Club for Growth warns about John Kasich's 'mixed record'

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Washington Examiner:

The Club for Growth issued a white paper on Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Thursday warning about his "mixed record" on taxes, trade and economic liberty. The club is an influentual conservative not-for-profit organization that focuses on economic issues and cutting taxes. It regularly releases "white papers" on the presidential candidates.

 

"John Kasich is a lifelong politician, with a long and mixed record on matters of economic liberty," said David McIntosh, Club for Growth's president, in a statement. "His work in Congress for a balanced federal budget and his efforts to lower the state income tax in Ohio are, unfortunately, overshadowed by his costly expansion of Medicaid, even in the face of opposition from the state legislature, a high rate of state spending, and his persistent efforts to increase taxes on oil and gas extraction."

 

The club's white paper took issue with Kasich's willingness to raise taxes as governor.

 

"While Governor Kasich's budgets have typically been proposed and passed with net decreases in overall taxation, he has also proposed numerous new taxes and tax increases," the white paper explained.