Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is proposing to create a child tax credit and to pay for it with increased “sin taxes” on tobacco.
According to one analysis, the tax credit is expected to produce big gains for the state. Economists overwhelmingly agree on a second benefit — that taxes themselves on things like tobacco, gambling, and marijuana can reduce harmful behaviors, according to a survey of economists that was released on Tuesday.
However, they said, those taxes would fall most heavily on the group that DeWine’s tax credit is meant to help — the poor…