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The budget battle is underway - the Senate has released its two year spending plan, after the House voted out a version that includes 620 million dollars more money than Gov. Ted Strickland's original proposal. The state's jobless rate is at its highest level since December 1983. But in some areas, these bad numbers are even worse. State representative Josh Mandel (R-Lyndhurst) has announced he's running for treasurer.
Gov. Ted Strickland has to cut around $900 million from the budget by the end of the fiscal year, and if he and lawmakers agree to go to the rainy day fund, that will open up a $3 billion hole in the next spending plan. David Hansen from the Buckeye Institute, a self-described free market think tank, and Brian Rothenberg from Progress Ohio, a non-profit coalition of left leaning groups and activists, share their ideas on what needs to happen to get the budget balanced.
Gov. Ted Strickland has to cut around $900 million from the budget by the end of the fiscal year, and if he and lawmakers agree to go to the rainy day fund, that will open up a $3 billion hole in the next spending plan. David Hansen from the Buckeye Institute, a self-described free market think tank, and Brian Rothenberg from Progress Ohio, a non-profit coalition of left leaning groups and activists, share their ideas on what needs to happen to get the budget balanced.
May 29, 2009