Budget & Tax

​Statement from OCPA President Jonathan Small on the State of the State

February 5, 2017

Statement from OCPA President Jonathan Small on the State of the State

"Today’s executive budget pushes new tax increases on working families and entrepreneurs, which is the wrong path for our state. It’s a false choice to suggest the only way to balance the budget is to raise the cost of living and doing business in Oklahoma. There are still numerous spending reforms available to right-size government and fund core state services. The state could save hundreds of millions of dollars and prevent damaging tax increases on Oklahoma families if it was to end unnecessary wind subsidies, implement Medicaid reforms, cut administrative waste in higher education, and fully implement state and education employee health insurance reform. OCPA will work to pursue and accelerate those reforms and to stop attempts to raise taxes on Oklahomans.”