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Mike DeWine: “We get it by raising the tax on tobacco by $1.50.”

Featuring: Mike DeWine, Republican | Governor of Ohio

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Columbus Metropolitan Club Forum: Governor Mike DeWine Discusses Ohio's State Budget and Policy Priorities

Published | Video Starts at 51:25

If one of the parents stays home, the other one goes work outside the home, then that money can be applied to groceries or it can be applied to anything. You know, where do we get this money? We get it by raising the tax on tobacco by $1.50. still doesn't make Ohio the highest state. That money goes directly. It's almost a direct match. We take that money directly and we put it out and we go into these families. (51:25–51:32)

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Asserts that the funding for the tax credit comes from raising the tobacco tax by $1.50.

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