00:00:00 | >> SUPPORT FOR THE STATEWIDE BROADCAST COMES FROM THE LAW |
00:00:09 | OFFICE, HELPING BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS SOLVE COMPLEX LEGAL |
00:00:13 | PROBLEMS. AND FROM THE OHIO EDUCATION |
00:00:20 | ASSOCIATION REPRESENTING 131,000 TEACHERS, SUPPORT |
00:00:24 | PROFESSIONALS, AND HIGHER EDUCATION FACULTY WORKING FOR |
00:00:27 | GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR EVERY CHILD. |
00:00:28 | ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE "THE STATE OF OHIO" IS MADE POSSIBLE |
00:00:34 | BY -- >> THE 2014 RACE FOR GOVERNOR IS |
00:00:41 | ON. ONE POSSIBLE CANDIDATE SAYS HIS |
00:00:44 | NAME IS OFF THE LIST. IT IS A NEW YEAR WITH A NEW |
00:00:46 | GENERAL ASSEMBLY. WE WILL PROJECT WHAT IS AHEAD |
00:00:49 | AND DEBATE WHICH SHOULD BE. THAT IS ALL THIS WEEKEND "THE |
00:00:54 | STATE OF OHIO." -- THAT IS ALL THIS WEEK ON "THE |
00:00:57 | STATE OF OHIO." THERE WILL BE NO REVENGE OF THE |
00:01:01 | GUBERNATORIAL RACE OF 2010. AFTER MUCH SPECULATION, FORMER |
00:01:05 | GOVERNOR TED STRICKLAND ANNOUNCED HE WOULD NOT SEEK THE |
00:01:07 | DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION TO FACE GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH IN 2014. |
00:01:13 | HE WROTE THIS WAS A DIFFICULT DECISION AND LAUDED PRESIDENT |
00:01:17 | OBAMA'S STIMULUS PACKAGE. HE WRITES, "I LOOK BACK FONDLY |
00:01:24 | ON MY TIME AS OHIO'S GOVERNOR AND AM PROUD OF MY |
00:01:29 | ADMINISTRATION'S EFFORTS TO GUIDE OUR STATES TO THE GREATEST |
00:01:32 | -- THROUGH THE GREATEST NATIONAL ECONOMIC CRISIS SINCE THE GREAT |
00:01:35 | DEPRESSION. GO HE WRITES WE WILL CONTINUE TO |
00:01:37 | BE POLITICALLY ACTIVE PRIVATE CITIZENS TO BUILD A STRONG OHIO |
00:01:47 | AND A FEED ANTI-MIDDLE CLASS LEGISLATION. |
00:01:48 | IN HIS DECISION OPENS THE DOOR TO OTHER DEMOCRATS WHO HAVE |
00:01:54 | EXPRESSED INTEREST IN RUNNING AGAINST INCUMBENT GOVERNOR. |
00:01:58 | ONE OF THOSE IS THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE WHO TALKED ABOUT THE |
00:02:02 | UPCOMING RACE. >> I HAVE NEVER RUN STATEWIDE |
00:02:05 | BEFORE. I HAVE TO MAKE SURE I WILL HAVE |
00:02:07 | A BROAD BASE OF SUPPORT ACROSS THE STATE. |
00:02:10 | PUT TOGETHER A FIRST-CLASS CAMPAIGN ORGANIZATION. |
00:02:14 | THERE IS A LOT INVOLVED IN RUNNING STATEWIDE UNDER ANY |
00:02:19 | CIRCUMSTANCES TO RUN AGAINST AN INCUMBENT GOVERNOR IS ALWAYS A |
00:02:22 | CHALLENGE. THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF WORK |
00:02:25 | ENTAILED. I THINK I NEED TO MAKE A |
00:02:28 | DECISION SOON BECAUSE IT IS A BIG UNDERTAKING. |
00:02:31 | >> A MATTER OF WEEKS OR MONTHS? >> I WOULD SAY IN THE NEXT -- IN |
00:02:40 | THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR. >> CONGRESSMAN TIM RYAN ISSUED A |
00:02:45 | STATEMENT PRAISING HIS RECORD IN CHARACTER. |
00:02:48 | HE NEVER MENTIONED WHETHER HE PLANS TO GET INTO THE RACE. |
00:02:50 | THE FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS SAID IN THE PAST HE PLANS TO |
00:02:55 | RUN IN 2014. HE HAD NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT THE |
00:02:58 | RACE THIS WEEK BECAUSE HIS POSITION AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE |
00:03:05 | CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION THROUGH PREVENTS HIM FROM |
00:03:07 | COMMENTING ABOUT POLITICS. THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR WROTE |
00:03:10 | THAT NOW THAT GOVERNOR STRICKLAND HAS ANNOUNCED HIS |
00:03:12 | INTENTIONS, STRONG DEMOCRATIC OFFICEHOLDERS PREPARED TO HOLD |
00:03:16 | THIS IN MINISTRIES UNCOUNTABLE FOR THE ANTI-WORKER AGENDAS THAT |
00:03:20 | IS UNFAIRLY SKYROCKETING LOCAL TAXES CAN BEGIN EARNESTLY |
00:03:25 | EXPLORING WHY ONLY 36% OF OHIOANS BELIEVE GOVERNOR JOHN |
00:03:28 | KASICH DESERVES TO BE REELECTED. STRICKLAND'S DECISION HEARD THIS |
00:03:37 | RESPONSE. >> TO ME IS A REFLECTION OF THE |
00:03:39 | REMARKABLE JOHN -- JOB JOHN KASICH HAS DONE TURNING THE |
00:03:44 | STATE AROUND. I DO NOT KNOW WHY IT WOULD |
00:03:46 | APPEAR TO BE AN ATTRACTIVE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY DEMOCRAT TO |
00:03:48 | RUN FOR GOVERNOR. >> THE EXPECTATION IS A |
00:03:52 | DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE WOULD HAVE TO ANNOUNCE SOON TO START |
00:03:54 | RAISING THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IT WILL TAKE TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR |
00:03:57 | IN 2014. STATE LAWMAKERS CONVENED AT THE |
00:04:00 | STATE HOUSE FOR THE FIRST DAY OF THE 130TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
00:04:03 | THIS WEEK. MONDAY BROUGHT INDIVIDUAL |
00:04:06 | SWEARING IN CEREMONIES BEFORE THE GROUP INAUGURATION FOR THE |
00:04:09 | HOUSE AND SENATE. THE LEADERSHIP OF BOTH CHAMBERS |
00:04:11 | WAS OFFICIALLY SELECTED. NO COMMITTEE HEARINGS WERE |
00:04:17 | SCHEDULED THIS WEEK. AMONG THE NEWLY ELECTED |
00:04:19 | LAWMAKERS IS THE MAN HE SUCCEEDS HIS FATHER. |
00:04:25 | TIM BROWN, AND MIKE CURTAIN. A FEW LAWMAKERS ARE RETURNING TO |
00:04:37 | THE HOUSE AFTER SEVERAL YEARS AWAY. |
00:04:38 | THAT INCLUDES THE REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVE AND CHRIS |
00:04:43 | REDFERN. THERE ARE ONLY TWO OF NEW |
00:04:46 | MEMBERS OF THE OHIO SENATE. THEY ARE NOT EXACTLY NEW. |
00:04:49 | THE REPUBLICAN WON HIS SENATE SEAT AFTER BEING TURNED LIMITED |
00:04:53 | OUT IN THE OHIO HOUSE. RANDY GARDNER IS BACK BECOMING |
00:04:56 | THE FIRST TRIPLE FLIPPER LAWMAKER GOING BACK AND FORTH |
00:04:59 | BETWEEN HOUSE AND SENATE THREE TIMES. |
00:05:02 | LAWMAKERS WAIT FOR THE BUDGET TO BE INTRODUCED IN MARCH. |
00:05:07 | THEY ARE ALSO WAITING FOR GOVERNOR KASICH TO ANNOUNCE WHEN |
00:05:11 | AND WHERE HE WANTS TO ANNOUNCE HIS STATE OF THE STATE SPEECH. |
00:05:14 | THE HOUSE TO ASK PERMISSION TO MOVE IT OUT OF THE STATE HOUSE. |
00:05:17 | HERE IS WHAT GOVERNOR KASICH SAID ABOUT THAT THIS WEEK. |
00:05:21 | >> LAST YEAR, WE WERE EAST. THIS YEAR, IT WILL BE ON THE |
00:05:25 | WEST. >> THE GOVERNOR HELD HIS SECOND |
00:05:28 | STATE OF THE STATE SPEECH LAST YEAR AT WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
00:05:32 | IN EARLY FEBRUARY. IT WAS THOUGHT TO BE THE FIRST |
00:05:35 | TIME A STATE OF THE STATE SPEECH HAD BEEN HELD AWAY FROM CAPITOL |
00:05:38 | SQUARE. ALSO THIS WEEK, THE OHIO SUPREME |
00:05:41 | COURT WAS FULLY SWORN IN WITH A CEREMONY FOR THE RETURNING |
00:05:47 | JUSTICE MCDONALD. THEY ALSO HAD THE FIRST CASES OF |
00:05:49 | THE YEAR. WITH THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SWORN |
00:05:52 | IN , IT MAY BE TIME TO COMMENCE THE SWEARING AT. |
00:05:59 | THE LEGISLATURE WILL HAVE ITS CRITICS. |
00:06:03 | FOR MANY, THE BIG QUESTION IS WHAT IS ON THE AGENDA AND IN |
00:06:06 | WHAT ORDER. HERE TO OFFER THEIR THOUGHTS ON |
00:06:09 | WHAT IS AHEAD FOR THE NEXT FEW BEERS AND THE NEXT FEW MONTHS |
00:06:12 | ARE TWO LONGTIME AND LEARNED POLITICAL STRATEGISTS. |
00:06:15 | MARK WEAVER IS A FORMER ASSISTANT OHIO ATTORNEY GENERAL |
00:06:19 | AND HAS RUN OR CONSULTED ON SEVERAL SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGNS. |
00:06:22 | HE TEACHES LAW AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF |
00:06:25 | AKRON AND IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE MEDIA AND ADVERTISING FIRM. |
00:06:30 | DALE HAS BEEN BEHIND SOME BIG CANDIDATE AND CAUSES IN OHIO. |
00:06:36 | HE IS THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR INNOVATION OHIO. |
00:06:40 | WHEN I TALKED TO THE HOUSE SPEAKER AND PRESIDENT, I KEPT |
00:06:49 | HEARING THE SAME THINGS OVER AND OVER, THE THINGS WE HAVE HEARD |
00:06:52 | FOR YEARS. THE PROGRAMS WILL BE JOBS, THE |
00:06:54 | ECONOMY, AND EDUCATION. -- THE PRIORITIES WILL BE JOBS, |
00:06:59 | THE ECONOMY, AND EDUCATION. WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL BE THE |
00:07:03 | MAJOR THINGS ON THE AGENDA? HOW DO YOU THINK THE CAMPAIGN |
00:07:08 | WILL AFFECT THE AGENDA? >> GOV. KASICH IS STARTING HIS |
00:07:13 | CAMPAIGN. THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE ARE AS |
00:07:14 | WELL. THEY ARE UP IN 2014. |
00:07:16 | WHEN YOU RUN EVERY KID OF YEARS, EVERYONE IS RUNNING FOR |
00:07:20 | REELECTION. I WILL NOT QUARREL WITH WHAT THE |
00:07:23 | LEGISLATIVE LEADERS SAID. THEY KNOW BETTER THAN WE DO |
00:07:25 | ABOUT WHAT THEY WILL CONSIDER. I THINK WHAT YOU WILL SEE THAT |
00:07:28 | IS NOT ON THE LIST IS REDISTRICTING REFORM FINALLY |
00:07:33 | MAKE SOME MOVEMENT. I THINK BOTH PARTIES REALIZE |
00:07:35 | THIS MAY BE A VERY GOOD TIME TO DO IT. |
00:07:37 | WE TRIED IT BEFORE. IT DID NOT WORK. |
00:07:40 | IT WENT TO THE BALLOT. WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR. |
00:07:42 | IN ADDITION TO THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED AS THE PRAIRIES, THESE |
00:07:47 | PLEDGES -- AS BIG PARTIES, THESE LEGISLATORS MAY FIND A WAY TO |
00:07:52 | REFORM THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS. |
00:07:54 | >> WITH THE GOVERNOR'S CAMPAIGN LOOMING, CAN HE KEEP DOWN BILLS |
00:07:59 | HE MIGHT NOT WANT TO SEE? CONTROVERSIAL BILLS. |
00:08:05 | >> I THINK IT WILL BE CHALLENGED. |
00:08:07 | HE WILL HAVE TO WORK WITH THE SPEAKER AND THE SENATE |
00:08:09 | PRESIDENT TO MAKE SURE THE BILLS THAT COME THROUGH THIS |
00:08:11 | REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURE MEET THE NEEDS AND DEMANDS OF THE OHIO |
00:08:16 | VOTERS. THE LEGISLATURE IS SPLIT IN MANY |
00:08:19 | WAYS, PARTICULARLY IN THE REPUBLICAN CAUCUS. |
00:08:21 | THE CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS HAVE DIFFERENCES OF APPROACH. |
00:08:25 | THIS WILL REQUIRE MASTER LEADERSHIP. |
00:08:29 | I THINK THEY ARE BOTH UP TO IT. THE GOVERNOR WILL LOOK TO THEM |
00:08:33 | FOR LEADERSHIP TO MAKE SURE THE OUTPUT IS IN SYNCH WITH OHIO. |
00:08:37 | >> WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL BE THE BIG ITEMS ON THE AGENDA? |
00:08:42 | >> I THINK MARK IS RIGHT ABOUT THE REDISTRICTING. |
00:08:44 | IT IS CLEAR WE HAVE A RIGGED SYSTEM NOW THAT IS NOT WORKING. |
00:08:49 | IN THE LAST ELECTION, DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES FOR THE OHIO HOUSE |
00:08:56 | GOT 55,000 MORE VOTES THAN THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES. |
00:09:00 | BECAUSE OF THE PREPOSTEROUS GERRYMANDERING, THERE WILL BE 60 |
00:09:06 | REPUBLICANS AND 39 DEMOCRATS IN THE NEW LEGISLATURE DESPITE THE |
00:09:11 | FACT THE DEMOCRATS GOT MORE VOTES STATEWIDE. |
00:09:13 | CLEARLY WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ON REDISTRICTING. |
00:09:16 | I HOPE HE IS RIGHT AND THAT HAPPENS. |
00:09:18 | WITH REGARDS TO THE QUESTION YOU ASKED EARLIER, ARE THERE SOME |
00:09:21 | THINGS THE GOVERNOR MIGHT NOT WANT TO COME FORWARD? |
00:09:24 | I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT. KEITH FABER IS THE NEW |
00:09:32 | PRESIDENT. HE HAS BEEN A SUPPORTER OF THE |
00:09:34 | HEART THE BILL. THE ONLY REASON IT HAS NOT BEEN |
00:09:36 | PASSED BY BOTH HOUSES WAS BECAUSE THE LAST SENATE |
00:09:41 | PRESIDENT WAS NOT IN FAVOR OF THE BILL. |
00:09:43 | IT PASSED THE HOUSE BUT STALLED IN THE SENATE. |
00:09:45 | NOW YOU HAVE GOT HIM AS PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE. |
00:09:49 | HE LIKES THE BILL. LET'S KEEP IN MIND HOW EXTREME |
00:09:53 | THE BILL IS. IT WOULD OUTLAW ALL ABORTIONS, |
00:09:55 | EVEN IN CASES OF RAPE AND INCEST. |
00:09:57 | I BELIEVE THE WAR ON WOMEN IN THE STATE IS NOT OVER. |
00:10:01 | I THINK WE MAY SEE IT COME BACK. THE RIGHT TO WORK IS ANOTHER |
00:10:06 | ONE. I THINK THE LAST THING THE |
00:10:07 | GOVERNOR WANTS TO SEE ABOUT WITH HIM WHEN HE IS RUNNING FOR |
00:10:10 | REELECTION IN 2014 IS THE RIGHT TO WORK. |
00:10:13 | YOU DO NOT WANT TO STRESS THAT POINT ITS NEST AGAIN -- STIRRUP |
00:10:20 | THAT HORNETS NETST. SAY IF THEY DO NOT GET THE |
00:10:26 | REQUISITE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES IN 2013, THEY WILL IN 2014. |
00:10:30 | IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT JOHN KASICH DOES. |
00:10:34 | >> I KNOW THERE IS STILL A HOUSE RACE. |
00:10:38 | RIGHT NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE REPUBLICANS HAVE SUPERMAJORITIES |
00:10:41 | IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE. DEMOCRATS ARE OUTNUMBERED IN |
00:10:44 | BOTH CHAMBERS. DOES IT MATTER WHICH THE |
00:10:46 | DEMOCRATS' AGENDA IS? DOES IT MATTER WHAT THEY WANT TO |
00:10:49 | DO? >> WHEN THE REPUBLICANS HAVE A |
00:10:56 | VETO-PROOF MAJORITY, THERE'S NOT MUCH DEMOCRATS CAN DO. |
00:10:59 | THEY CANNOT STOP ANYTHING. THEY CANNOT GET ANYTHING PASSED |
00:11:04 | WITHOUT REPUBLICAN VOTES. THE ONLY THING THEY CAN DO IS |
00:11:07 | APPEAL TO THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION. |
00:11:09 | I THINK THAT IS WHAT YOU WILL SEE THE DEMOCRATS DOING MORE IN |
00:11:12 | THIS NEW LEGISLATURE. >> ONE OF THE BIG FIRST THINGS |
00:11:16 | IS THE BUDGET COMING UP. IT IS DUE IN THE MIDDLE OF |
00:11:18 | MARCH. DO YOU THINK THE PROCESS WILL BE |
00:11:22 | EASY? IS IT GOING TO BE CONTENTIOUS? |
00:11:27 | WILL THERE BE CLASHES OVER THINGS LIKE A POSSIBLE SEVERANCE |
00:11:31 | TAX PROPOSAL, THE SCHOOL FUNDING? |
00:11:34 | >> THE BUDGET PROCESS IS NEVER EASY. |
00:11:37 | ONE FORMER OFFICIAL DESCRIBED AS THE PROCESS OF ALLOCATING |
00:11:40 | DISAPPOINTMENT. EVERYBODY WANTS MORE MONEY THAN |
00:11:42 | THERE IS. IT IS NEVER EASY. |
00:11:44 | ONE THING I WAS STRUCK BY AND THE VIEWERS BENEFITED FROM WAS |
00:11:51 | SEEN THE CORDIALITY OF THE LEGISLATORS. |
00:11:56 | I LIKE TO THINK SENATOR FABER WILL HAVE THAT WITH THE |
00:12:01 | DEMOCRATS. THESE WILL BE DIFFICULT ISSUES. |
00:12:03 | I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THESE LEADERS AND THIS GOVERNOR WILL |
00:12:06 | BE ABLE TO PASS A BUDGET WITH THE INCLUSION OF ALL IDEAS. |
00:12:10 | THERE WILL BE SOME PEOPLE DISAPPOINTED. |
00:12:12 | THERE IS NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO GO AROUND. |
00:12:14 | THE BIG QUESTION IS HOW BIG GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE AND WHO |
00:12:22 | SHOULD BE PAYING FOR WHO ELSE. THOSE QUESTIONS WILL RESOUND IN |
00:12:25 | OHIO. THEY ARE RESIGNING NATIONALLY IN |
00:12:29 | WASHINGTON RIGHT NOW. >> YOU TALK ABOUT LEADERS BEING |
00:12:32 | CORDIAL. THERE WAS A THING WE KEPT |
00:12:34 | HEARING OVER AND OVER FROM THE DEMOCRATS THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS |
00:12:38 | ABOUT HOW THEY FELT THEY WERE NOT INCLUDED. |
00:12:39 | THEY FELT THEY WERE NOT READING THE REPUBLICANS WERE NOT |
00:12:43 | REACHING OUT TO THEM. THEIR IDEAS WERE NOT BEING |
00:12:46 | HEARD. THERE APPEARS TO BE CORDIAL |
00:12:47 | RELATIONSHIP. THERE ARE DEMOCRATS THAT FEEL |
00:12:50 | LIKE THEY'RE NOT GETTING HEARD. COULD THAT IS ROUGH THE PROCESS? |
00:12:55 | >> THEY ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THE ATTENTION BECAUSE THE. |
00:12:59 | -- THEY ARE IN THE MINORITY. IT WILL BE A PROCESS OF |
00:13:04 | COMPROMISE. REPUBLICANS HAVE THE MAJORITY. |
00:13:07 | WITH THAT COMES THE RESPONSIBILITY POLICY-MAKING AND |
00:13:13 | RESPONSIBLE POLICY-MAKING. IT WILL BE A TOUGH BUDGET |
00:13:15 | CRISIS. THERE IS NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO |
00:13:17 | FUND EVERYTHING PEOPLE WANT TO DO. |
00:13:19 | THIS WILL BRING ABOUT A LOT OF FIGHTS. |
00:13:21 | >> WE GO INTO THE BUDGET PROCESS WITH DEMOCRATS SAYING |
00:13:24 | THEY WANT MORE MONEY TO GO TO RESTORING CUTS THAT CAME IN THE |
00:13:27 | LAST BUDGET IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT FUNDS AND TO SCHOOLS. |
00:13:29 | THE GOVERNOR HAS BEEN CLEAR THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN. |
00:13:33 | ARE WE GOING INTO THIS PROCESS WITH AN AUTOMATIC STRONG |
00:13:38 | DIFFERENCE OF OPINION? >> YES. |
00:13:39 | LET'S TAKE AN EXAMPLE. FRACKING IS A GOOD EXAMPLE. |
00:13:46 | RIGHT NOW, THE GOVERNOR WANTS TO INCREASE OHIO'S CURRENTLY |
00:13:54 | EXISTING SEVERANCE TAX SLIGHTLY. THEN TAKE THAT MONEY, THE |
00:13:57 | REVENUE FROM THAT, AND GIVE -- FUND AND OTHER INCOME TAX THAT |
00:14:02 | WOULD DISPROPORTIONATELY BENEFIT THE WEALTHY. |
00:14:05 | IT IS AN INCOME TAX TOUGH -- CUT TO BENEFIT THE WEALTHY. |
00:14:09 | NOW YOU HAVE THE RIGHT WING REPUBLICANS ON THE OTHER SIDE |
00:14:15 | SIDING WITH THE BIG OIL COMPANIES WHO WANT NO INCREASE |
00:14:19 | AT ALL. THEY WANT TO POCKET ALL THE |
00:14:22 | MONEY THAT COMES OUT OF FRACKING. |
00:14:25 | IS A THIRD ALTERNATIVE NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT. |
00:14:29 | I HOPE THEY WILL. HOW ABOUT WE RAISE OUR TAX, OUR |
00:14:33 | SEVERANCE TAX, -- RIGHT NOW IS THE SECOND LOWEST IN THE |
00:14:39 | COUNTRY. WHAT IF WE RAISED IT TO THE |
00:14:41 | LEVEL OF TEXAS OR OTHER OIL AND GAS RELEASE DATE? |
00:14:46 | HE WILL GET BILLIONS OF DOLLARS MORE MONEY FOR THE EXTRACTION OF |
00:14:50 | OUR NATURAL RESOURCES. YOU COULD USE THAT MONEY TO |
00:14:55 | OFFSET SOME OF THESE CUTS TO SCHOOLS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. |
00:14:59 | WE COULD STOP THESE ENDLESS LEVIES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. |
00:15:02 | THAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING. FOR THE GOVERNOR TO SAY HE IS AN |
00:15:08 | ANTI-TAX GUIDE AND TAX COVER, IT IS A SHELL GAME. |
00:15:12 | HE HAS CUT TAXES AT THE STATE LEVEL. |
00:15:14 | BUT HE HAS PUSHED THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR RAISING TAXES |
00:15:17 | TO THE LOCAL LEVEL. THAT IS WHERE IT IS NOW. |
00:15:19 | >> YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE SEVERANCE TAX IDEA FOR A |
00:15:23 | WHILE. IS THIS SOMETHING YOU AND OTHERS |
00:15:25 | MIGHT WANT TO PETITION TO PUT ON THE BALLOT? |
00:15:30 | >> YOU NEVER KNOW. THAT IS A POSSIBILITY. |
00:15:34 | THIS GOES BACK TO WHAT I SAID A MOMENT AGO ABOUT APPEALING TO |
00:15:37 | THE COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION. I HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE AND |
00:15:41 | HAVE SEEN POLLING DATA THAT INDICATES A SIGNIFICANT MAJORITY |
00:15:45 | OF THE PUBLIC IN THIS STATE WOULD MUCH RATHER SEE THE FRACK |
00:15:48 | TAX MONEY GOING TO RESTORE CUTS TO SCHOOLS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS |
00:15:54 | THAN AND OTHER INCOME TAX CUT THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE WEALTHY. |
00:15:58 | >> EVERY TAX ON ANYTHING IS A CONSUMER TAX. |
00:16:02 | WHEN YOU TAX COMPANIES, THEY RAISE PRICES FOR CONSUMERS. |
00:16:06 | EVERY TAX THE LIBERALS AND THE LEFT-WING PROPOSED MEANS EVERY |
00:16:11 | DAY WORKING PEOPLE WILL PAY MORE. |
00:16:12 | THE NOTION IS CORPORATIONS GET TAX. |
00:16:18 | THEY PASS IT DOWN. DOES THAT MEAN WE SHOULD NOT |
00:16:20 | HAVE TAXES? OF COURSE NOT. |
00:16:22 | THE DEBATE IS HOW MUCH AND WHAT IS APPROPRIATE. |
00:16:25 | IF YOU SAY THE INCOME TAX CUTS DISPROPORTIONATELY BENEFIT THE |
00:16:30 | RICH, YOU MUST ACKNOWLEDGE ITS DISADVANTAGES THE WEALTHY AND |
00:16:36 | JOB CREATORS. THEY PAY SO MUCH MORE THAN |
00:16:38 | ANYBODY ELSE. IT IS THE FLIP SIDE OF THE SAME |
00:16:41 | COIN. WE HAVE TO HAVE TAXES. |
00:16:42 | ON FRACKING, THIS IS A BURGEONING INDUSTRY THAT CAN |
00:16:48 | HELP EASTERN OHIO. IT IS PART OF THE COUNTRY THAT |
00:16:51 | HAS BEEN IN SIGNIFICANT TROUBLE FOR 30 YEARS. |
00:16:53 | WHAT IS THE RIGHT BALANCE TO MAKE SURE THESE BUSINESSES WANT |
00:16:57 | TO COME THERE AND EXTRACT THE OIL AND GAS? |
00:16:58 | THEY NEED TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE. |
00:17:00 | NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. THE ARGUMENT OVER THE FAIR SHARE |
00:17:03 | IS WHEN THE LEGISLATURE NEEDS TO HAVE. |
00:17:05 | SOME OF THE EXTREME RHETORIC DOES NOT HELP. |
00:17:07 | >> THERE IS ALSO THE ISSUE THAT THESE COMPANIES HAVE INVESTED. |
00:17:13 | THEY ARE HERE. THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY GOING |
00:17:15 | ANYWHERE. WE HAVE THE RESOURCES. |
00:17:17 | WHY NOT RAISE THE TAXES AND TAKE ADVANTAGE AND GET WHAT WE CAN |
00:17:22 | RIGHT NOW? >> THEY NEED TO BE TAXED. |
00:17:24 | THE NOTION THE GOVERNMENT OWNS PEOPLE'S MONEY -- WE SEE THIS |
00:17:31 | WITH THE INCOME TAX. LET'S HAVE THE WEALTHY PAY MORE. |
00:17:33 | 10% OF THE PEOPLE PAY 70% OF THE TAXES IN THIS COUNTRY. |
00:17:38 | LET'S HAVE THEM PAID MORE. THIS IS THE ARGUMENT WE'RE |
00:17:42 | HAVING NOW AS A SOCIETY IN OHIO AND NATIONALLY. |
00:17:44 | HOW MUCH MONEY IS THE GOVERNMENT ENTITLED TO? |
00:17:47 | A LOT OF TAXPAYERS ARE GETTING FED UP. |
00:17:49 | WE MAY BE REACHING A TURNING POINT ON THE TAXATION ISSUE. |
00:17:53 | OHIO MAY BE PART OF THAT. >> WHEN MARK AND HIS COLLEAGUES |
00:18:00 | ON THE RIGHT SAY 10% OF THE PEOPLE PAY 70% OF THE TAXES, |
00:18:05 | WHAT HE ALWAYS FAILS TO MENTION IS THAT WHEN% -- 1% NOW CONTROLS |
00:18:14 | MORE WEALTH THAN THE BOTTOM 90%. TOGETHER. |
00:18:16 | WE HAVE HAD A CONCENTRATION OF WEALTH AT THE TOP THAT HAS NOT |
00:18:21 | BEEN SEEN IN THIS COUNTRY SINCE THE GILDED AGE. |
00:18:24 | >> YOU ARE NOT SUGGESTING CONFISCATING IT? |
00:18:28 | >> OF COURSE NOT. >> HOW DOES THAT INFORM OUR |
00:18:33 | POLICY? >> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FAIR |
00:18:37 | TAXATION. WHO PAYS WHAT. |
00:18:40 | THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US IS YOU THINK THE NATIONAL LEVEL, |
00:18:45 | DEFICIT-REDUCTION SHOULD BE DONE ON THE BACKS OF THE MIDDLE- |
00:18:51 | CLASS AND POOR. >> I DO NOT THINK THAT AT ALL. |
00:18:52 | ON EVERYBODY. BUT YOU JUST INSISTED THAT TAXES |
00:19:00 | NOT GO UP ON ANYBODY EARNING UNDER $450,000 PER YEAR. |
00:19:04 | >> BARACK OBAMA SAID NOT TO RAISE TAXES IN A BAD ECONOMY. |
00:19:08 | I ASSUME YOU AGREE WITH HIM. >> WE'RE GETTING OFF THE MAIN |
00:19:12 | ISSUE. LET'S KEEP IT ON STATE ISSUES. |
00:19:14 | >> THAT IS WHAT HE CAMPAIGNED AND WON ON. |
00:19:18 | LET'S GO BACK TO FRACKING. A RIDICULOUS ARGUMENT TO SUGGEST |
00:19:24 | IF WE HAVE TO KEEP THE SECOND LOWEST TAX IN THE COMPANIES -- |
00:19:27 | IN THE COUNTRY OR ELSE WE WILL SCARE THEM OFF. |
00:19:33 | THE UTICA SHALE IS IN OHIO AND NOT IN OTHER STATES. |
00:19:39 | DOES ANYBODY SERIOUSLY BELIEVE THE OIL COMPANIES WILL LEAVE |
00:19:42 | BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THE TABLE IN REVENUES AND THEY COULD GET |
00:19:44 | SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY ARE BEING ASKED TO PAY THE SAME SEVERANCE |
00:19:47 | TAX THEY ARE ALREADY PAYING IN THE STATE OF TEXAS? |
00:19:52 | >> IT IS A TAX ON CONSUMERS. >> YOU CANNOT PASS A SEVERANCE |
00:19:57 | TAX ON CONSUMERS. >> ANY COST INCURRED AS A |
00:20:00 | CORPORATION YOU ADD TO THE BOTTOM LINE. |
00:20:02 | >> WHAT ARE THE CONSUMERS BUYING FROM THESE COMPANIES? |
00:20:07 | >> THE ULTIMATE CONSUMERS ARE THE PEOPLE WHO HEAT THEIR HOMES. |
00:20:13 | >> IF THE TAX DOES PASS WHICH IT CERTAINLY DOES SOUND LIKE IT |
00:20:21 | WILL GO THROUGH, WHERE SHOULD THE MONEY GO? |
00:20:24 | WHERE SHOULD THE REVENUE GO? SHOULD IT GO TO INCOME TAX CUTS |
00:20:28 | OR RESTORING CUTS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND SCHOOLS? |
00:20:31 | CHICAGO MORE HEAVILY TO EASTERN OHIO WHICH WILL HAVE MORE ROAD |
00:20:34 | -- SHOULD IT GO MORE HEAVILY TO EASTERN OHIO WHICH WILL HAVE |
00:20:37 | MORE ROAD DAMAGE TO DEAL WITH? >> MORE MONEY INTO THE GENERAL |
00:20:42 | REVENUE FUND AND HOLD LAWMAKERS ACCOUNTABLE. |
00:20:44 | WHEN YOU BEGIN EARMARKING MONEY, IT MAKES THE BUDGET PROCESS MORE |
00:20:47 | INTRICATE AND HARDER TO UNDO DOWN THE ROAD. |
00:20:52 | >> I THINK THE GOVERNOR IS SOLD ON THE IDEA OF THE STATE INCOME |
00:20:55 | TAX CUT. DO DEMOCRATS HAVE A CHANCE TO |
00:20:58 | SWAY HIM FROM THAT? >> YOU HAVE TO APPEAL TO THE |
00:21:01 | COURT OF PUBLIC OPINION. HERE ARE THE FACTS. |
00:21:04 | THE LAST TIME THE REPUBLICANS CUT TAXES IN THE STATE, THE |
00:21:09 | INCOME TAX, THIS WAS THE 21% CUT OVER FIVE YEARS. |
00:21:17 | IF YOU ARE IN THE TOP 1% IN THIS STATE EARNING $300,000 A YEAR OR |
00:21:22 | MORE, YOUR TAX CUT WAS $10,000. THAT IS PRETTY GOOD. |
00:21:26 | IF YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE CLASS IN YOUR SALARY IS $48,000 A |
00:21:33 | YEAR, DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR TAX CUT IS? |
00:21:35 | $186. >> THEY PAID MUCH LESS IN TAXES. |
00:21:40 | >> THAT IS CLASS WARFARE REPUBLICAN STYLE. |
00:21:43 | >> THEY PAY LESS TAXES ALREADY. WHY NOT A FLAT TAX ACROSS THE |
00:21:48 | BOARD FOR EVERYBODY? >> I AM SURE YOU LOVE THAT. |
00:21:51 | IT IS VERY REGRESSIVE. >> EVERYBODY PAYS THE SAME |
00:21:56 | SHARE. >> IS THERE THE POSSIBILITY THIS |
00:21:59 | LEGISLATURE WILL CONSIDER BIG TAX REFORM ISSUES? |
00:22:04 | OTHER TAX REFORM ISSUES BEYOND? >> ALL OF OUR TAXES NEED TO BE |
00:22:11 | SIMPLER AND FLATTER. IT IS FAIR FOR EVERYBODY. |
00:22:13 | THE STATES THAT DO NOT HAVE INCOME TAX ARE DOING BETTER WITH |
00:22:17 | THEIR ECONOMIES. >> THERE ARE A LOT OF REASONS. |
00:22:21 | INCOME TAX IS NOT THE REASON. >> IT IS A BIG FACTOR. |
00:22:24 | WE SEE PEOPLE MOVE. ONE BIG ONE IS THE TAX BURDEN. |
00:22:29 | >> THAT IS BALONEY. THAT IS ANOTHER ARGUMENT THEY |
00:22:34 | TROTTED OUT DURING THE ESTATE TAX BATTLE. |
00:22:36 | THEY WERE GOING TO GET RID OF THE ESTATE TAX BECAUSE IF YOU DO |
00:22:40 | NOT, IN WHICH PEOPLE WILL MOVE TO STATES WITHOUT ESTATE TAXES. |
00:22:46 | ONE OF THE TOP RETIREMENT DESTINATIONS FOR OHIOANS IS |
00:22:49 | HAWAII. THEY GO THERE DESPITE THE FACT |
00:22:54 | THAT HAWAII HAS AN ESTATE TAX. THAT LEADS YOU TO BELIEVE THE |
00:22:57 | WEATHER MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH WHERE THEY CHOOSE TO GO. |
00:23:00 | >> TAXES ARE A BIG PART OF IT. >> THE STATE TAX WAS REPEALED. |
00:23:06 | OUR INCOME TAX DID GO DOWN. THERE SEEM TO BE OTHER FACTORS |
00:23:10 | INVOLVED. >> LOSING PEOPLE HAS BEEN A LONG |
00:23:13 | TIME TREND. THE RECENT TAX -- I THINK IN A |
00:23:18 | FEW YEARS, WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE TAX BURDEN CUT HAS |
00:23:21 | HELPED. THIS IS THE ARGUMENT YOU ARE |
00:23:23 | HAVING AS A NATION. HOW MUCH OF WHAT WE EARN BELONGS |
00:23:26 | TO THE GOVERNMENT? >> YOU MENTIONED FORMER GOVERNOR |
00:23:30 | TED STRICKLAND. HE ANNOUNCED HE IS NOT GOING TO |
00:23:32 | CHALLENGE GOVERNOR KASICH IN 2014. |
00:23:35 | THERE WILL NOT BE A REMATCH. WHO DO THE DEMOCRATS HAVE THAT |
00:23:41 | COULD MOUNT A REAL CAMPAIGN? IT WILL COST A LOT OF MONEY. |
00:23:44 | IT WILL BE A CAMPAIGN OF NATIONAL ATTENTION. |
00:23:47 | >> THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE. THE USUAL NAMES, THE COUNTY |
00:23:56 | EXECUTIVE, TIM RYAN, RICHARD PORTRAIT -- CORDRAY WITH THE |
00:24:03 | CONSUMER PROTECTION BUREAU. SHERROD JUST WON A SEAT IN THE |
00:24:10 | FINANCE COMMITTEE. I DOUBT HE IS GOING TO DO IT. |
00:24:12 | REGARDLESS OF WHO THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE IS, THIS IS NOT GOING TO |
00:24:16 | BE A CAKEWALK FOR JON CASEY -- JOHN KASICH. |
00:24:21 | THE MOST RECENT POLLS SHOW HE IS NO LONGER THE MOST UNPOPULAR |
00:24:25 | GOVERNOR IN AMERICA. THE SAME POLL SHOWED ONLY 36% OF |
00:24:29 | OHIO VOTERS THINK HE DESERVES A SECOND TERM. |
00:24:31 | HE IS VULNERABLE GOING IN. I THINK IT WILL BE A BARN BURNER |
00:24:35 | WHOEVER THE DEMOCRATS NOMINATE. >> ARE REPUBLICANS WITH |
00:24:47 | SUPERMAJORITIES, ARE THEY OVERCONFIDENT? |
00:24:49 | >> DEMOCRATS WERE RELIEVED TO HEAR TED STRICKLAND IS NOT |
00:24:53 | RUNNING. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A NIGHT AND |
00:24:55 | DAY COMPARISON. HE HAD A TERRIBLE RECORD IN FOUR |
00:24:59 | YEARS. JOHN KASICH HAS DONE A GREAT |
00:25:02 | JOB. THE NAMES MENTIONED ARE REGIONAL |
00:25:03 | OR NOT KNOWN AROUND THE STATE. >> GOV. KASICH WAS NOT |
00:25:09 | NECESSARILY KNOWN AROUND THE STATE WHEN HE STARTED RUNNING. |
00:25:11 | >> ARE HIS NUMBERS AS STRONG AS THEY WILL BE A YEAR FROM NOW? |
00:25:16 | I THINK THEY WILL GET BETTER. TED STRICKLAND WAS THE BEST |
00:25:21 | CANDIDATE AND THEIR MOST FLAWED. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE A VERY |
00:25:23 | SHALLOW BENCH. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE |
00:25:25 | WHO RUNS. >> IN THE LAST ELECTION, MORE |
00:25:28 | PEOPLE VOTED FOR DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES. |
00:25:30 | BARACK OBAMA ONE OHIO. SHOULD REPUBLICANS BE CONCERNED? |
00:25:33 | >> REPUBLICANS SWEPT THE STATE IN 2010. |
00:25:37 | WELCOME TO PURPLE STATE, SWING STATE OHIO. |
00:25:42 | >> THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU. |
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