The Clermont Sun
Governor talks budget and tax cuts in Batavia
July 28th, 2013
By Kristin Rover 

Ohio Governor John Kasich made a stop in Clermont County July 18 to discuss the state budget and jobs. 

Kasich spoke to a crowd of local officials, business professionals, and residents at Cincinnati Milacron, a machinery manufacturing company in Batavia. 

“It’s great to be back here,” Kasich said after he was introduced. 

Kasich said he wanted to talk to guests about the budget, tax cuts for small businesses and jobs in Ohio. 

He said in his new budget, there is a 50 percent tax cut for businesses earning up to $250,000 per year. 

He said small businesses are important to the economy and he is working to help small business owners continue to be successful. 

“Small business is something that has to be taken care of,” Kasich said. “If you stomp out a small business, you stomp out some family’s hopes and dreams.” 

He said he has already worked to return Workers’ Compensation money to small businesses by making the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation more efficient. 

“To me that’s the best stimulus I’ve heard of anywhere in America,” Kasich said. 

He said he is also working to cut income tax in the state from 5.9 percent to 5.3 percent. 

“The reason this matters is it is another tool in the tool box to tell people what Ohio has to offer,” Kasich said. 

Kasich said he is working to make Ohio a more business-friendly state to increase the number of jobs available to residents. 

“We were rated the 44th most business-friendly state,” Kasich said. “That’s like a D-minus or an E.” 

Kasich said in the past year Ohio has risen to the 22nd most business-friendly state. 

He said when it comes to jobs in the state, it is important to speak the language of business owners and identify what they need. 

Michael Prachar, vice president of marketing for Cincinnati Milacron said at Milacron, they struggled with finding skilled labor… 

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