Cleveland, OH
Editorial: The dangerous illusion of 'no property taxes' in Ohio
We’ve been warned.Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican who’s about as straight a shooter as the political system produces these days and is not prone to hyperbole, said earlier this month that if a proposed constitutional amendment abolishing property taxes were to pass, state residents could see sales taxes rise well into double-digits.“Sales tax could go up to 17%, 18%, 19%, 20% … in the state of Ohio on products that you buy,” DeWine said after a career-technical education conference in Columbus. “So, it would be absolutely devastating.” He also warned that policymakers could look to hike income taxes, too, in an effort to find new revenue to prevent widespread, and painful, cuts in services.