COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Critics of tax cuts given to Ohio businesses and individuals as part of a 2005 tax reform package said today that the cuts could be blamed for the state's projected budget shortfall.
In NBC 4's exclusive News SurveyUSA poll, NBC 4 asked Central Ohioans how concerned they are about cut backs to state programs in light of the news of a possible $1.9 million deficit in 2009.
Fifty percent of our viewers said they were very concerned.
Thirty-eight percent said they were somewhat concerned.
Eight percent were not concerned.
Governor Strickland announced Wednesday that projections for the current two-year budget show a shortfall ranging from 733 million dollars to 1.9 billion dollars by June 2009.
State agencies have been asked to find ways to cut spending.
The tax breaks were adopted by the Republican-controlled Legislature and eagerly embraced by the Strickland administration when it took office last year.
But Zach Schiller of Policy Matters Ohio, a Cleveland-based economic research organization, says there is little evidence that the tax breaks gave the intended economic boost to the state's economy.
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