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00:00:01>> SUPPORT OF THE STATEWIDE
BROADCAST OF "THE STATE OF OHIO"
00:00:16--
HOPING BUSINESSES SOLVE
00:00:17COMPETENT LEGAL PROBLEMS AROUND
THE WORLD.
00:00:20AND FROM THE OHIO EDUCATION
ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTING 120
00:00:261000 TEACHERS, SUPPORT
PROFESSIONALS, AND HIGHER
00:00:29EDUCATION FACULTY COMMITTED TO
THE SUCCESS OF EVERY CHILD,
00:00:31ONLINE AT OHEA.ORG.
>> THE STATE ANNOUNCES YET
00:00:41ANOTHER UNTESTED EXECUTION
METHOD.
00:00:44AND ADVOCATES FOR LOW-INCOME
OHIOANS ARE CELEBRATING MEDICAID
00:00:45EXPANSION, WHILE RAISING
CONCERNS ABOUT THE FEDERAL FOOD
00:00:46STAMP PROGRAM.
ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF
00:00:48OHIO".
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00:00:50CAPTIONED BY THE
NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE
00:00:54--WWW.NCICAP.ORG--
FOR THE THIRD TIME IN FIVE
00:00:57YEARS, THE STATE IS PROPOSING AN
UNTESTED METHOD OF PUTTING
00:01:00CONDEMNED INMATES TO DEATH.
THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF
00:01:03CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION
PLANS TO EXECUTE RONALD PHILLIPS
00:01:07NEXT MONTH WITH THE TWO DRUGS IT
NOW HAS IN ITS BACKUP EXECUTION
00:01:10PLAN, WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN USED.
OHIO IS PROPOSING USING THE
00:01:15OPIOD HYDROMORPHONE, WHICH HAS
NEVER BEEN USED IN A LETHAL
00:01:18INJECTION ANYWHERE BEFORE, AND
THE SEDATIVE MIDAZOLAM, WAS USED
00:01:22ALONG WITH TWO OTHER DRUGS IN AN
EXECUTION TWO WEEKS AGO IN
00:01:25FLORIDA.
THE CHANGE COMES AFTER THE STATE
00:01:28USED THE LAST OF THE SINGLE DRUG
IT HAD BEEN USING,
00:01:31PENTOBARBITAL, IN AN EXECUTION
LAST MONTH.
00:01:35PHILLIPS IS SET TO DIE FOR
RAPING, BEATING AND KILLING THE
00:01:38THREE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER OF HIS
GIRLFRIEND IN SUMMIT COUNTY IN
00:01:401993.
A BILL THAT WOULD PUT NEW RULES
00:01:46ON MINOR PARTY CANDIDATES MAY
SOON BE ON ITS WAY TO GOV. JOHN
00:01:48KASICH'S DESK, AFTER PASSING THE
HOUSE WITH SOME CHANGES LESS
00:01:51THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER IT WENT
THROUGH THE SENATE.
00:01:54UNDER THE CHANGES, MINOR PARTIES
MUST GATHER 10,000 REGISTERED
00:01:57VOTERS' SIGNATURES TO FORM THEIR
PARTIES IN 2014.
00:02:02THEREAFTER, THEY'D NEED A HALF-
PERCENT OF THE TOTAL VOTES CAST
00:02:05IN THE MOST RECENT GUBERNATORIAL
OR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
00:02:09THAT'S ROUGHLY 28,000 SIGNATURES
USING LAST YEAR'S NUMBERS.
00:02:13TO REMAIN QUALIFIED, PARTIES
MUST GET 2 PERCENT OF TOTAL
00:02:17VOTES CAST IN THE FOLLOWING
GUBERNATORIAL OR PRESIDENTIAL
00:02:20ELECTION.
REPUBLICAN SPEAKER PRO TEM MATT
00:02:23HUFFMAN OF LIMA SAID BECAUSE
THERE'S NO LAW ON MINOR PARTIES,
00:02:27THE BILL IS NEEDED.
"THE PURPOSE OF THE PARTY LABELS
00:02:31IS TO INFORM THE VOTER.
AND TO THE CURRENT SCHEME,
00:02:39THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY REALLY TO
MISINFORM THE VOTER.
00:02:44AND THAT'S WHY RULES OF THIS
KIND ARE VERY IMPORTANT."
00:02:47BUT DEMOCRATS SUCH AS KATHLEEN
CLYDE OF KENT ARE SUSPICIOUS OF
00:02:50THE BILL'S TIMING, SINCE IT
WOULD BE IN PLACE FOR A
00:02:55GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION IN WHICH
TEA PARTY ACTIVISTS HAVE
00:02:57PROMISED TO CONSIDER CANDIDATES
BESIDES THE INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN
00:02:59GOVERNOR.
"I STAND TODAY TO OPPOSE THE
00:03:03JOHN KASICH RE-ELECTION
PROTECTION ACT.
00:03:16THESE CAMPAIGNS ARE ALREADY
UNDERWAY.
00:03:22THIS BILL UNFAIRLY CHANGES THE
RULES OF PARTIES MIDWAY THROUGH
00:03:25THE ELECTION CYCLE.
MINOR PARTY CANDIDATES HAVE
00:03:28FILED."
REPUBLICAN JIM BUCHY OF
00:03:36GREENVILLE IN WESTERN OHIO SAID
THERE WAS NO REASON TO ASSUME
00:03:40THAT POLITICS IS PLAYING A ROLE
IN THIS PROPOSAL.
00:03:43"WHY YOU WANT TO MAKE A
POLITICAL STATEMENT IS FINE.
00:03:48BUT THE FACT IS, WHAT WE'RE
DOING IN THE LEGISLATION IS
00:03:51CREATING LAW THAT SPEAKS TO
MINORITY PARTIES.
00:03:57THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING, SO THAT
EVERYBODY HAS, UNDERSTANDS WHAT
00:04:00IT TAKES TO BE A MINORITY
PARTY."
00:04:03"IN THIS STATE OF 11,000,500
RESIDENTS, CERTAINLY WHEN YOU
00:04:18HAVE NO CONSTRAINTS OF POLITICAL
PARTY TO GET BALLOT PETITION --
00:04:24ALL YOU NEED IS A REGISTERED
VOTER TO BECOME A PARTY.
00:04:25IF YOU WANT TO SAY 10,000 VOTES
IS TOO MANY, I WILL COUNTER BY
00:04:30SAYING IF YOU ARE REALLY SERIOUS
ABOUT WINNING POLITICAL RACES,
00:04:3810,000 VOTES IS VERY DOABLE.
>> BUT DEMOCRAT MIKE CURTIN OF
00:04:41COLUMBUS SAID VOTERS MIGHT WELL
BE SUSPICIOUS OF ANYONE WHO
00:04:43SUPPORTS THIS MEASURE.
>> "IN THE EARLY DAYS, THE STATE
00:04:55LEGISLATURE ENCOURAGED PARTY
LABELS OTHER THAN REPUBLICAN.
00:05:00THE TWO PARTY STARTED CLAMPING
DOWN IN THEIR OWN SELF-INTEREST.
00:05:02AND SO THE CENTRAL QUESTION IS,
HOW SELF-INTERESTED DO WE WANT
00:05:05TO BE AS THE TWO MAJOR PARTIES?
AND I WOULD SAY THAT IN THE
00:05:08BETTER PART OF OUR HISTORY, WE
WERE FOR MORE DEMOCRACY AND NOT
00:05:12LESS DEMOCRACY."
THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF OHIO
00:05:14HAS PROMISED AN IMMEDIATE
LAWSUIT OVER THE BILL, WHICH
00:05:18LIBERTARIANS SAY PREVENTS THEM
FROM CAMPAIGNING TILL JUST 95
00:05:21DAYS BEFORE AN ELECTION WHILE
ALLOWING THE MAJOR PARTIES TO
00:05:25CAMPAIGN INDEFINITELY.
AND DRIVERS WHO KILL WILD FERAL
00:05:30HOGS ON THE HIGHWAY COULD KEEP
THEM UNDER A BILL PASSED BY THE
00:05:33STATE HOUSE.
THE MEASURE ALSO WOULD LET
00:05:38DRIVERS TAKE HOME ANY WILD
TURKEYS OR WILD BOARS THAT
00:05:40BECOME ROAD KILL.
MOTORISTS THAT WANT THE DEAD
00:05:42ANIMALS WOULD HAVE TO REPORT THE
ACCIDENT TO A WILDLIFE OR LAW
00:05:45ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WITHIN 24
HOURS.
00:05:50THE OFFICERS WOULD BE REQUIRED
TO INVESTIGATE AND GIVE THE
00:05:53DRIVERS CERTIFICATES FOR LEGAL
OWNERSHIP.
00:05:56THE VOTE IN THE HOUSE WAS NEARLY
UNANIMOUS.
00:05:58IT NOW GOES ON TO THE SENATE.
THE MONTH OF HARVESTS AND
00:06:00HALLOWEEN HAS BEEN A SCARY ONE
AS WELL AS A TIME OF CELEBRATION
00:06:03FOR LOW-INCOME OHIOANS.
THE DECISION TO EXPAND MEDICAID
00:06:06TO PEOPLE MAKING UP TO 138
PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY
00:06:09LEVEL MEANS AS MANY AS 366-
THOUSAND PEOPLE WILL HAVE ACCESS
00:06:13TO THAT GOVERNMENT HEALTH
INSURANCE PROGRAM THESE ARE
00:06:16PEOPLE MAKING JUST UNDER $16,000
AS SINGLES, AND A LITTLE SHORT
00:06:21OF $27,000 FOR A FAMILY OF
THREE.
00:06:24BUT THIS MONTH ALSO SAW SOME
UPHEAVAL IN THE FOOD STAMP
00:06:25PROGRAM.
A PROBLEM WITH THE FOOD STAMP
00:06:29VENDOR XEROX CAUSED A SYSTEM
FAILURE, LEAVING RECIPIENTS IN
00:06:33OHIO AND SEVERAL OTHER STATES
WITHOUT FOOD STAMPS TWO WEEKENDS
00:06:35AGO.
AND THIS WEEK, 1.8 MILLION
00:06:39OHIOANS WILL START GETTING
REDUCED FOOD STAMP BENEFITS
00:06:42AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF A
TEMPORARY BOOST IN SNAP.
00:06:46AND THE FUTURE OF THE FOOD STAMP
PROGRAM IS UNCERTAIN AS
00:06:51DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE ON WHETHER
SNAP SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE A
00:06:55PART OF THE FARM BILL.
HERE TO TALK ABOUT BOTH OF THOSE
00:06:58SITUATIONS ARE TWO LEADERS AMONG
THOSE WHO HELP PEOPLE IN THE
00:07:00SOCIAL SAFETY NET.
LISA HAMLER FUGITT IS THE
00:07:04EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OHIO
ASSOCIATION OF FOOD BANKS.
00:07:06AND JOEL POTTS IS THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF THE OHIO JOB AND
00:07:09FAMILY SERVICES DIRECTORS
ASSOCIATION, WHICH WORKS WITH
00:07:12COUNTY ODJFS OFFICES AROUND THE
STATE.
00:07:18LET'S START OUT WITH THE CENSUS
REPORT.
00:07:21ONE IN SIX OHIO'S ARE A
PROPERTY.
00:07:27THAT ROSE THREE PERCENTAGE
POINTS.
00:07:28IS THAT REFLECTIVE OF WHAT YOU
ARE SEEING?
00:07:32THIS IS AFTER THE GREAT
RECESSION WAS OVER.
00:07:34IT SEEMS LIKE THE POVERTY RATE
IS WORSE THAN IT WAS BEFORE.
00:07:36>> IT IS.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, THE
00:07:41JOBS WE HAVE BEEN SHEDDING, NOT
EVEN BEFORE BUT DURING THE GREAT
00:07:49RECESSION, THE JOBS THAT ARE
COMING BACK ARE LOW-WAGE, PART-
00:07:54TIME, CONTINGENT JOBS THAT DO
NOT PAY A LIVING WAGE, DO NOT
00:07:57PROVIDE PAID TIME OFF OR
EMPLOYER COVERED HEALTH CARE
00:08:02INSURANCE.
IT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE SEE IN OUR
00:08:05EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE NETWORK.
POST OF THE FAMILIES WITH
00:08:11CHILDREN ARE WORKING MULTIPLE
PART-TIME JOBS THAT STILL EARN
00:08:14POVERTY WAGES.
>> AND YOU ARE SEEING THE SAME
00:08:16FOLKS WITH THE JOB AND FAMILY
SERVICES AROUND THE STATE.
00:08:21ANY PARTICULAR PART OF THE STATE
STILL FARING POORLY OR IS IT
00:08:23TROUBLED IN MANY SPOTS?
>> STATEWIDE.
00:08:26CERTAINLY WHAT WE ARE
EXPERIENCING, WE ARE SERVING
00:08:32RECORD CASELOADS IN EVERY
PROGRAM WE ARE ADMINISTERING.
00:08:34WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS A TREND.
WE SEE MORE WORKING CORE PEOPLE
00:08:40THAN WE HAVE EVER SEEN BEFORE.
MORE AND MORE FOLKS ARE WORKING
00:08:43AND I DO THINK THE ECONOMY IS
IMPROVING.
00:08:45IT IS CLEAR BY WHAT WE ARE
SEEING IN OUR AGENCIES THAT THE
00:08:50TYPES OF JOBS BEING CREATED ARE
NOT PROVIDING THE SAME TYPE OF
00:08:53SUPPORT, THE SAME KIND OF WAGES
PEOPLE WERE RECEIVING BEFORE THE
00:08:57RECESSION.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE GOOD
00:08:58FROM THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
MEDICAID EXPANSION.
00:09:03WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THOSE YOU
WORK WITH?
00:09:06>> 42% ARE MAKING CHOICES
BETWEEN MEDICINE AND FOOD
00:09:11EVERYDAY.
IT MEANS THEY WILL HAVE ACCESS
00:09:13TO MEDICAID, TO SEE A DOCTOR, TO
GET CHRONIC DISEASES TREATED,
00:09:18AND ON A PATH TO WELLNESS.
THIS IS A WONDERFUL THING FOR
00:09:22OHIOANS.
A PRODUCTIVE WORKFORCE HAS TO BE
00:09:27A HEALTHY WORKFORCE.
IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
00:09:31WE WANT TO THANK THE GOVERNOR
AND THE MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL
00:09:35ASSEMBLY.
THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME
00:09:36OPPORTUNITY.
WE HAVE BEEN ON AN UNSUSTAINABLE
00:09:39PATH WITH MEDICAID EXPANSION IN
THIS STATE.
00:09:41I JUST PULLED THE OBM NUMBERS
BEFORE COMING OVER HERE.
00:09:47IN THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF
THIS FISCAL YEAR WE ALREADY
00:09:50SPENT 9.3 BILLION DOLLARS ON THE
MEDICAID PROGRAM.
00:09:52>> BUT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND
OTHERS HAVE SAID THE COSTS HAVE
00:09:57BEEN CUT, THE GROWTH HAS BEEN
TRIMMED, IT IS NOT GROWING BY
00:10:00THE EXPENSIVE WAY IT HAS BEEN IN
THE MANY YEARS.
00:10:02>> WE HAVE 2.4 MILLION PEOPLE
CURRENTLY ON THE MEDICAID
00:10:06PROGRAM.
THE CROSS DRIVERS OF THIS ARE IN
00:10:09THE DISABLED AND AGED CATEGORY.
PART OF MEDICAID EXPANSION OR
00:10:17EXTENSION HAS TO BE THE COST
CONTAINMENT.
00:10:18THAT IS REALLY WHAT WE ARE
SEEING.
00:10:20HOW YOU BRING THE COST DOWN IS
THAT YOU GET FOLKS CONNECTED TO
00:10:26A HEALTH CARE HOME FOR THOSE
CHRONIC DISEASES.
00:10:28>> LET ME ASK YOU TO WEIGH IN ON
THAT.
00:10:33M A IT IS GREAT NEWS.
WE HAVE BEEN ASHEN >> IT IS
00:10:38GREAT NEWS.
WE HAVE BEEN SEEING PEOPLE FOR
00:10:40DECADES.
WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SERVE.
00:10:41WE HAVE AGENCIES, WE SEE
INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE FORCED TO
00:10:51MAKE THE CHOICE, JUST LIKE
BETWEEN FOOD AND MEDICINE,
00:10:53BETWEEN JOB AND HEALTH CARE.
WE SHOULD NEVER BE COMPETING
00:10:57WITH EMPLOYMENT.
A JOB SHOULD ALWAYS BE THE BEST
00:10:59OPTION.
IT IS THE SUREST AND BEST WAY
00:11:01FOR PEOPLE TO GET OUT OF
POVERTY.
00:11:03I THINK EVERYBODY, REGARDLESS OF
WHERE THEY ARE ON THE POLITICAL
00:11:05SCRIPT -- ON THE POLITICAL
SPECTRUM, AGREE TO -- AGREE.
00:11:10PARENTS HAVE NOT BEEN TO A
DENTIST, THEY HAVE NOT HAD A
00:11:21REGULAR PHYSICAL, THEY HAVE NOT
HAD AN EYE APPOINTMENT FOR
00:11:23POTENTIALLY DECADES.
WE SEE THEM EVERY SINGLE DAY.
00:11:26THEY ARE DOING EVERYTHING YOU
WANTED TO DO.
00:11:28IF THEY HAD THE OPTION OF
GETTING A BETTER PAYING JOB THAT
00:11:31PROVIDED HEALTH CARE, THEY WOULD
HAVE DONE IT A LONG TIME AGO.
00:11:34TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY MAKES
DIFFERENCES IN THE LIVES OF
00:11:38LOWER INCOME AND THE JEWELS --
LOWER INCOME INDIVIDUALS.
00:11:44>> THOSE WHO WILL BENEFIT MOST
ARE CHILDLESS ADULT MEN.
00:11:51WHY INCLUDE THIS PARTICULAR
CATEGORY E >> -- CATEGORY?
00:11:59>> IT IS THE WHOLE GAMUT.
WE HAVE COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO
00:12:04HAVE NO ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE,
TO THE PERSON WITH THE MENTAL
00:12:07HEALTH PROBLEM THAT IS HOMELESS
ON THE STREET AND EVERYTHING IN
00:12:11BETWEEN.
AND HE POPULATION YOU -- AND HE
00:12:15POPULATION YOU'RE GOING TO SEE
SEGMENTS THAT DO NOT HAVE
00:12:17ACCESS.
I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT THAT
00:12:20POPULATION GETS SINGLED OUT
QUITE A BIT.
00:12:22I UNDERSTAND WHY DID IN THE --
WHY ON THE POLITICAL SIDE.
00:12:26ON THE PRACTICAL SIDE -- WE HAVE
ALWAYS BEEN CRITICAL OF PEOPLE
00:12:34HAVING CHILDREN THEY COULD NOT
CARE FOR.
00:12:35PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING CHILDREN,
WE DON'T WANT TO HELP.
00:12:40POOR PEOPLE GET STUCK IN THE
MIDDLE OF THIS.
00:12:42TRUTH BE TOLD, THERE IS A HEALTH
CARE NEED THAT MAKES A
00:12:45DIFFERENCE TO THEM AND A
DIFFERENCE TO THEIR COMMUNITY.
00:12:47I DO THINK THERE ARE THE ABLE-
BODIED ADULT POPULATIONS IN
00:12:52THERE.
THEY ARE GOING TO BE HEALTHIER,
00:12:56THEY ARE GOING TO BE BETTER
EMPLOYEES, AND WE ARE GOING TO
00:12:58BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THIS.
THE OTHER THING THAT PEOPLE DO
00:13:01NOT GET IS THE AMOUNT OF
PROBLEMS THEY DO HAVE THAT ARE
00:13:06UNDIAGNOSED.
THEY HAVE MENTAL HEALTH
00:13:07PROBLEMS.
WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING OUT OF
00:13:10PRISON EVERY SINGLE DAY WHO GETS
A WEEKS WORTH OF MEDICATION.
00:13:13THEY HAVE DIAGNOSED PROBLEMS AND
THEY ARE TOLD TO GO FORTH INTO
00:13:16THINGS.
-- AND DO GOOD THINGS.
00:13:17IT MAKES US A STRONGER
COMMUNITY.
00:13:25>> I AGREE WITH THE JOLT.
-- WITH JOEL.
00:13:32AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS
AND LOOK AT OTHER STATES -- I
00:13:37KNOW HOW MANY WE HAVE SCREENED
IN OUR SHOP WHO ARE INQUIRING
00:13:41ABOUT PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE
THROUGH THE MARKETPLACE OR THE
00:13:45AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, WHO AREN'T
WORKING ENOUGH THAT SHE'LL
00:13:50AREN'T EARNING ENOUGH TO BE
ELIGIBLE FOR THE AFFORDABLE CARE
00:13:52ACT WERE GOING TO MEDICAID
EXPANSION.
00:13:54IT IS NOT JUST EXPANDING
MEDICAID.
00:13:58WE NEED TO GET TO THE ROOT
PROBLEMS, THEY ARE HEALTH
00:14:03PROBLEMS, MENTAL HEALTH
PROBLEMS.
00:14:06WHAT OTHER BARRIERS TO THE FACE?
EDUCATIONAL LEVELS -- AND I HOPE
00:14:09THIS IS A TIME TO LOOK MORE
HOLISTICALLY AT THIS.
00:14:15>> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE
FOODSTAMP ISSUE AS WELL.
00:14:21THE CUTBACK IN FOOD STAMPS OR
THE EXPIRATION OF THE TEMPORARY
00:14:24BOOST MEANS $29 LESS PER MONTH
FOR A FAMILY OF THREE, WHICH IS
00:14:29THE AVERAGE FAMILY.
WHAT IS THAT MEAN?
00:14:31>> IT MEANS IT WILL BE ABOUT 16
LESS MEALS PER MONTH.
00:14:40THAT IS THE AVERAGE.
I SPOKE TO A YOUNG WOMAN AND SHE
00:14:48IS A SINGLE MOM WITH TWO
CHILDREN.
00:14:49HER FOODSTAMP BENEFITS AND
OCTOBER WERE $590 PER MONTH.
00:14:54SHE ALREADY RECEIVED HER NOTICE
AND CALLED THE LINE TO CONFIRM
00:15:00WHAT HER NOVEMBER ISSUANCE WOULD
BE AND HER FOODSTAMP BENEFITS
00:15:03ARE GOING TO BE CUT TO $495 PER
MONTH.
00:15:06THAT IS A LOSS OF $95 PER MONTH
INTO -- IN FOODSTAMP BENEFITS.
00:15:11IT MEANS SHE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
BUY THE FRESH FRUITS AND
00:15:20VEGETABLES THAT HER KIDS LOVE TO
EAT AND SHE KNOWS ARE IMPORTANT
00:15:23TO HER KIDS OVERALL HEALTH.
THIS IS PENNY WISE AND POUND
00:15:26FOOLISH.
WHILE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A
00:15:33MEDICAID EXPANSION AND AN
INCREASE -- A GOVERNMENT PROGRAM
00:15:38IS GOING TO PULL THE RUG RIGHT
OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THESE PEOPLE
00:15:43AND LEAVE THEM WITHOUT THE
ABILITY TO PURCHASE
00:15:46NUTRITIONALLY ADEQUATE FOOD THEY
NEED TO ENGENDER A ACTIVE AND
00:15:50HEALTHY LIFE.
>> YOU SAY -- YOU HEAR PEOPLE
00:15:53SAYING IT IS ONLY $29 PER MONTH.
OTHER FOLKS SAY THERE ARE OTHER
00:15:56PROGRAMS.
IS THERE GOING TO BE ENOUGH TO
00:16:01COVER PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE
LOSING THAT TEMPORARY BOOST?
00:16:07>> THE ANSWER IS NO.
SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION
00:16:11ASSISTANCE PROGRAM IS MEANT TO
BE A SUPPLEMENT, IT WAS NEVER
00:16:14BUILT TO PROVIDE A FULL -- WHAT
THE GOVERNMENT ITSELF SAYS IS
00:16:20NECESSARY FOR A PERSON TO
SUSTAIN A NUTRITIOUS BALANCED
00:16:23MEAL.
BY ITS VERY NATURE IT WAS NOT
00:16:30PROVIDING ENOUGH MONEY, NOW IT
IS PROVIDING VERY LESS.
00:16:32WE HAVE WATCHED THE CHANGES IN
THE ECONOMY.
00:16:38I THINK IT IS AN OLD WAY OF
THINKING.
00:16:40I THINK THE CONGRESS DESERVES
CREDIT FOR GIVING US THE BOOST.
00:16:46A RECOGNIZE THAT THIS RECESSION
HAS BEEN HIT.
00:16:48IT WAS A VERY GOOD INVESTMENT AT
THE RIGHT TIME.
00:16:51A JOB AND FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY,
NEARLY ONE IN FOUR HAS WALKED
00:17:00INTO OUR AGENCY TO GET HELP
YOU'D THAT IS A SCARY NUMBER IN
00:17:03A LOT OF WAYS.
IT ALSO REFLECTS THE CHANGES WE
00:17:07HAVE SEEN IN THE ECONOMY.
THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE
00:17:08PIECING TOGETHER SCHOOL
BREAKFAST.
00:17:10THEY ARE LOOKING TO --
THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY COULDN'T
00:17:23BE DOING.
WE ARE TRYING DO THE RIGHT
00:17:24THINGS AND I THAT WHEN YOU LOOK
AT THIS PROGRAM IS PART OF THE
00:17:30PACKAGE.
IT IS NOT A PROGRAM.
00:17:31I WISH THERE WAS A PROGRAM OUT
THERE THAT SAID YOU HAVE THESE
00:17:34NEEDS, HERE IS WHAT YOU GET, IT
IS GOING TO ADDRESS YOUR NEEDS.
00:17:37MOST PROGRAMS DO NOT DO THAT.
THEY ARE BASED ON ELIGIBILITY.
00:17:40THEY PROVIDE SUPPLEMENTAL
ASSISTANCE.
00:17:44>> IN THE WHOLE SCHEME OF
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS, ABOUT
00:17:53FOOD STAMPS, IS THIS
CHALLENGING, WHAT PEOPLE THINK
00:17:57OF THE POOR AND HOW PEOPLE VIEW
THE POOR?
00:17:59YOU HEAR COMPLAINTS THAT PEOPLE
HAVE SMARTPHONES OR THEY DRIVE
00:18:05LATER MODEL CARS.
WHY ARE THEY GETTING THESE
00:18:07BENEFITS -- DO YOU THINK THE
IDEA OF POOR IS BEING
00:18:12CHALLENGED?
>> I THINK IT IS.
00:18:13BY THE GRACE OF GOD GO I.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE THAT
00:18:18ARE SOLIDLY MIDDLE INCOME WHO
NOW FIND THEMSELVES TRYING TO
00:18:22SEARCH FOR WORK SHOULD, PIECING
TOGETHER A WAGE JOB, AND WHAT
00:18:27THEY'RE FINDING IS THEIR INCOME
ISN'T HALF OF WHAT THEY WERE
00:18:31PRIOR TO THE GREAT RECESSION.
PEOPLE ARE AFRAID, THEY ARE
00:18:35AFRAID OF POVERTY.
THEY ARE AFRAID OF BEING POOR.
00:18:37THESE ARE NOT BAD CHARACTER
TRAITS.
00:18:39IT CAN HAPPEN TO ANYBODY.
HE REGARD IN AN ECONOMY THAT HAS
00:18:45CHANGED RADICALLY.
DEDICATION DOES NOT GUARANTEE
00:18:54YOU A MIDDLE COLUMN LIFE ANY
LONGER.
00:18:55THESE ARE THE LARGER QUESTIONS,
THE LARGER PUBLIC POLICY DEBATES
00:19:02.
WHILE WE HAVE GOTTEN TO A
00:19:05MEDICAID EXPANSION, WE ARE
MOVING FORWARD TO THE AFFORDABLE
00:19:06CARE ACT WHERE FOLKS CAN GAIN
PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE.
00:19:11WE HAVE TO PROVIDE WORK SUPPORT
PROGRAMS FOR THESE FAMILIES.
00:19:24>> THERE IS THE OTHER HALF ABOUT
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND
00:19:32LIFESTYLE CHOICES AND MAKING
DECISIONS THAT WILL PUT YOU ON A
00:19:34BETTER PATH.
>> I AGREE.
00:19:37I THINK ALL THAT IS PART OF
THIS.
00:19:40I THINK FOLKS NEED TO BE
INVOLVED IN THEIR OWN PLANTS.
00:19:42THEY NEED TO LOOK AT THINGS
HOLISTICALLY.
00:19:43THAT IS ABSOLUTELY A PART OF
THIS.
00:19:45WHAT IS THE RIGHT THING?
IS TAKING CARE OF YOUR KID AND
00:19:52MAKING SURE HE IS SAFE, MAKING
SURE THEY ARE IN A SAFE HOME.
00:19:54IF YOU ARE DOING WHAT IS
CONSIDERED TO BE THE RIGHT
00:20:01THINGS THAN THERE IS SOMETHING
WRONG WITH THE SYSTEM.
00:20:02WE ARE TO THE POINT WHERE WE
NEED TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION
00:20:07AGAIN.
IT DOES NOT DO POOR PEOPLE ANY
00:20:10FAVORS WHEN WE LET THE PUBLIC
DEBATE WHAT POOR MEANS.
00:20:11I DO THINK WE NEED TO GET BACK
TO HAVING THOSE KIND OF
00:20:18CONVERSATIONS AND LOOK AT THIS
HOLISTICALLY.
00:20:19IF THEY CANNOT EAT IT AS A
MATTER WHAT KIND OF PILLS THEY
00:20:24ARE GETTING, WHAT KIND OF
MEDICATION.
00:20:25THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE THROUGH
OUR AGENCY'S AND THAT YOU
00:20:29PROVIDE THROUGH YOUR FOOD
NETWORK ARE HELPING PIECE THINGS
00:20:31TOGETHER.
I THINK WE SHOULD BE SETTING A
00:20:38REASONABLE EXPECTATION.
THINGS ARE GOING TO BE TOUGH AND
00:20:46YOU DON'T WAS SEND THEM BACK IN
THE STREETS.
00:20:51YOU NEED TO COME UP WITH A
SYSTEM THAT SAYS WE WANT YOU TO
00:20:56FINISH SCHOOL AND WE WILL HELP
YOU DO THAT.
00:20:57WE EXPECT YOU TO ALSO BE A PART
OF THAT.
00:20:59A LOT OF THAT GETS LOST IN THIS
BECAUSE WE ARE SO FRAGMENTED AND
00:21:05WE DO TALK ABOUT THIS PIECE AND
THAT PIECE.
00:21:06I THINK ALL OF US WILL BE
WHETHER THAT ALL OF US WILL BE
00:21:14BETTER OFF.
THEM AND YOU STILL HAVE PEOPLE
00:21:19-- THE BOOST IN FOODSTAMP
PROGRAM FOSTERS THE DEPENDENCY
00:21:24ON GOVERNMENT.
THAT IS THE ARGUMENT YOU HEAR
00:21:27EVERY NOW AND THEN.
>> I WOULD MAKE THAT ARGUMENT
00:21:34THAT SO ARE THE TAX BREAKS AND
THE CREDITS FROM THE VERY
00:21:37WEALTHY.
TURNING THIS FARM BILL DEBATE,
00:21:40IT IS OK TO GIVE FARMERS A
MILLION-DOLLAR FARM SUBSIDIES
00:21:47WHILE AT THE SAME TIME TAKING
AWAY $36 WORTH OF FOOD STAMP
00:21:51BENEFITS TO A FAMILY OF FOUR
THAT WORKS EVERY DAY?
00:21:53THERE SOMETHING OUT OF LACK AND
OUT OF BALANCE HERE.
00:21:56AMERICA NEEDS TO COME TOGETHER.
OUR STATE NEEDS TO COME
00:22:03TOGETHER.
WE NEED TO STOP THE BLAME GAME.
00:22:04WE NEED TO SAY WHAT IS RIGHT,
WHAT IS GOING TO PRESERVE OUR
00:22:09ABILITY TO MOVE FORWARD AS A
DEMOCRACY AND INVEST IN ALL OF
00:22:11US?
THE LATEST NUMBER THAT CAME OUT
00:22:15OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
WE HAVE 15% OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE
00:22:20BETWEEN 16 AND 24 THAT ARE NOT
ATTACKED -- NOT ATTACHED TO THE
00:22:27WORKFORCE.
THEY HAVE DONE EVERYTHING RIGHT,
00:22:29THEY HAVE GOTTEN THEIR DEGREES.
THEY CANNOT EVEN LAND A MINIMUM
00:22:31WAGE JOB.
WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT THEIR
00:22:35FUTURE TO MOVE UP IN THE
ECONOMIC MAINSTREAM?
00:22:36>> SHE USED A GOOD WORD,, I
THINK THE PUBLIC, THERE ARE
00:22:44THINGS THAT NEED TO BE
ADDRESSED.
00:22:45I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THESE
THINGS.
00:22:47WHAT DO WE WANT TO GET OUT OF --
WHETHER IT IS FOOD STAMPS OR
00:22:54MEDICAID EXPANSION.
WE DID A SERIES OF PUBLIC FORUMS
00:23:01AND WENT OUT TO COUNTY AGENCIES
AND HELP PEOPLE OUT OF THE
00:23:03WAITING ROOMS AND WE'D HAVE SIT
DOWNS AND COFFEE AND TALK ABOUT
00:23:09THEIR SITUATION.
IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEIR
00:23:13INSTANCES -- THOSE INSTANCES,
THE NUMBER ONE THING PEOPLE SAID
00:23:16WAS "I JUST NEED TO KNOW WHAT I
NEED TO DO TO TAKE CARE OF MY
00:23:19FAMILY.
I AM TOLD I NEEDED TO BE HERE
00:23:23TODAY.
I NEEDED TO DO THIS, I NEEDED TO
00:23:25DO THAT.
I CODED THIS TRAINING, I GET A
00:23:30CERTIFICATE, AND THEN I CAN
WALLPAPER MY HOUSE.
00:23:31BUT I DO NOT HAVE ANY REAL JOB
SKILLS.
00:23:35THERE ARE NO JOBS THAT PERTAIN
TO THAT PARTICULAR THING.
00:23:36MOST FOLKS WANT TO WORK.
IF THEY DON'T WE DO TO RECOGNIZE
00:23:43THAT TWO.
THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY DO
00:23:49WANT TO WORK.
THEY DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE
00:23:52SOUP LINES, THEY WILL DON'T WANT
TO BE IN THE FOOD BANKS.
00:23:54THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND, THEY DO
NOT KNOW.
00:23:58THERE IS SOMETHING THAT IS
DISCONNECTED.
00:23:59ALL OF THOSE THINGS OR A
COMBINATION OF THOSE THINGS ARE
00:24:06REAL.
WHAT WE DON'T HAVE IS THE
00:24:09COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT IS AN
INVESTMENT.
00:24:10FOLKS NEED TO MAKE -- FOLKS NEED
TO KNOW WHAT THAT INVESTMENT IS
00:24:15FOR.
I THINK WE CAN GET BOTH SIDES OF
00:24:21THIS TOGETHER IF WE CAN AGREE ON
THESE SORTS OF THINGS.
00:24:22>> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE
DEPARTURE OF MICHAEL COLBERT.
00:24:27ANY THOUGHTS ON WHAT HIS
DEPARTURE MEANS AND ARE YOU
00:24:35CONCERNED ABOUT IT AT ALL?
THEM A MICHAEL WAS FANTASTIC IN
00:24:39THE SYSTEM.
WE HAVE HAD 2.5 GREAT YEARS.
00:24:43HE WORKS VERY WELL WITH THE
GOVERNOR.
00:24:44WE STILL HAVE A DIFFERENT
SYSTEM.
00:24:47WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE
TRANSITION AND I WISH MICHAEL
00:24:53THE VERY BEST.
>> AND YOU WORKED WITH THE
00:25:00BENEFIT BANK.
ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT A CHANGE
00:25:03AT THE TOP?
>> AGAIN, WE ARE CERTAINLY GOING
00:25:07TO MISS MICHAEL AND HIS
WONDERFUL AND HOLISTIC
00:25:09COMMITMENT TO THE PROGRAMS HE
OPERATED.
00:25:11I DON'T KNOW BUT WE CERTAINLY --
I DON'T KNOW CYNTHIA BUT WE
00:25:17CERTAINLY LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING WITH HER.
00:25:19MEDICAID EXPANSION IS SOMETHING
WE ALSO NEED TO KEEP SUPPORT ON
00:25:23IN THE OTHER WORK PROGRAMS.
I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT WE WILL
00:25:27CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
I AM SURE J-ROLL AND HIS FOLKS
00:25:31WILL.
>> I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT.
00:25:32LEGO COLBERT WAS VERY GOOD AT
THAT.
00:25:33HE SAW THE FULL IMPACT OF ALL OF
THE PROGRAMS AND HE HAD THE MOST
00:25:41HOSTING VIEW.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US
00:25:42TO CARRY ON THAT RIGHT -- CARRY
ON THAT LEGACY.
00:25:44THEM A THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
BEING HERE.
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