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00:00:00PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT OHIO,
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND
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PORTERWRIGHT.COM. AND FROM THE
00:00:30OHIO EDUCATION 131,000 TEACHERS,
SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS AND
00:00:32HIGHER EDUCATION FACULTY WHO ARE
WORKING FOR GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS
00:00:34FOR EVERY CHILD ONLINE AT
OHEA.ORG. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT
00:00:36FOR "THE STATE OF OHIO" IS MADE
POSSIBLE BY ETECH OHIO AND THE
00:00:42LUBRIZOL FOUNDATION.
>> JOBS TURNS OVER ITS FINANCIAL
00:00:50RECORD OF THE BATTLE OVER FRUIT
AND SEE THE END OF THESE BOOKS
00:00:53ISN'T OVER YET.
AND THE GOVERNOR TALKS JOBS OF
00:00:57PILE AND THE BUDGET IN AN
EXCLUSIVE ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEW.
00:01:00ALL THIS WEEKEND IN "THE STATE
OF OHIO."
00:01:05SHOWDOWN BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR
AND AUDITOR OF JOBS OHIO OVER.
00:01:10THE JOB -- THE NON-PROFIT JOBS
CREATED TURNED OVER ITS
00:01:14FINANCIAL RECORD.
A SUBPOENA WAS ISSUED FOR THOSE
00:01:20RECORDS.
JOBS OHOI AS IT IS REFUNDED THE
00:01:29$1 MILLION IT GOT FROM THE
STATES IN STUNNED COST AND OTHER
00:01:31GRANTS WHICH TOTALED MORE THAN
$5 MILLION.
00:01:34EITHER JOBS OHIO NOR THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IS HAPPY.
00:01:36LAWMAKERS NEEDS TO STOP WHAT HE
CALLS A CHILLING EFFECT ON JOB
00:01:42CREATION CAUSED BY MISTAKEN
OVERLY INTRUSIVE INTERPRETATION
00:01:46OF THE AUDITOR'S DUTY.
JOBS OHIO'S CIO QUOTED, --
00:01:56WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THAT COMING
UP IN MY INTERVIEW WITH GOVERNOR
00:02:07JOHN KS.
THE SPEED LIMIT WILL BE
00:02:12INCREASED TO 70 MILES PER HOUR
AND IS PART OF THE $6 BILLION
00:02:16TRANSPORTATION BILL.
IT IS ON ITS WAY TO THE GOVERNOR
00:02:19AFTER CLEARING HOUSE AND SENATE
THIS WEEK.
00:02:20THE BILL SETS A MAXIMUM SPEED
LIMITS FOR INTERSTATE FREEWAY
00:02:24OUT TO PELTZ AND URBAN AREAS AT
65 MILES PER HOUR AND ON
00:02:28FREEWAYS IN CONGESTED AREAS AT
55 MILES PER HOUR.
00:02:31IT IS A $1.5 BILLION TURNPIKE
BOND SALE THAT WOULD RAISE MONEY
00:02:40FOR HIGHWAY PROJECTS.
THE OHIO HOUSE HAS APPROVED TWO
00:02:47BILLS THAT MAKE ELECTION LAW
CHANGES.
00:02:49THE MORE CONTENTIOUS MEASURE
WOULD RESTRICT THE TIME VOTERS
00:02:52HAVE TO COLLECT EXTRA SIGNATURES
NEEDED TO INSURE THEIR BACK --
00:02:57TO ENSURE THEIR BALLOT ISSUES
GET ON THE ORDERS.
00:02:58GROUPS COULD NOT GATHER
ADDITIONAL SIGNATURES TO THE
00:03:04SECRETARY OF STATE NOTIFIED THEM
WHETHER THEIR INITIAL POSITIONS
00:03:07HAVE FALLEN SHORT.
SUPPORTERS WANT GROUPS TO HAVE A
00:03:10UNIFORM NUMBER OF DAYS.
OPPONENTS SAY THE BILL ERODES
00:03:14REFERENDUM AND INITIATIVE
RIGHTS.
00:03:15THE OTHER BILL WOULD HAVE ACCESS
TO THE POLLS FOR DISABLED
00:03:19VOTERS.
EVERY TWO MINUTES SOMEONE IN THE
00:03:22UNITED STATES IS SEXUALLY
ASSAULTED.
00:03:24THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL
ESTIMATES THAT 743,000 OHIO
00:03:29WOMEN ARE SURVIVORS OF RAPE.
WITH THE STEUBENVILLE RATE CASE
00:03:34STILL ON THE HEADLINES, GRANT
MONEY IS TO BE GRANTED TO
00:03:39REGIONAL COORDINATORS TO OVERSEE
COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES FOR
00:03:41VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT ON THE
STATE.
00:03:43A STUDY OF 88 COUNTIES SHOWED 52
OF THEM DO NOT OFFER SUCH
00:03:50PROGRAMS.
>> SUCH COUNTIES HAVE A
00:03:52PATCHWORK OF SERVICES AND OTHER
COUNTIES HAVE FEWER SERVICES IF
00:03:56AT ALL.
IT SHOULD NOT MATTER.
00:03:58IT SHOULD NOT MATTER.
IT MUST NOT MATTER.
00:04:01IF YOU ARE A VICTIM OF CRIME
ANYWHERE IN THE STATE OF OHIO,
00:04:07YOU DESERVE ACCESS TO THE
COMPREHENSIVE AND MOST COMPLETE
00:04:10SERVICES POSSIBLE.
>> THE FIVE-YEAR CUT IT FOCUSES
00:04:16ITS FIRST YEAR ON EXPANDING
SERVICES TO CRAWFORD, MEG,
00:04:19PERRY COUNTY.
STATE LAWMAKERS ARE PROPOSING A
00:04:24BILL TO LOBBY A $100 FEE ON SEX
OFFENDERS TO PAY FOR RAPE CRISIS
00:04:29PROGRAMS.
IF THERE WAS ANY DOUBT THE 2014
00:04:33CAMPAIGNS HAVE BEGUN THERE
SHOULD NOT BE.
00:04:34ED FITZGERALD HAS BEEN MAKING
THE ROUNDS, SPEAKING LAST
00:04:39WEEKEND AT OHIO DEMOCRATIC PARTY
STATE DINNER IN COLUMBUS.
00:04:43HE WAS THE SOLE HEADLINER AFTER
CONGRESSMAN TIM RYAN DROPPED OUT
00:04:47OF THE PROGRAM JUST HOURS AFTER
ISSUING A STATEMENT SAYING HE
00:04:50WILL NOT RUN FOR GOVERNOR NEXT
YEAR.
00:04:51FITZGERALD HAS FORMED AN
EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE AND HAS
00:04:56NOT MADE ANY OFFICIAL
ANNOUNCEMENT.
00:04:58THE LOG AND A CASE IT WAS THE
SPEAKER AT A HAMILTON COUNTY
00:05:03REPUBLICAN PARTY DINNER.
GOV. KS SICK DOES NOT OFTEN DO
00:05:07ONE-ON-ONE INTERVIEWS WITH ANY
SUBJECT HE HAS BEEN A GUEST ON
00:05:10THIS SHOW ONLY TWICE.
THE LAST TIME WAS THIS -- THE
00:05:14LAST TIME WAS WHEN HE WAS
ELECTED IN 2010.
00:05:16HE REACHED OUT FOR A CHANCE TO
TALK ABOUT HIS BUDGET.
00:05:19IT IS NOT JUST CONSERVATIVES IN
THE STATE HOUSE.
00:05:26THIS WEEK THE OHIO CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE TOLD THE HOUSE FINANCE
00:05:30COMMITTEE THAT WHILE THE CHAMBER
LIKES THE INCOME TAX CUT IN THE
00:05:35BUDGET IT DOES NOT LIKE THE WAY
THE TAX CUT IS BEING PAID FOR.
00:05:37>> THE CHAMBER WAS CONCERNED
THAT THE PROPOSED EXPANSION OF
00:05:40THE SALES TAX OF VIRTUALLY ALL
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL
00:05:44SERVICES IS A PROPOSED TAX
INCREASE IN ONE SPECIFIC GROUP
00:05:48OF TAXPAYERS, DRILLERS OF
HORIZONTAL OIL AND GAS WELLS,
00:05:52WOULD RESULT IN AN OVERALL ON
HELP THE SHIFT IN TAX BURDEN TO
00:05:56OHIO EMPLOYERS.
>> I TALKED TO THE GUNNER ON
00:05:59WEDNESDAY.
>> THERE IS A COALITION COMING
00:06:01TOGETHER BEHIND YOUR BUDGET.
PEOPLE WHO MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE
00:06:04BEEN YOUR BIGGEST SUPPORTERS
BEFORE THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET.
00:06:07THERE ARE ALSO A LOT OF
LAWMAKERS WHO ARE SUPPORTIVE OF
00:06:12YOUR POLICIES IN THE PAST TWO
ARE BREAKING AWAY FROM THIS.
00:06:15WERE YOU SURPRISED?
>> I AM NOT SURPRISED BY
00:06:24ANYTHING.
I HAVE BEEN THE GOVERNOR FOR A
00:06:25LONG TIME AND CHANGE IS HARD FOR
PEOPLE.
00:06:27PEOPLE THINK ABOUT THEIR OWN
SELF-INTEREST FIRST.
00:06:34IF YOU CAN SHOW THEM THE SELF-
INTEREST AS PART OF THE CHANGE
00:06:37THAT GETS THEM LOOKING.
THEN YOU HAVE TO APPEAL TO THEM
00:06:41TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
PASSING ANY LEGISLATION IS
00:06:47FLUID.
THINGS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
00:06:50SOMETIMES I FELT LIKE JAMES BOND
BACK WHEN I WAS IN WASHINGTON.
00:06:56THE CEILING IS COMING DOWN, THE
WALL'S COLLAPSING.
00:07:00IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO WORK OUT.
WE ARE SPECIFICALLY TALKING
00:07:05ABOUT MEDICAID.
MEDICAID IS A PROGRAM THAT WE
00:07:07CAN CAPTURE OUR DOLLARS BACK, 13
BILLION.
00:07:10IT IS A PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE WHO
ARE DISABLED, MENTALLY ILL, DRUG
00:07:16ADDICTED, AND HELPS SUPPORT THE
STRENGTHENING OF OUR HOSPITALS
00:07:20BOTH RAW OR UNDER BEEN -- BOTH
RURAL OR URBAN.
00:07:24WE CAN GET OUR DOLLARS BACK TO
HELP.
00:07:28THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT DEBT.
THERE ARE CONCERNS OF PRIMARIES.
00:07:33THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF CONCERNS.
AT THE END OF THE DAY I HOPE WE
00:07:35WILL BE ABLE TO OVERCOME THIS
PROBLEM.
00:07:38I WILL TELL YOU THAT I AM NOT
INCLINED TO HAVE THEM REJECT
00:07:42FEDERAL DOLLARS AND THEN TRY TO
USE THE DOLLARS TO TRY TO PATCH
00:07:44SOMETHING.
THAT MEANS OHIOANS WOULD BE
00:07:48PAYING TWICE.
THEY WOULD BE PAYING THEIR
00:07:53FEDERAL TAXES AND THEN THEY
WOULD PAY ANOTHER TIME.
00:07:55THAT DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE TO
ME.
00:07:57AT THE END OF THE DAY I AM
HOPEFUL WE ARE GOING TO GET
00:08:01THERE.
IT IS ALWAYS A BUMPY RIDE.
00:08:03CHANGE IS VERY DIFFICULT.
OHIO IS IN THE MIDST OF
00:08:07TRANSFORMATION.
INSTEAD OF OHIO WITH A RING ON A
00:08:10FINE AND DYING WE ARE NOW
GROWING.
00:08:11-- INSTEAD OF OHIO WITH A RING
ON A VINE AND DYING WE ARE NOW
00:08:17GROWING TWEET -- WITHERING ON A
VINE AND DYING WE ARE NOW
00:08:23GROWING.
BIG IDEAS ARE HEALTHY IN A STATE
00:08:29THAT WANTS TO BE MORE ROBUST.
>> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE
00:08:36INCOME TAX CUT.
IT IS A CORNERSTONE OF YOUR
00:08:39BUDGET.
50% FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
00:08:41IT IS PAID FOR AND IN LARGE
PART BY THE EXPANSION OF THE
00:08:47SALES TAX.
>> I AM NOT SURE YOU HAVE YOUR
00:08:49NUMBERS RIGHT.
LET ME JUST TELL YOU THAT I
00:08:51THINK WE CAN ACHIEVE A SMALL
BUSINESS TAX CUT WITHOUT ANY TAX
00:08:55REFORM.
THEN THE QUESTION GETS TO BE CAN
00:08:59WE DO MORE THAN THAT?
OHIO'S INCOME TAXES ARE TOO
00:09:03HIGH.
WE NEED TO REDUCE AND SO THEY
00:09:05ARE MORE COMPETITIVE.
IF YOU FOLLOW ALL THE WAY
00:09:09THROUGH ON THE TAX CUTTING IT
PROBABLY TAKES SOME PEOPLE OFF
00:09:12OF THE TAX ROLLS.
OUR SMALL BUSINESS TAX CUT,
00:09:15WHICH SAYS THAT A FLORIST MAKES
$30,000 AND THEY ONLY PAY TAXES
00:09:19ON 15,000, WHAT A SHOT IN THE
ARM FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
00:09:22YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
GET THERE.
00:09:28PART OF IT IS PAID FOR BY THE
COUNTY WE HAVE RECEIVED BY BEING
00:09:33GOOD STEWARDS.
THE OTHER INVOLVES TAX REFORM.
00:09:36TAX REFORM IS ALWAYS SOMETHING
-- "DO NOT TAX ME, TAX THE GUY
00:09:42WHO IS HIDING BEHIND A TREE."
THIS IS THE USUAL HUBBUB ABOUT
00:09:46THE ISSUE OF TAX REFORM.
>> SPECIFICALLY THE BROADENING
00:09:51OF THE STATE SALES TAX, THAT GOT
SOME CONCERN.
00:09:55YOU JUST SAID YOURSELF THAT A
HIGH OF'S TAXES ARE TOO HIGH.
00:09:56WHEN YOU BROADEN THE TAX ON
SERVICES THAT CANNOT HAVE A TAX
00:10:03BEFORE, IS THAT AN INCREASE?
>> IT IS A $1.4 BILLION TAX CUT.
00:10:07ABOUT 75% OF OUR ECONOMY IS
SERVICES.
00:10:12IF YOU PAY TAXES ON DRY
CLEANING -- THAT IS A SERVICE.
00:10:16WHENEVER THEY ARE SHORT MONEY
THEY GO OUT AND TAX SERVICES
00:10:23WITHOUT HAVING LOBBYISTS.
THAT IS HOW THEY PLUG THE HOLES.
00:10:26I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE
A MODERN TAX SYSTEM AND USE IT
00:10:30TO REDUCE TAXES TO HELP SMALL
BUSINESSES AND HELP US BE MORE
00:10:33COMPETITIVE.
THE OTHER THING YOU HAVE TO
00:10:36UNDERSTAND IN MY WAY OF THINKING
IS IF YOU DO NOT LIKE MY PLAN I
00:10:40AM COOL WITH THAT, THERE IS NO
PRIDE OF AUTHORSHIP HERE.
00:10:45I AM COMMITTED TO THE GOALS OF
MAKING A HIGH OF MORE
00:10:49COMPETITIVE, HELPING SMALL
BUSINESS, AND MOVING OUR STATE
00:10:52FORWARD.
IF YOU DO NOT LIKE MY TAX PLAN,
00:10:54WHAT DO YOU LIKE?
THAT IS NOT HOW WE BUILD A
00:11:01STRONGER OHIO.
WE BUILD A STRONGER OHIO BY
00:11:04GETTING PEOPLE TO BE PART OF A
TEAM.
00:11:05WE HAVE GOT THE HOSPITALS AS
PART OF THAT TEAM, WE HAVE
00:11:09HIGHER EDUCATION AS PART OF THE
TEAM.
00:11:10WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP DOING THAT
IF OHIO IS GOOD TO BE AS GREAT
00:11:15AS IT CAN BE.
>> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE
00:11:20INCOME TAX, WHICH IS SOMETHING
YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT SINCE YOU
00:11:23LOST YOUR CAMPAIGN.
THERE HAS BEEN SOME TESTIMONY IN
00:11:27THE HOUSE FINANCE COMMITTEE THAT
THE EFFECTS FROM AN INCOME TAX
00:11:30CUT WOULD BE EXAGGERATED.
MAYBE THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS
00:11:39INVOLVED.
FOR EXAMPLE THERE HAS BEEN NOTED
00:11:42THAT CALIFORNIA HAS A PRETTY
HIGH INCOME TAX.
00:11:43BUSINESSES ARE NOT NECESSARILY
FLOCKING TO NEVADA.
00:11:47>> BUSINESSES ARE SPENDING EVERY
DAY THINKING HOW THEY CAN GET
00:11:52OUT TO CALIFORNIA.
THAT IS A FACT.
00:11:54I DO NOT KNOW WHO THESE
NAYSAYERS ARE THAT SAYS THAT A
00:11:57LOWER INCOME TAX DOES NOT
MATTER.
00:11:58I HAVE TALKED TO CEOS AND OHIO
IS WELL UP OVER 100,000 JOBS.
00:12:04ONE OF THE THINGS I TALK ABOUT
IS NOT ONLY TO THE ARCTIC AT
00:12:07TAXES BUT WE WANT TO DO IT
AGAIN.
00:12:09IT IS TRUE YOU NEED HAVE A GOOD
WORK FORCE.
00:12:14INDUSTRY DO NOT NEED TO HAVE
ONEROUS REGULATIONS.
00:12:19FOR THE PEOPLE WHO SAY THIS
DOESN'T MATTER, THEY CLEARLY
00:12:24CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHAT IT TAKES
TO TRY TO TIE THE CLOSE A DEAL
00:12:28-- TO TRY TO CLOSE THE DEAL.
THEY ARE ENTITLED TO THEIR
00:12:33OPINION.
I AM THE ONE WHO HAS TO DEAL
00:12:35WITH THE CEOS.
I AM THE ONE WHO HAS CLOSE THE
00:12:37DEAL WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING
BUSINESS EXPANSION OR GETTING
00:12:40BUSINESSES TO LOCATE HERE.
ANYBODY WHO TOLD YOU THAT
00:12:43BUSINESSES ARE NOT CONCERNED
ABOUT HIGH TAXES IN CALIFORNIA,
00:12:47HAD JUST READ THE OTHER DAY THAT
BILL MAHER IS TALKING ABOUT
00:12:52LEAVING CALIFORNIA.
IT DOES MATTER IN CALIFORNIA.
00:12:56>> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CUTTING
THE STATE INCOME TAX, LOCAL
00:13:03COMMUNITIES HAVE TO START
RAISING THEIR TAXES, IS THAT A
00:13:06PROBLEM?
>> WHEN YOU START CUTTING MONEY
00:13:09TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND
SCHOOLS --
00:13:12>> WE ARE NOT CUTTING THAT.
WE HAVE THE SINGLE BIGGEST
00:13:15INCREASE IN PRIMARY AND
SECONDARY EDUCATION IN -- I DO
00:13:20NOT KNOW WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME.
WHAT LOCAL COMMUNITIES -- I
00:13:24THINK MOST OF THEM THAT FOLLOW
THIS STUFF NOW.
00:13:29LOCAL COMMUNITIES DO BETTER WHEN
WE HAVE JOBS.
00:13:31WHERE WE WERE BEFORE WAS CHASING
OUR TAIL.
00:13:34WE LOST JOBS, WE RAISED TAXES,
WE KILLED MORE JOBS, WE RAISE
00:13:40MORE TAXES.
WE ARE IN A DIFFERENT SITUATION.
00:13:42NOW WE ARE REDUCING TAXES,
CREATING JOBS, AND HELPING
00:13:46COMMUNITIES.
JOBS ARE THE KEY.
00:13:48IT IS THE GREATEST MORAL PURPOSE
IN OUR STATE.
00:13:50THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS K-12
IS IMPORTANT.
00:13:56>> SCHOOLS ARE STILL NOT BACK TO
WHERE THEY WERE WHEN THE LAST
00:14:02BUDGET WAS INTRODUCED.
>> THAT IS FALSE.
00:14:04IT IS JUST NOT TRUE.
THEY CAN SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT.
00:14:07AT THE END OF THE DAY WE HAVE
SAID THAT NO SCHOOL DISTRICT
00:14:11WOULD BE CUT.
I REALLY DO NOT KNOW HOW YOU
00:14:25TALK ABOUT THAT AS A CUT.
IF YOU GIVE THEM A TRILLION
00:14:32DOLLARS IT WOULD NOT BE ENOUGH.
WHAT I BELIEVE IS THAT WE SHOULD
00:14:35BE HELPING THOSE DISTRICTS THAT
ARE POOR, THOSE DISTRICTS THAT
00:14:39CANNOT DO AS MUCH TO HELP
THEMSELVES.
00:14:40WE'LL HAVE TO WORK TO BRING
ABOUT CHANGE AND GREATER
00:14:54EFFICIENCIES IN OUR OPERATION.
I THINK OUR SCHOOL PLAN IS
00:14:59PRETTY GOOD.
IT WILL PASS LARGELY INTACT.
00:15:01THERE WILL BE SOME CHANGES THE
OVERALL LEVEL OF INCREASE HAS
00:15:03BEEN REALLY GOOD.
>> THE CRITICS HAVE POINTED OUT
00:15:07THAT LOCALS HAVE GOTTEN 31%
INCREASES.
00:15:12A 181% INCREASE IN ALBANY.
THE POOR SCHOOLS WERE FLAT
00:15:16FUNDED.
>> ON A PERCENTAGE INCREASE YOU
00:15:21CONSIDER THAT.
THEY HAVE EXPLODED THE
00:15:29POPULATION AND THE VALUE OF THE
PROPERTY IN THOSE COMMUNITIES
00:15:32HAS DECLINED.
I DO NOT KNOW IF YOU HAVE DRIVEN
00:15:34AROUND IN A PLACE LIKE THAT.
THAT DRIVE PROPERTY VALUES DOWN.
00:15:39AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN YOU
LOOK A PLAN AND LOOK AT IT
00:15:44CAREFULLY, IF YOUR PROPERTY
VALUES ARE DECLINING AND YOUR
00:15:48STUDENT POPULATION IS INCREASING
WE ARE GOING TO HELP YOU MORE.
00:15:51THAT IS JUST THE WAY IT IS.
THERE ARE CRITICS OF ANY SCHOOL
00:15:55PLAN.
I BELIEVE THIS PLAN WILL BE
00:15:57FOUND CONSTITUTIONAL.
I THINK IT SETS THE FOUNDATION,
00:16:01HOPEFULLY AT SOME POINT FOR
ENDING THE WAR IS WHICH HAVE
00:16:04BEEN CALLING ON IN THE STATE FOR
25-30 YEARS.
00:16:07>> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT
SEVERANCE PACKAGE.
00:16:10YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS
FOR QUITE AWHILE.
00:16:12IN DECEMBER YOU HAD A YEAR AND
WERE YOU HAD THE THEN PRESIDENT
00:16:17AND HOUSE SPEAKER, THERE SEEMS
TO BE AN AGREEMENT THAT THIS
00:16:22WILL GO THROUGH THIS TIME.
NOW THE SPEAKER IS SAYING HE
00:16:25OPPOSES IT AND THE CAUCUS IS
LEANING AGAINST IT.
00:16:27WHAT DO YOU DO?
>> KEEP WORKING AT IT.
00:16:29>> HOW DO YOU CONVINCE HIM?
>> THERE IS NOT A LOT OF
00:16:37CONVINCING.
WE WANT THE COMPANIES TO COME
00:16:39FORWARD.
WHEN I TALK TO THE PRIVATE CEOS
00:16:47OF THIS COMPANY THEY ALL THINK
WHAT I AM PROPOSING IS FAIR.
00:16:49IT TOOK ME 10 YEARS TO GROUND
THE B-2 BOMBER SO WE DO NOT HAVE
00:17:06TO SPEND A BILLION DOLLARS PER
COPY.
00:17:07WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY WHERE WE
WANT IMMEDIATE GRATIFICATION.
00:17:13THINGS DID NOT COME IN AND DAY.
IF YOU WANT TO RUN A MARATHON
00:17:17YOU CANNOT RUN FOR A WEEK.
YOU RUN FOR A YEAR.
00:17:18HE ADDED, PERSISTENT, SMILING
AND STRONG.
00:17:25WE'LL GET THERE AT SOME POINT.
>> YOU HAVE THIS COALITION THAT
00:17:32IS BEHIND YOUR BUDGET.
I WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE MEDICAID
00:17:34EXPANSION IT SEEMS LIKE THERE
ARE A COUPLE OF GOVERNORS WHO
00:17:40ARE CONSIDERING THIS.
>> CONSIDERING, I AM FOR IT.
00:17:45>> POLLS SHOW THAT OHIO'S ALL
FOR THIS.
00:17:50THERE IS A QUESTION THAT YOU'RE
DOING THIS BECAUSE YOU GOT EVERY
00:17:55ELECTION CAMPAIGN -- YOU HAVE
ANY OF BE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN --
00:18:04YOU HAVE A RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN.
>> I HAVE SEVERAL REPUBLICANS
00:18:12PICKING ME.
IT IS SILLY.
00:18:13I DO NOT BELIEVE YOU CAN TURN
YOUR BACK ON POOR PEOPLE,
00:18:16MENTALLY ILL, AND SYBIL.
IF THEY WANT TO THINK IT IS
00:18:20POLITICAL THEY CAN THINK THAT.
WE LIVE IN A FREE SOCIETY.
00:18:24I AM COMFORTABLE WITH WHY I MAKE
THESE DECISIONS.
00:18:26THAT IS WHY WE HAVE BEEN
SUCCESSFUL.
00:18:31THAT IS WHY WE HAVE THE
ENTHUSIASM IN ADMINISTRATION.
00:18:33PEOPLE WHO WORK THEIR BELIEF IN
THE END OF THE DAY WE ARE
00:18:40WORKING TO HELP THE STATE GROW
STRONGER.
00:18:41THAT PEOPLE PRETTY MOTIVATED TO
CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR CHANGE.
00:18:48>> HE SAID THIS IS AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR OHIO TO CAPTURE
00:18:55$13 BILLION OVER SEVEN YEARS?
THAT ARGUMENT WAS SIMILAR TO THE
00:19:00TRAIN ARGUMENT.
IF YOU DID NOT TAKE THE DOLLARS
00:19:05IT WOULD GO TO ANOTHER STATE.
>> THE TRAIN WAS ON TRACK TO
00:19:08NOWHERE.
IT WOULD PUT US IN A DEEP HOLE.
00:19:12WHEN WE HAD THE STIMULUS ISSUE
OUT THERE I SAID OHIO SHOULD
00:19:17TAKE STIMULUS MONEY.
THIS IS RECLAIMING OUR 13
00:19:22BILLION.
I THINK THE ARGUMENT OF THE
00:19:24TRAIN IS -- PEOPLE CAN ARGUE IT
BUT I THINK IT IS SILLY.
00:19:29>> DEMOCRATS ARE SUPPORTING YOU
ON THE MEDICAID EXPANSION TW.ET
00:19:35ARE YOU NEGOTIATING WITH THEM?
>> I HAVE A PLAN THAT I'M GOING
00:19:48TO SIGN INTO LAW WHICH IS A
CONTROVERSY THAT HAS BEEN ON
00:19:51FOR 25-30 YEARS.
THIS PLAN WOULD MAKE SURE WE
00:19:57HAVE LOWER POLLS AND WOULD HELP
US TO RETURN THE PAIR --
00:20:01REPAIRED THE TURNPIKE.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY VOTED
00:20:08AGAINST IT.
I RAN INTO ONE LAST NIGHT AND
00:20:11SAID WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON THIS?
>> HE SAYS WHEN IT COMES BACK HE
00:20:14WILL VOTE FOR IT.
WE JUST REMAIN PATIENT AND
00:20:18ENCOURAGE THEM.
WE WILL SEE.
00:20:21WE HAVE SUPPORT FOR THE
CLEVELAND PLAN.
00:20:23DEMOCRATS HELPED TO PUSH IT
THROUGH.
00:20:27IT IS A FLUID SITUATION.
PUTTING STAKES IN THE GROUND IN
00:20:33THIS POINT THAT TIME WOULD BE A
MISTAKE.
00:20:35>> THE REPUBLICANS YOU ALSO WANT
TO GET BEHIND YOUR WHOLE BUDGET,
00:20:39WHAT ARE YOU NEGOTIATING WITH
THEM?
00:20:40>> I WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO YOU
ABOUT ALL OF THE NEGOTIATIONS.
00:20:49WE HAVE AN INCREASE IN K-12 AND
WE HAVE THE NEW MEDICAID
00:20:58PROGRAM.
OUTSIDE OF THAT THE REST OF THE
00:20:59STATE GOVERNMENT IS FLAT.
WE HAVE THE LOWEST NUMBER OF
00:21:02STATE EMPLOYEES IN MANY YEARS.
WE HAVE BEEN VERY TIGHTFISTED.
00:21:05THERE WILL BE A BENEFIT FROM
WHAT WE HAVE DONE TO MAKE
00:21:09GOVERNMENT MORE EFFICIENT.
I BELIEVE THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE
00:21:13THE SMALL BUSINESS TAX CUT.
THERE IS PLENTY OF REVENUE TO DO
00:21:15THAT.
I DO NOT THINK THAT IS WHERE WE
00:21:17OUGHT TO STOP.
WITH REPUBLICANS, A FRIEND OF
00:21:20MINE SAID GOT CREATIVE
REPUBLICANS TO CUT SPENDING AND
00:21:23TAXES AND I HAVE BEEN
DISAPPOINTED IN THEM.
00:21:25I KEEP ENCOURAGING MY COLLEAGUES
TO REMEMBER WHAT OUR PURPOSES,
00:21:29TO LET PEOPLE KEEP MOSRE OF THER
DOLLARS.
00:21:35WHEN YOU HAVE THAT STRENGTH,
HELP THOSE THAT CAN HELP
00:21:39THEMSELVES.
>> THE BUT IT IS DEFINITELY UP
00:21:43FOR REVISION WITH THE BRIGHT
IDEA.
00:21:44>> YOU ARE ALWAYS FLEXIBLE YOU
JUST CANNOT LOSE THE HEART OF
00:21:48THE DOLL.
-- THE HEART OF IT ALL.
00:21:53THINK ABOUT THE WAY IT WORKS
WITH OBAMA.
00:21:55HE PUT A BUDGET IN AND THEY DO
NOT EVEN VOTE ON IT.
00:21:58EXECUTIVES HAVE TO PROPOSE AND
THE LEGISLATURE HAS TO DISPOSE.
00:22:02IF THEY PROPOSE IN THE WRONG WAY
THAN THE EXECUTIVE CAN VETO AND
00:22:07TRY TO OVERRIDE A VETO.
IT IS ALL PART OF THE PROCESS.
00:22:10IF HE DID NOT LEAD WITH A STRONG
BIG IDEAS THAN YOU ARE NOT GOING
00:22:13TO GET ANYWHERE.
OHIO IS ON THE MARCH TO THE TOP.
00:22:17>> FINALLY I WANT TO ASK YOU
ABOUT JOBS OHIO.
00:22:20THEY COMPLIED WITH AN AUDITOR IN
REQUEST FOR FINANCIAL REQUEST --
00:22:28FOR FINANCIAL RECORDS.
>> THE LEGISLATURE WAS CLEAR IN
00:22:33TWO SECTIONS THAT THIS IS A
PRIVATE ENTITY.
00:22:35THE THING YOU GET CONCERNED
ABOUT IS IF THERE IS A SENSE
00:22:40THAT YOU CAN AUDIT PRIVATE
ENTITIES, THAT MAKES PEOPLE
00:22:43NERVOUS.
WHAT THEY ARE CHARITIES, NOT FOR
00:22:47PROFITS, OR COMPANIES.
I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE
00:22:50CLARIFIED.
AT THE END OF THE DAY JOBS OHIO
00:22:52IS A STARTUP.
WE ARE UP OVER 100,000 JOBS AND
00:22:58JOBS OHIO HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL
IN THAT.
00:23:00I DO NOT WANT THIS TO BE LOOKED
AT AS A SORT OF GOVERNMENT
00:23:04OPERATION BECAUSE IT IS NOT.
>> PEOPLE GET NERVOUS IF YOU
00:23:07CANNOT AUDIT SOMETHING THAT IS
OUT THERE -- THERE IS A FEELING
00:23:11YOU ARE TRYING TO HIDE
SOMETHING.
00:23:13>> RETURNED ALL THE RECORDS
OVER.
00:23:14-- WE TURNED ALL THE RECORDS
OVER.
00:23:18THE INTENT IS TO TURN JOBS OHIO
BACK INTO THIS PART OF
00:23:25DEVELOPMENT WHICH HAS FAILED US,
I AM NOT FOR THAT.
00:23:28I AM FOR A PRIVATE ENTITY, A
NOT-FOR-PROFIT ENTITY.
00:23:32THERE IS NO MORE PUBLIC MONEY IN
THAT ENTITY AND THEY ARE HIRING
00:23:36PEOPLE WHO CAN GO OUT AND TALK
THE LANGUAGE OF JOB CREATORS.
00:23:39I WANT TO KEEP DOING IT.
IT IS NOT JUST THE JOBS OF
00:23:45HYATT.
ANY ORGANIZATION THAT HAS EVER
00:23:47RECEIVED PUBLIC MONEY, ARE THEY
SUBJECT TO AUDIT?
00:23:49IT CAUSES GREAT CONCERN FOR
THEM.
00:23:51LET US SEE WHERE THIS ALL GOES.
>> THIS IS A CAMPAIGN SLUSH FUND
00:23:56FOR YOU?
>> I DO NOT PAY ATTENTION WITH
00:24:02HIS POLITICAL TYPES SAY.
>> I APPRECIATE THE
00:24:04CONVERSATION.
JUST HOURS AFTER THAT INTERVIEW
00:24:08I SPOKE WITH THE HOUSE SPEAKER
ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT
00:24:11CAME UP WITH THAT TALK IN THE
GOVERNOR -- IN THAT TALK WITH
00:24:14THE GOVERNOR.
>> THAT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE.
00:24:21>> THE SPEAKER SAYS THE
REPUBLICANS' CONCERNS ABOUT THE
00:24:25BUDGET ARE NO SURPRISE TO THE
GOVERNOR.
00:24:26>> HE IS AWARE.
WE SPEAK TO EACH OTHER OFTEN.
00:24:30THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS
THAT HAVE TO CHANGE.
00:24:36SOME OF THEM ARE NOT VERY
SIGNIFICANT IN TERMS OF THE
00:24:39QUANTITY BUT THERE ARE REPORTS
-- BUT THEY ARE IMPORTANT TO THE
00:24:45MEMBERS OF THE CAUCUS.
OTHERS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE AND
00:24:49SWEEPING IN NATURE.
THOSE WOULD INCLUDE THE TAX,
00:24:58OBVIOUSLY OBAMA CARE, AND WE
STILL HAVE CONFUSION OVER THE
00:25:03LANGUAGE INVOLVING SCHOOL
SUPPORT.
00:25:05>> THE TAX HE REFERS TO IS THE
EXPANSION OF THE STATE'S'S SALES
00:25:10TAX.
HE ALSO SAID THAT HE AND MANY OF
00:25:12THE OTHER REPUBLICANS DO NOT
LIKE TAXES ON BIG OIL DRILLERS.
00:25:15GOVERNOR KASICH OPPOSES THE
FORD WILL CARE ACT.
00:25:26THE SPEAKER SAYS THE URGE TO
COLLEAGUES IN THE SENATE WILL
00:25:33START HEARINGS OF THEIR OWN TO
MAKE SURE THAT DEADLINE IS NOT
00:25:36MISSED.
THAT DOES IT FOR THIS WEEK.
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