Columbus, OH – The Buckeye Institute issued the following statement on the introduction on the 2018 capital budget, Senate Bill 266 and House Bill 529.
“With the capital budget officially introduced, Ohioans will now be able to see how many millions of dollars are being appropriately spent on critical infrastructure and core government services versus being set aside for pet local projects and pork spending,” said Greg R. Lawson, research fellow at The Buckeye Institute. “And rest assured, Buckeye will be reviewing the budget to see how closely it aligns to the principles we laid out in Principled Spending: Using Ohio’s Capital Budget to Benefit Ohioans.”
“Regardless of where the capital budget begins, policymakers still have an opportunity to adhere to these principles – constrain the growth of state government, eliminate corporate and special interest welfare, and focus spending on the core functions of state government,” Lawson continued. “Ohioans’ taxpayer dollars should be used to strengthen the state’s physical and democratic infrastructure, not on special interest pork projects that should be funded through private means.”
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