49:57.428-04:002010-06-08T23:49:57.428-04:00Companies factor taxes very highly when deciding w...Companies factor taxes very highly when deciding where to locate. That's one of the reasons the State of Ohio has been sucking wind since the Taft tax hikes. We <a href="http://coast-usa.blogspot.com/2010/05/strickland-scares-job-creators.html" rel="nofollow">dropped halfway down the list</a>, and Honda built their latest plant outside of Ohio.<br /><br />Individuals tend not to structure COASThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16200778324645740094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-721799301702528076.post-19061551574042047302010-06-08T22:30:53.085-04:002010-06-08T22:30:53.085-04:00No one that I have ever talked to has decided on a...No one that I have ever talked to has decided on a place to live based on taxes. When you ask someone why they moved to 'x' city, how many times do you hear 'low taxes'? Hardly ever. Usually you hear 'good schools' and a 'lot to do'. Businesses don't move to cities with low tax rates, they move to cities with creative, intelligent people, high taxes be damned. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com