The New Cost of Dying in Ohio: Kasich's 20 proposed "Death Taxes"
In his first budget Governor Kasich killed Ohio’s Estate Tax which he said was driving wealthy Ohioans to Florida. The tax was applied to estates valued over $338,000 – only about 7% of those in Ohio. The bulk of the tax was paid to local governments and eliminating it removed $250 million a year from local coffers. The effect was felt throughout the state and impacted important public safety services like police and fire.
The Estate Tax typically impacted well-off individuals with high-value estates but this year Kasich plans to institute a whole series of new “service” taxes that will hit everyone and will have a much bigger impact of those with lower incomes.
One new tax that stood out was for funeral services.
Unlike movies or bowling, which will also be taxed under the new plan, paying for a funeral is generally not a choice. And the costs will hit families of all income levels already dealing with the emotional and financial struggles of losing a family member. A host of other related services will also be taxed under Kasich’s plan…
Did your loved one leave you with a house?
Property sales agents and real estate title abstract services are now taxed.
Was the home full of personal items?
Packing and crating and intrastate courier service are now taxed.
Did your loved one leave you to handle his/her estate and finances?
Accounting, Bookkeeping,Tax return preparation, Legal services, Insurance services, Investment counseling, Loan broker fees and service charges of banking institutions are now all taxable.
Need your suit cleaned for the funeral?
Laundry and dry cleaning services
Or your hair cut?
Cutting, coloring, styling of hair
Traveling to the funeral?
Travel agent services are now taxed and you’ll be taxed when you park your car at the airport.
Want to run an obituary in the paper?
Sales of advertising time or space are now taxed.
Kasich’s 2013 budget was most certainly written with an eye to the 2014 election, with the Governor hoping to cast himself as the guy who cut Ohio’s income tax. But choosing to greatly expand Ohio’s sales tax to offset the costs could backfire. Instead of closing tax loop holes, which impact only a few individuals or businesses, Kasich chose to enact a tax increase on every Ohioan who sees a movie and every Ohio small business that uses a lawyer and an account.
Full Story: http://www.plunderbund.com/2013/02/11/the-new-cost-of-dying-in-ohio-kasichs-20-proposed-death-taxes/
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I mean, fair is fair 
DU and Wikipedia, I choose the latter, because it's more immediate in what I need. That is, all of the following are republicans in Ohio:
Governor
Lt. Governor
Sec. of State
Treasurer
Attn. General
One U.S. Senator
12 U.S. Representatives (out of sixteen total)
I don't have the time to research the state rep/Sen seats, but a cursory glance shows plenty of republican voters there. The fact that all of the upper state positions are republican at this time shows me that Ohio is as deserving of the "bashing" my home state gets almost non-stop. I don't mean to say that it should be bashed any more than my own state should receive the same. That was my whole point originally 
And I would never bash y'all for short-sighted choices by other voters. I only wish the rest of DU could be as magnanimous towards Texas (and the rest of the south) in the same way, especially whenever Perry opens his idiotic trap. I'd never suggest another state go ahead and secede due to republican stupidity
I don't think I need to use it now, but thanks for posting the link for everyone else
You can bash Ohio. Speaking has another A-hole from O-ho. We still havent created and sent to the whitehouse a bush or a Rick Perry!!! HHHHOOOWWWLLLLLL! Just What is in the water there? 
that gave the country the likes of Barbara Jordan and Bill Moyers. It's probably all the cheap oil
if they taught from college or even other state textbooks, and had their students toss out the "official" books? I suspect suspension, but it would be interesting to see it happen all the same 
is that those same parents were educated by those teachers and with the older textbooks that had the science in them. Did they get stupider as they aged?
My hope is that the students will rebel and learn the basics anyway, despite their "elders" wishes
With all the information out on the internet you have to be really intent and purposeful in staying ignorant. The questions and the answers are just a few clicks away.
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."
