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The Buckeye Institute: Capital Budget Riddled with Pork Projects that Benefit Only Narrow Local Interests

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The Buckeye Institute testified before the Ohio Senate Finance Committee on House Bill 529, Ohio’s 2018 capital budget, whuch in many ways, adheres to the spending principles outlined in Principled Spending: Using Ohio’s Capital Budget to Benefit Ohioans. However, “this budget, like others before, remains riddled with too many special interest requests, local projects, and some potential boondoggles that veer from providing core government services and infrastructure.”

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“The Buckeye Institute: Ohio’s Constitution is a Foundational Document, Not a List of Policy Choices”

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The Buckeye Institute testified before the Ohio House Government Accountability and Oversight Committee on the policies in House Bill 506, which is part of a troubling new breed of preemptive legislation. “Bills like this one have lately percolated through the General Assembly as strategic alternatives to political maneuvers orchestrated by well-funded special interests that would otherwise seek to amend the Ohio Constitution and encumber our most fundamental governing document with countless rules and regulations.”

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The Buckeye Institute: Ohio’s 2018 Capital Budget Riddled with Too Many Special Interest Requests

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The Buckeye Institute testified before the Ohio House Finance Committee on the policies in House Bill 529, Ohio’s 2018 capital budget, which highlighted “more than $18 million of taxpayer dollars spent on pork projects that benefit only narrow local interests and not broader state-wide needs.” And that $18 million is just the tip of the iceberg. All of the special interest projects combined push wasteful spending to at least $85 million which could be spent on more pressing priorities, saved, or returned to taxpayers.

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The Buckeye Institute Testifies on the Negative Impacts of Tax Exemptions

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The Buckeye Institute testified before the Ohio House Ways and Means Committee, highlighting the ways that tax credits and exemptions cost Ohio and Ohioans money, and how they complicate the state’s tax code making it more difficult for taxpayers to fill-out their returns. “Adopting too many sales tax exceptions risks forcing some counties to raise their tax rates, which will in turn make them less competitive…and higher rates could prove an even greater competitive disadvantage for counties along our borders.”

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The Buckeye Institute Testifies on the Need to Reform Ohio’s Failing Cash Bail System

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The Buckeye Institute testified before the Ohio House Criminal Justice Committee on Ohio’s failing cash bail system, which the polices in House Bill 439 would reform. “Pretrial decisions should be based on risk, not the size of the defendant’s wallet. As experience has shown, money deposited with the court or with a bail agent does not make a person less dangerous. Policies like those found in House Bill 439 would make our system fairer and our communities safer.”

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The Buckeye Institute Testifies on the Economic Impact of Ohio’s RPS

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The Buckeye Institute testified before the Ohio Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on the economic impact of Ohio’s renewable portfolio standards (RPS). “The RPS raises electricity prices for businesses, costing them money that they might have otherwise spent producing goods and creating jobs…[W]e must face the cold economic fact that continuing Ohio’s ‘march up Mandate Mountain’ will cost thousands of future jobs and billions of dollars.”

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The Buckeye Institute: Competition in Ohio’s Electricity Market Will Save Ohioans Money and Improve Economy

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The Buckeye Institute submitted written testimony to the Ohio House Public Utilities Committee on the need to increase competition in Ohio’s electricity market and the important reform policies found in House Bill 247. “Ohio’s hybrid restructuring model is unworkable and policymakers must either go back to a fully integrated, regulated structure or complete the electricity market reforms that the General Assembly initiated in 1999.”

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The Buckeye Institute: Competition is Critical When Replacing Aging Water & Sewer Lines

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Following on The Buckeye Institute’s policy brief, Competition Saves Taxpayer Money on Water and Sewer Line Repair, Buckeye submitted testimony to the Ohio House State and Local Government Committee on the policies in House Bill 121. The testimony highlighted the critical importance of ensuring that taxpayers get the best value and the best product for their infrastructure projects. “Governments should embrace competitive bidding…[and] refrain from imposing regulations that negate the market incentives for industries to lower costs and provide better products.”

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The Buckeye Institute: Utility Subsidies Hurt Competition and Hurt Ohio

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The Buckeye Institute testified before the Ohio House Public Utilities Committee on the proposed bailout for the Ohio Valley Electric Corporation that is outlined in House Bill 239. When governments intervene in the energy market, or any business, policymakers allow for unfair advantages at taxpayer expense, and energy companies that do not receive the benefits of a government bailout are often unable to offer their services competitively.”

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The Buckeye Institute: Government Transparency Empowers Ohioans and Increases Accountability

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The Buckeye Institute testified before the Ohio House Finance Committee on the DataOhio project and the transparency policies that are included in House Bill 3. “Transparency helps citizens better understand what their government has done, what it is doing, and what remains to be done with their tax dollars. Fiscal transparency helps keep government accountable to the citizenry, fosters a more informed public, and facilitates a better dialogue between the people and their elected representatives.”

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