Why not? The same reason why Ohio continues to put salt on its roads in the wintertime despite the scientific FACT that salt doesn't work when the temperature gets below a certain point (I think it's about 20 degrees). The Morton's Salt mine under Lake Erie. You start taxing salt and you'll be taxing RICH PEOPLE (you know, "job creators"
. And Lord knows we can't have THAT.
As someone who works in the legal services field, I'll be very interested to see how Republicans can justify charging SALES tax when there is nothing SOLD. I'll be particularly interested to see how the Republican-controlled Ohio Supreme Court bends over backwards to uphold this when it comes before them, as well.
2014 can't get here soon enough. I'm already practicing saying the phrase, "Governor Cordray."
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