Republican for Governor, fmr. Congressman John Kasich, has been campaigning on a platform of abolishing the state income tax. Kasich believes the move would help spur Ohio's weak double-digit unemployment plagued economy. The incumbent Democrat Governor disagrees.

According to Examiner.com, from a recent town hall for Ohio Youth:

The still young-looking Kasich... said lowering overhead and modernizing and shrinking government would entice companies to again do business in the Buckeye State.

He again said the state's income tax is a "strangle" to small business...

From Cleveland.com, Dec. 21:

Asked about his challenger, the governor criticized Kasich's plan to phase out the state's income tax. Kasich has offered little detail on how he would replace that money in the state's general revenue fund.

"If the citizens of Ohio think times are tough now, if you were to eliminate nearly 40 percent of our state's general revenue you would see. . . our state fall backwards quickly," Strickland said. "And that's what he seems to be advocating with the elimination of the state income tax."

Currently 9 States do not have an Income Tax, including Texas, Florida, Tennessee, New Hampshire and Alaska.