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Ohio's Bob Taft was never our favorite governor.(The Week)(Brief Article)
* Ohio's Bob Taft was never our favorite governor. Although a Republican, he oversaw steep spending increases and received one of only four failing grades in the Cato Institute's latest fiscal-policy report card. Governor "Taft and Spend" pushed through tax hikes including a "temporary" 20 percent sales-tax increase that he sought to make permanent even after the state's deficit closed. With this record, Taft's greatest asset was his stringent, self-proclaimed code of ethics, but now that's gone too. On August 18, Taft became the first Ohio governor ever convicted of criminal charges, for failing ...
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