Tax Abatements In Columbus

As Backlash to Columbus’ Corporate Handouts Grows, City Council Doubles Down

It all sounds so simple: trade tax breaks for jobs. Here’s the problem:

Flawed Assumptions, Failed Accountability

Even if you take the city and Review Committee’s “jobs created” numbers at face value, the entire argument for these incentives is built on the assumption that those jobs wouldn’t have been created without an abatement.

The studies estimate, in fact, that between 75% and 98% of the time, the company in question would have made the exact same decision without the abatement. So even if you read these numbers in the most generous possible way for proponents of tax incentives, three out of four times the abatement in question is an unnecessary handover of tax dollars that could have been spent improving infrastructure, transit, schools, or other city services — but instead will pad the profits of a private entity with our public dollars.

Money Talks

It is City Council’s job to manage our city budget responsibly and make sure Columbus really works for all of us. But Columbus City Council doesn’t listen to working families, our children’s teachers, or well-researched studies. Why won’t they listen?

It’s long past time for the people of Columbus to have a say in how our city is run. The “Columbus Way” is only working for a few at the top. We can do better!

A New Way Forward

Columbus is at a fork in the road. Residents are fed up with tax policies that prioritize a few special interests at the expense of our neighborhoods. Instead of managing our city budget responsibly and making sure Columbus really works for all of us, our elected officials are doubling down on giving millions away to wealthy corporations and developers. The reality is, this City Council has a record of success for big developers and wealthy corporations, and a record of failure for working families.

The good news is, there is another path — one that begins at the polls on November 5th.

Join us in lifting up the voices of Columbus working families and prioritizing policies that center the welfare of our communities instead of policies that center corporate welfare. Our city has the resources to raise standards for the many and not the few, it’s only a matter of priorities.

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