Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy proposed eliminating the income tax in Ohio, noting that people there “deserve to keep” what they earn.
During a speech at the Lucas County Republican Party’s annual Lincoln Day Dinner, Ramaswamy spoke about how, out of all the states, Texas was the number one state to which people were relocating, while Florida came in second. Ramaswamy added that Ohio was ranked the number 38 state to which people were relocating, adding that he wants to “lead” the state “back to number one.”
“Texas is number one, Florida’s number two for people moving in versus moving out,” Ramaswamy said. “We’re number thirty-eight. I want to lead us back to number one. So, there’s some things required — if we’re playing for number one, that we’re going to have to do in this state. For example, we’re going to take the state income tax down from not just seven brackets to two, as the leadership has done, but down to zero brackets because we’re going to get rid of the income tax in this state.”
“Zero income tax in the state of the Ohio,” Ramaswamy added. “It is your money, not the government’s. You deserve to keep what you earn. We gotta celebrate hard work and success.”