Ohio would receive more than $11 billion from President Joe Biden s COVID relief package, but Gov. Mike DeWine doesn t like the amount – despite his earlier pleas for more federal aid.
DeWine was among 22 governors – all but one Republican – signing onto a joint statement protesting the total because it is based on a state s unemployment, not population. Bad policy because it disproportionately funds states that mismanaged the pandemic & due to unemployment fraud that # is a unreliable, tweeted DeWine s lieutenant governor, Jon Husted.
If the figure were calculated upon population instead, Ohio would receive an additional $834 million, per numbers provided by Rep. Jason Smith of Missouri, the top Republican on the House Budget Committee.