Random stuff I find interesting and you may not.
The state’s tax commissioner claims NASCAR owes Ohio more than $549,000 in unpaid taxes merely because the state’s residents watched NASCAR races on television. Jeff McClain, Ohio’s tax commissioner, claims NASCAR owes the state more than $549,000 in unpaid taxes merely because Ohioans watched NASCAR races on television. McClain says that money is due under … Read more
House Bill 6 and the public corruption charges brought against former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and his alleged co-conspirators epitomize the problem of crony capitalism and corporate tax subsidies. Those subsidies — and corporate bailouts — must stop. Every year, Ohio taxpayers pay hundreds of millions of dollars through corporate tax subsidies ostensibly designed … Read more
Last week, a New York Times reporter reached out to ask if I had heard that the village of Amelia, Ohio was dissolving over a tax increase. Facing an unpopular new tax, voters went to the polls and just… abolished their local government. I wasn’t aware of the drama bubbling up in Amelia (or in … Read more