I noted with interest the article in the Nov. 8 Plain Dealer that reported on the projected shrinking of Ohio’s economy (“Fed: State economy could stall over next six months") during a time when the national economy is expected to grow by nearly 1.5 percent (which, itself, is far less than the 3 percent growth Donald Trump promised).

It’s not lost on anyone that Ohio’s economy is strictly a GOP economy, given that the party has controlled all branches of government for about a decade. The Republican Party continually tells us that it’s to be trusted to create economic growth, and yet here we are. Its vaunted tax cuts for the wealthy aren’t trickling down at all, it seems.

Perhaps if the GOP spent more time tending to Ohio’s infrastructure, education and health care for its residents and protecting its LGBTQ citizens against discrimination, and less time on far-right-wing culture legislation like its medieval “stand your ground” and anti-women’s health bills, we’d be seen by business as a more welcoming state. After all, the same report indicates that states like California, Connecticut, Maryland, Illinois, and New York are beating us. They must be doing something right.

George P. Bohan,

Akron