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00:00:00>> SUPPORT FOR
"THE STATE OF OHIO" COMES FROM
00:00:08THE LAW OFFICES OF PORTER,
WRIGHT, MORRIS & ARTHUR LLP.,
00:00:09HELPING BUSINESSES AND
INDIVIDUALS SOLVE COMPLEX LEGAL
00:00:11PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT OHIO, ACROSS
THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE
00:00:14WORLD.
ON THE WEB AT PORTERWRIGHT.COM.
00:00:16AND FROM THE OHIO EDUCATION
ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTING
00:00:19131,000 TEACHERS, SUPPORT
PROFESSIONALS AND HIGHER
00:00:23EDUCATION FACULTY WHO ARE
WORKING FOR GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS
00:00:26FOR EVERY CHILD, ONLINE AT
OHEA.ORG.
00:00:30ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR "THE
STATE OF OHIO" IS MADE POSSIBLE
00:00:34BY ETECH OHIO AND THE LUBRIZOL
>>
00:00:44SENATORS PASS THEIR VERSION OF
THE STATE BUDGET, WITH BIG
00:00:47CHANGES FROM THE HOUSE VERSION.
THE DEBATE OVER WHAT'S BEEN
00:00:48CALLED "RIGHT TO WORK" COMES
BACK TO THE STATEHOUSE -- ALBEIT
00:00:49BRIEFLY.
AND WHILE SOME STATS SHOW THE
00:00:51STATE'S ECONOMY IS IMPROVING,
OTHER NUMBERS ARE SHOWING
00:00:53SHOCKING LEVELS OF POVERTY AND
SOARING COSTS OF BASIC NEEDS.
00:00:54TWO ADVOCATES WHO KNOW THE
STRUGGLES OF THE STATE'S POOREST
00:00:57OHIOANS SPEAK OUT.
ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF
00:01:01OHIO."THE STATE BUDGET HIT THE
FLOOR ON THURSDAY, A DAY AFTER
00:01:12COMING OUT OF COMMITTEE THAT
STARTED SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE
00:01:17THE TYPICAL START TIME AND IT
NEEDED ALL OF THAT TIME.
00:01:19THE BILL MAKES CHANGES FROM THE
HOUSE VERSION BY BOOSTING K-12
00:01:24EDUCATION FUNDING AND ERASING
THE SEVEN PERCENT INCOME TAX
00:01:28CUT IN THE HOUSE VERSION AND
REPLACES IT WITH A 50% CUT FOR
00:01:31SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.
THE SENATE VERSION DOES NOT
00:01:34INCLUDE PROVISIONS OF THE
ORIGINAL BUZZ -- BUDGET SUCH AS
00:01:41THE EXPANSION OF MEDICAID AND
THE INCREASE IN THE TAX ON BIG
00:01:43OIL AND NATURAL GAS.
THE DEBATE STRETCHED OUT TO A
00:01:48MORE THAN SIX HOUR MARATHON
SESSION SHOWING THE DIFFERENCE
00:01:51BETWEEN THE REPUBLICAN BACKERS
OF THE BUDGET AND THE DEMOCRATS
00:01:55WHO OPPOSE BIG PORTIONS OF IT.
CRACKS IN HOUSE BILL 59, ONE OF
00:02:03OUR TOP PRIORITIES HAS BEEN
CUTTING TAXES FOR THE RICH,
00:02:06EVEN WITHOUT ANY EMPIRICAL DATA
TO BACK IT UP.
00:02:08WE WANT YOU TO TRUST OUR
INTUITION THAT EVERYONE WILL BE
00:02:12BETTER OFF WHEN THEY CAN PUT
MORE MONEY INTO THE BANK.
00:02:14THIS IS THE TRICKLE-DOWN THEORY,
SO FAR THE ONLY THING THAT HAS
00:02:20TRICKLED DOWN TO THE MIDDLE
CLASS ARE THE SCRAPS.
00:02:22IN HOUSE BILL 59 YOU WILL NOTICE
THE DECREASING FUNDING FOR
00:02:28FAMILY PLANNING CLINICS AND
REDIRECTING IT TO OVERBURDEN
00:02:32GENERAL HEALTH CENTERS THAT WILL
HELP WOMEN IN THE LONG RUN.
00:02:36MEMO TO YOU, THIS GENERALLY'S
FAMILY CERTAINLY DOES KNOW
00:02:47ABOUT YOUR BODY.
AND EVEN IF DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO
00:02:49HEALTHCARE, TO HIGH-QUALITY
HEALTH CARE, TRUST US.
00:02:55LESS MONEY FOR FAMILY PLANNING
AND WOMEN HELD -- WOMEN'S
00:02:59HEALTH WOULD DO A BODY GOOD.
IN HOUSE BILL 59 YOU WILL SEE
00:03:04THAT UNDERFUNDING PUBLIC
EDUCATION IS OUR SPECIALTY.
00:03:08WE REALLY KNOW THE BAD DOWN TO
A SCIENCE.
00:03:10IT IS MY BELIEVE PROPOSED INCOME
TAX DEDUCTION FOR BUSINESS
00:03:13OWNERS WILL NOT PROVIDE THE
FUNDS NECESSARY FOR BUSINESSES
00:03:19TO GROW.
SPECIFICALLY THERE IS NO
00:03:22GUARANTEE OR INCENTIVE ATTACK
-- ATTACHED TO THIS TAX
00:03:27GIVEAWAY THAT WOULD ENSURE THE
SAVINGS WILL BE USED TO HIRE NEW
00:03:30EMPLOYEES.
EVEN THE BUSINESS OWNERS AND
00:03:33INVESTORS THAT RECEIVED THE
MAXIMUM BENEFIT OF $26,663 WILL
00:03:39STILL MIGHT HAVE ENOUGH TO
PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL JOB SUMMIT
00:03:42HE CAN LIVE OFF.
>> THIS BALL -- BILL DOES
00:03:47PROMOTE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND
SHOWS BONA FIDE COMPASSION FOR
00:03:52THE NEEDY AND ADDRESSES OUR
EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IN SO FAR AS
00:03:56WE ARE ABLE AND IT RECOGNIZES
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ARTS AND
00:04:02CULTURE DIVERSITY IN OUR STATE.
>> I DO NOT THINK HE SAID IT
00:04:06ABOUT MEDICAID EXPANSION BUT THE
CLOCK AND A CULINARY ARTIST AND
00:04:14A LIFE COACH SAID I WILL TELL
YOU ONE THING, YOU CAN PUT YOUR
00:04:18SHOES ON BEFORE YOU PUT YOUR
SOCKS ON.
00:04:19AND WE ARE DOING THINGS
BACKWARDS.
00:04:26WE'RE TELLING PEOPLE TO TO DO
THE WRONG THINGS.
00:04:27WE ARE PAYING PEOPLE TO DO THE
WRONG THINGS WITH MEDICAID.
00:04:30WE ARE PAYING WOMEN TO HAVE
CHILDREN OUT OF WEDLOCK WITH
00:04:36DIFFERENT MEN AND WE ARE
ENCOURAGING THE FATHER NOT TO BE
00:04:39INVOLVED.
WE ARE USING TAXPAYER FUNDS TO
00:04:43FUND ABORTIONS AND WE KEEP
EXTENDING THE AMOUNT OF TIME TO
00:04:50PAY PEOPLE NOT TO WORK.
AGAIN, YOU CAN PUT YOUR SHOES
00:04:55ON BEFORE YOU PUT YOUR SOCKS ON.
YOU CAN DO THINGS BACKWARDS OR
00:04:59YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE WRONG
RESULTS.
00:05:00ONE OF OUR FOUNDERS, BEN
FRANKLIN, SAID I'M DOING WELL
00:05:06FOR POOR BUT YOU DON'T DO IT BY
MAKING IT EASY FOR THEM TO STAY
00:05:12IN POVERTY.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE THEM
00:05:15UNCOMFORTABLE IN THEIR POVERTY
AND THEY WILL DO FOR THEMSELVES
00:05:18AND THEY WILL BE MUCH BETTER OFF
AT THE END OF THE DAY WHEN THEY
00:05:22HAVE EARNED IT ON THEIR OWN
VERSUS WHEN THEY HAVE GOTTEN
00:05:25HANDOUTS.
>>
00:05:28DEMOCRATS WORE PINK CARNATIONS
TO SHOW THEIR OPPOSITION TO SOME
00:05:30ABORTION-RELATED PROVISIONS IN
THE BUDGET.
00:05:35ONE WOULD REQUIRE ALL AMBULATORY
SURGICAL CENTERS TO HAVE
00:05:36AGREEMENTS WITH HOSPITALS TO
TRANSFER PATIENTS, BUT BANS
00:05:37AGREEMENTS TO TRANSFER PATIENTS
FROM ABORTION CLINICS TO PUBLIC
00:05:39HOSPITALS, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH CAN CLOSE CLINICS THAT
00:05:42DON'T HAVE TRANSFER AGREEMENTS.
ANOTHER WOULD SEND SOME FEDERAL
00:05:47TEMPORARY AID FOR NEEDY FAMILIES
OR TANF FUNDS TO NEW PROGRAMS AT
00:05:51SO-CALLED CRISIS PREGNANCY
CENTERS.WHICH ARE OPERATED BY
00:05:57ANTIABORTION ACTIVISTS.
AND A THIRD WOULD STRIP STATE
00:06:00FUNDS TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD
CENTERS, AS THE HOUSE BUDGET
00:06:02DOES.
IN COMMITTEE AND ON THE FLOOR,
00:06:03DEMOCRATS TRIED TO BLOCK THOSE
PROVISIONS WITH AMENDMENTS, AND
00:06:06ALSO PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
EXPAND MEDICAID AND TO ADD MORE
00:06:10MONEY TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS,
SCHOOLS AND FOOD BANKS.
00:06:13BUT OVER AND OVER, DEMOCRATIC
AMENDMENTS WERE TABLED, AND
00:06:16OFTEN WITH SO-CALLED STANDING
VOTES, WHICH MEANS THERE'S NO
00:06:19RECORD OF HOW EACH SENATOR
VOTED, ONLY THE TOTALS THAT
00:06:22VOTED FOR AND AGAINST.
THE BUDGET NOW HEADS TO A
00:06:29CONFERENCE COMMITTEE, WHERE THE
DIFFERENCES WILL BE HAMMERED OUT
00:06:32BY JUNE 30 SO IT CAN BE SIGNED
BY THE GOVERNOR AND IN PLACE FOR
00:06:35THE START OF THE NEW FISCAL YEAR
ON
00:06:41JULY 1.
GOV. KASICH SIGNED SEVERAL BILLS
00:06:43THIS WEEK.
ONE NOTABLE MEASURE WAS QUIETLY
00:06:45INKED WITHOUT ANY CEREMONY.
THAT WAS THE BILL THAT INCLUDED
00:06:47THE AMENDMENT THAT BLOCKS THE
STATE AUDITOR FROM AUDITING THE
00:06:50FUNDS IN HIS QUASI-PRIVATE JOB
CREATING ENTITY JOBSOHIO.
00:06:54THAT AMENDMENT ROCKETED THROUGH
THE REPUBLICAN-DOMINATED
00:06:56LEGISLATURE IN THE LAST WEEK --
OVER THE OBJECTIONS OF GOP
00:07:00AUDITOR DAVID YOST, WHO HAS SAID
HE FEELS HE HAS THE AUTHORITY TO
00:07:02AUDIT THOSE FUNDS.
YOST SPOKE THIS WEEK AT A
00:07:06CONFERENCE OF FRAUD
INVESTIGATORS, AND WHILE HE
00:07:08DIDN'T MENTION JOBSOHIO
DIRECTLY, HE TOLD THEM HE HAD --
00:07:12QUOTING HIM HERE -- UNMADE A LOT
OF FRIENDS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF
00:07:15WEEKS.
AFTERWARD, YOST TALKED TO
00:07:18REPORTERS ABOUT THE VOTE, SAYING
NOW THAT LAWMAKERS HAVE
00:07:21CLARIFIED THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE
THE AUTHORITY TO AUDIT JOBSOHIO,
00:07:24HE FEELS THE DEBATE HAS BEEN
CONCLUDED.
00:07:27BUT HE SAYS HE'S CONFIDENT THE
FRIENDSHIPS THAT WERE UNMADE
00:07:30WON'T DO PERMANENT DAMAGE.
CRACKS -- >> THERE
00:07:44ARE OCCASIONS WHEN MRS.
YOST UNDERTAKES A PROCESS THAT I
00:07:46FIND TO BE INADEQUATE FOR TERMS
OF CONSIDERING MY POINT OF VIEW
00:07:49AND WE'RE STILL MARRIED.">>
AS FOR LEGAL ACTION IN THE OHIO
00:07:54SUPREME COURT AGAINST THE
MEASURE, YOST SAYS HE ISN'T SURE
00:07:56ON WHAT GROUNDS THAT COULD BE
PURSUED, AND THAT HIS OFFICE
00:07:57HASN'T EVEN LOOKED INTO THAT.
THE STATE HAS OFFICIALLY TURNED
00:07:59OVER A STRING OF LAKE ERIE PARKS
TO THE CITY OF CLEVELAND.
00:08:03GOVERNOR
KASICH SIGNED THE BILL IN
00:08:07CLEVELAND ON THURSDAY, ALONGSIDE
DEMOCRATIC MAYOR FRANK JACKSON.
00:08:10STATE LAWMAKERS THIS YEAR
DECIDED TO LET THE CITY TAKE
00:08:11OVER CLEVELAND LAKEFRONT STATE
PARK, A STRING OF SIX PARKS
00:08:13ALONG THE LAKESHORE BESET WITH
MAINTENANCE AND CRIME PROBLEMS.
00:08:15CLEVELAND METROPARKS WILL NOW
MANAGE THE PROPERTIES.
00:08:18THERE'S AN OPENING AT THE TOP AT
OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY.
00:08:21PRESIDENT GORDON GEE HAS
ANNOUNCED HE'S RETIRING, JUST A
00:08:24WEEK AFTER A TAPE SURFACED ON
WHICH HE'S HEARD MAKING COMMENTS
00:08:27THAT SOME FOUND OFFENSIVE.
GEE WILL LEAVE OSU ON JULY 1,
00:08:33AND SAID HE MADE THE DECISION TO
RETIRE WHILE ON VACATION WITH
00:08:35HIS FAMILY.
BUT WHILE GEE IS AN ICON AT OHIO
00:08:37STATE AND WILDLY POPULAR WITH
STUDENTS AND MANY OTHER, THE
00:08:41TIMING IS SUSPICIOUS TO SOME.
A LITTLE OVER A WEEK AGO, A TAPE
00:08:46WAS OBTAINED BY THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS FROM AN OSU ATHLETIC
00:08:49COUNCIL MEETING IN DECEMBER
WHERE GEE IS HEARD MAKING
00:08:52COMMENTS ABOUT ROMAN CATHOLICS,
NOTRE DAME, THE SEC ATHLETIC
00:08:55CONFERENCE AND OTHER GROUPS AND
INDIVIDUALS THAT SOME FELT WERE
00:08:58DEROGATORY.
GEE HAD APOLOGIZED FOR THOSE
00:09:02COMMENTS AS A POOR ATTEMPT AT
HUMOR, AND THE OSU TRUSTEES PUT
00:09:06HIM ON WHAT THEY CALLED A
REMEDIATION PLAN BECAUSE THESE
00:09:09ARE NOT THE FIRST GAFFES THAT
GEE HAS MADE PUBLICLY.
00:09:13THE CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE OF SO-
CALLED "RIGHT TO WORK" LAWS CAME
00:09:16BACK TO THE STATEHOUSE BRIEFLY
THIS WEEK, AS A HOUSE COMMITTEE
00:09:20HEARD TESTIMONY ON TWO BILLS
THAT WOULD PROHIBIT PUBLIC AND
00:09:23PRIVATE EMPLOYERS FROM REQUIRING
WORKERS TO JOIN UNIONS.
00:09:28THE HEARING ROOM WAS PACKED, AND
THERE WERE MORE THAN A HUNDRED
00:09:30OPPONENTS IN THAT ROOM AND IN
SEVERAL OVERFLOW ROOMS, TO HEAR
00:09:32SPONSOR TESTIMONY ON THE TWO
BILLS FROM REPUBLICANS KRISTINA
00:09:36ROEGNER OF HUDSON AND RON MAAG
OF LEBANON.
00:09:40AND WITH THE FIRST QUESTIONING
BY DEMOCRAT TOM LETSON OF
00:09:43WARREN, EMOTIONS BOILED OVER.>>
CURRENTLY, OHIO LAW ALLOWS FOR
00:09:50THOSE PEOPLE THAT DO NOT WANT TO
BELONG TO UNIONS TO NOT BELONG
00:09:53TO UNIONS. [APPLAUSE]
[GAVEL BANGING]
00:10:06WE WILL HAVE DECORUM IN THIS
ROOM!>>
00:10:11REPUBLICAN CHAIR KIRK SCHURING
OF CANTON WARNED THE OPPONENTS
00:10:13OF THE BILLS TO KEEP QUIET,
WHICH THEY DID FOR THE REST OF
00:10:16THE HOUR-LONG HEARING.
AND SCHURING SAID AFTER THE
00:10:17HEARING THAT IT WILL BE THE ONLY
ONE.>>
00:10:21WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT -- WE
REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON THAT, WE
00:10:23NEED TO FOCUS ON ENERGY POLICY,
WE NEED TO FOCUS ON TAX POLICY.
00:10:25THERE ARE PROBABLY ABOUT EIGHT
OR TEN THINGS THAT, IN MY
00:10:27OPINION, RANK ABOVE THIS
PARTICULAR ISSUE.>>
00:10:32SCHURING SAYS THE COMMITTEE
MEMBERS UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO NO
00:10:35MORE HEARINGS, BUT LIKELY FOR
VERY DIFFERENT REASONS.
00:10:37CERTAINLY NEXT YEAR'S STATEWIDE
ELECTIONS ARE AMONG THOSE
00:10:38REASONS.STATE LEADERS FROM
GOVERNOR
00:10:46KASICH ON DOWN HAVE BEEN
TALKING FOR MORE THAN A YEAR
00:10:48ABOUT HOW THE ECONOMY IS
IMPROVING IN OHIO.
00:10:49THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS AT 7
PERCENT, MORE THAN 4 POINTS
00:10:51BELOW ITS RECENT HIGH OF 11.2
PERCENT IN JULY 2009.
00:10:55THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF
CLEVELAND REPORTS THERE WERE
00:10:57FEWER HOMEOWNERS WHO FELL BEHIND
ON THEIR MORTGAGES, AND MORE WHO
00:11:02ARE BEHIND ARE CATCHING UP.
AND LAWMAKERS ARE LIKELY TO SEE
00:11:05MORE MONEY IN REVENUE ESTIMATES
AS THEY WORK OUT THE FINAL
00:11:08VERSION OF THE BUDGET.
BUT NOT EVERYONE IS FEELING THE
00:11:12RISING TIDE.
A REPORT OUT THIS WEEK FROM THE
00:11:15OHIO ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY
ACTION AGENCIES SHOWS THE COST
00:11:19OF BASIC NEEDS SUCH AS FOOD,
HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, HEALTH
00:11:22CARE AND CHILD CARE SOARED 23
PERCENT IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
00:11:28A THIRD OF OHIOANS ARE ELIGIBLE
FOR FOOD ASSISTANCE.
00:11:33AND OF THE TOP TEN PROFESSIONS,
ONLY ONE OF THOSE -- REGISTERED
00:11:36NURSE -- PAYS WHAT'S CONSIDERED
A LIVING WAGE.
00:11:39MANY PAY LESS THAN HALF OF WHAT
AN ADULT WITH TWO CHILDREN NEEDS
00:11:42TO COVER BASIC LIVING COSTS.
AND WHILE COSTS RANGE FROM
00:11:46COUNTY TO COUNTY, THERE IS
NOWHERE IN OHIO WHERE A PERSON
00:11:50EVEN ONE WITHOUT CHILDREN -- CAN
COVER BASIC NEEDS ON THE STATE'S
00:11:54MINIMUM WAGE, WHICH IS $7.85 AN
HOUR.
00:11:57YOU CAN READ THAT REPORT ON THE
OACAA WEBSITE AT OACAA.ORG.
00:12:02WITH ME TO TALK ABOUT THE REPORT
AND ABOUT HOW THE POOREST
00:12:04OHIOANS ARE DEALING WITH DAILY
LIFE ARE TWO EXPERTS ON THE
00:12:08FRONT LINES.
LISA HAMLER FUGITT IS THE
00:12:11EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OHIO
ASSOCIATION OF FOODBANKS, WHICH
00:12:14SERVED MORE THAN 7.8 MILLION
OHIOANS IN THE LAST TWO-YEAR
00:12:17BUDGET CYCLE.
JACK FRECH IS THE DIRECTOR OF
00:12:20ATHENS COUNTY JOB AND FAMILY
SERVICES IN ONE OF THE STATE'S
00:12:24MOST POVERTY-STRICKEN COUNTIES.
HE JOINS US WITH THE HELP OF
00:12:27WOUB IN ATHENS.I WANT TO START
WITH THIS IDEA OF COSTS GOING
00:12:37UP.
I WOULD LIKE YOU BOTH TO TALK
00:12:39ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE SEEING OUT
THERE IN THE REAL WORLD.
00:12:42COSTS WENT UP 23% OVER FIVE
YEARS AND INCOME WENT UP TWO
00:12:48PERCENT OVER FIVE YEARS.
HOW IS THAT WORKING?
00:12:52>> IT IS NOT.
AGAIN, WHAT YOU ARE SEEING, FOR
00:12:55THOSE THAT ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH
TO HAVE A JOB, THE PAYCHECK IS
00:12:59NOT STRETCHING.
IF YOU LIVE IN RENTAL HOUSING,
00:13:04YOUR UTILITIES HAVE GONE UP,
FOOD COST US ARE UP 12% AND NOW
00:13:08WE ARE LOOKING AT GAS COST
AGAIN, NEARING FOUR DOLLARS A
00:13:11GALLON.
PEOPLE HAVE CUT EVERYWHERE THEY
00:13:15CAN AND ARE TURNING MORE
FREQUENTLY TO FOOD BANKS, SOUP
00:13:21KITCHENS, AND OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS FAMILY
00:13:25SERVICES TO TRY TO FIND THE
BASICS.
00:13:27>> AS THE HEAD OF THE AGENCY IN
ATHENS COUNTY, WHAT DO YOU SEE?
00:13:35>> FAMILIES THAT ARE DOUBLED
AND TRIPLED UP AND HOUSING.
00:13:38I SEE FAMILIES THAT HAVE NO
TRANSPORTATION WHATSOEVER.
00:13:41I SEE FAMILIES WHO STRUGGLE JUST
TO HAVE A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS.
00:13:48PEOPLE ARE GETTING UTILITY SHUT
OFF.
00:13:54ALL OF THE THINGS, BASIC THINGS
PEOPLE NEED, THEY'RE STRUGGLING
00:13:59WITH.
AND OF COURSE TO MAKE IT WORSE,
00:14:04THE SAFETY NET THAT WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE THERE TO CATCH THESE
00:14:06PEOPLE OR PROVIDE BASIC NEEDS IS
DISSOLVING FROM UNDER THEM.
00:14:11IN OHIO RIGHT NOW THERE'S ABOUT
470,000 PEOPLE ON FOOD STAMPS
00:14:19THAT HAVE NO CASH INCOME
WHATSOEVER.
00:14:21IN THAT REGARD, PRICE BECOMES
IRRELEVANT.
00:14:28THEY HAVE NO MONEY WHATSOEVER.
THAT WAS NOT EVEN A TOPIC OF
00:14:31DISCUSSION AMONG THE MEMBERS OF
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON THE
00:14:36HOUSE OR THE SENATE FINANCE
COMMITTEE, EVEN THOUGH THE STATE
00:14:39DIRECTOR GOT UP AND CONFIRMED
IT.
00:14:42>> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT.
THEY DON'T HAVE ANY CASH INCOME
00:14:49WHATSOEVER, HOW IS THAT
POSSIBLE?
00:14:51WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE DOING, NOT
DOING, WHERE IS THEIR SUSTENANCE
00:14:58COMING FROM?
>> THEY ARE DOUBLED AND TRIPLED
00:15:01UP IN HOUSING.
MAYBE TWO AND THREE FAMILIES
00:15:05LIVING IN A SINGLE TRAILER.
THE ONLY INCOME THEY HAVE AT ALL
00:15:08AS FOOD STAMPS SO THEY CAN BUY
SOME FOOD BUT THOSE ARE ONLY
00:15:14INTENDED TO PROVIDE THREE FORCE
OF THE FOOD YOU NEED.
00:15:15BUT DOES NOT EVEN MEET THEIR
FOOD NEEDS WHICH MEANS ALL OF
00:15:19THEM ARE DEPENDENT ON PROGRAMS
IN THE FOOD BANK IN PANTRIES.
00:15:22THEY ARE TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON
THE GENEROSITY OF FRIENDS AND
00:15:27NEIGHBORS TO BUY THE THINGS
THEY NEED LIKE KUIPERS, OVER-
00:15:33THE-COUNTER MEDICATIONS,
ANYTHING YOU HAVE TO REACH INTO
00:15:37YOUR POCKET AND PULL OUT CASH
FOR, THEY CAN'T DO, WHICH IS
00:15:43WHAT I FIND PHENOMENAL.
IN THIS STATE, THERE ARE THAT
00:15:47MANY PEOPLE WITH THAT LOW OF
INCOME AND IT IS DOCUMENTED.
00:15:49BY THE JOBS FAMILY SERVICE
AGENCIES.
00:15:52THESE PEOPLE ARE ON FOOD STAMPS
AND YET IT SEEMS TO BE OF NO
00:16:00CONCERN WHATSOEVER TO THE
MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
00:16:03I AM NOT SURE HOW LOW PEOPLE
HAVE TO GET BEFORE WE WORRY
00:16:07ABOUT THEM.
RIGHT NOW IN OHIO THERE ARE MORE
00:16:09CHILDREN IN HOUSEHOLDS THAT
HAVE NO CASH INCOME THAN THERE
00:16:14ARE CHILDREN IN HOUSEHOLDS
GETTING CASH WELFARE.
00:16:15WE HAVE THROWN OVER 100,000
PEOPLE OFF CASH ASSISTANCE IN
00:16:21THE LAST YEAR.
A HARSH IMPLEMENTATION OF SOME
00:16:26OF THE WORK REQUIREMENTS AND
THAT INCLUDES 60,000 CHILDREN.
00:16:28AND THEY ARE STRUGGLING.
THEY ARE STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE.
00:16:32>> ON THE WEBSITE WHERE THIS
REPORT IS, THERE IS A CALCULATOR
00:16:37THAT SHOWS IF YOU LIVE IN A
SPECIFIC COUNTY AND IF YOU HAVE
00:16:43ONE ADULT OR HOWEVER MANY
CHILDREN, YOU CAN FIGURE OUT
00:16:45WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO HAVE A
WAGE THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO
00:16:49NOT CAP TO ANY SORT OF
ASSISTANCE.
00:16:51AND FRANKEN COUNTY, WHERE WE
ARE, $10.45 AN HOUR AND ANNUAL
00:16:58INCOME OF $44,000.
AND IT RANGES RIGHT IN THAT,
00:17:0340,000-40 $5,000 WITH BOTH
ADULTS WORKING TO SUSTAIN
00:17:08THEMSELVES AND ONE OR TWO KIDS.
THIS IS A BAR THAT IS TOO GREAT
00:17:15FOR MANY PEOPLE TO REACH.
>> THE JOBS AREN'T THERE.
00:17:19THAT IS WHAT THE REPORT STATES.
OF THE 10 OCCUPATIONS THAT HAVE
00:17:24THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF OHIOANS,
ONLY ONE PAID A SELF-
00:17:32SUFFICIENCY RATE, A REGISTERED
NURSE.
00:17:33THAT FOUR YEARS OF EDUCATION
AND WHILE THE HEALTHCARE
00:17:38INDUSTRY IS A BOOMING INDUSTRY,
A LOT OF OUR FOLKS DON'T HAVE
00:17:43THE EDUCATION NECESSARY TO BE
COMPETING FOR JOBS IN THIS AREA.
00:17:49THE OTHER ISSUE WE HAVE IS THAT
WE HAVE LONG-TERM
00:17:57UNDEREMPLOYMENT AND
UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG THOSE THAT
00:17:59WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR
FAMILIES IN A MANUFACTURING-
00:18:03BASED ECONOMY.
THOSE JOBS HAVE BEEN REPLACED
00:18:06WITH PART-TIME MINIMUM-WAGE
JOBS IN THE SERVICE SECTOR AND
00:18:11THAT IS WHAT THE REPORT DOES
POINT TO, YOU CAN BE WORKING
00:18:16MULTIPLE PART-TIME JOBS OR A
FULL-TIME JOB BUT IF IT DOES NOT
00:18:19PAY A SELF-SUFFICIENCY WAGE, YOU
ARE NOT MAKING IT.
00:18:25YOU ASK IN JACK HOW PEOPLE ARE
DOING IT.
00:18:27THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR,
THROUGH YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
00:18:29PEOPLE ARE SELLING THEIR
POSSESSIONS IN YARD SALES, ON
00:18:35EBAY, CRAIGSLIST.
THEY ARE BORROWING MONEY FROM
00:18:38FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO TRY TO
MAKE IT.
00:18:39AND MORE AND MORE OHIOANS ARE
NOT MAKING IT.
00:18:45THAT IS WHAT WE ARE SEEING.
WE ARE MANDATED TO SERVE
00:18:48HOUSEHOLDS WITH INCOMES UP TO
200% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY
00:18:54LEVEL.
30 1.8% OF THE POPULATION DOES
00:18:57NOT EVEN HAVE INCOME OF 200% OR
MORE OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY
00:19:00LEVEL.
WE NEED THESE WORK SUPPORT
00:19:06PROGRAMS.
WE NEED CHILDCARE.
00:19:07WE NEED BASIC CHILD ASSISTANCE.
AND WE NEED HEALTHCARE.
00:19:11FAR TOO MANY OHIOANS LACK BASIC
COVERAGE.
00:19:1642% OF THEM ARE MAKING CHOICES
EVERY DAY BETWEEN FOOD,
00:19:21MEDICINE, AND MEDICAL CARE.
>> ON THIS CALCULATOR ON THE
00:19:25WEBSITE, THE WAGE, THE SELF-
SUFFICIENCY WAGE, $9.60, ONE OF
00:19:35THE CHEAPER COUNTIES IN THE
STATE OF OHIO.
00:19:36THERE ARE THESE TOP 10
OCCUPATIONS, THEY COVER 21% OF
00:19:42WORKERS AND NINE OF THEM DON'T
PAY A LIVING WAGE.
00:19:47YOU HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS IN
ATHENS COUNTY WORKING A COUPLE
00:19:49OF JOBS BUT THEY ARE OFTEN IN
SECTORS THAT DON'T PAY A LOT OF
00:19:53MONEY.
>> THAT IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
00:19:57AND THOSE FAMILIES ARE
STRUGGLING.
00:19:59I THINK IF I WOULD LOOK AT ONE
OF THE ELEMENTS OF SURVIVING, IT
00:20:04IS TRANSPORTATION, IN A RURAL
COUNTY LIKE THIS IS A HUGE
00:20:08ISSUE.
IT COSTS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS A
00:20:12YEAR TO OWN AND OPERATE A
VEHICLE, WITH CAR INSURANCE AND
00:20:20SOME SAFETY IN MAINTENANCE.
THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS A LOT
00:20:22OF FOLKS WORKING THESE JOBS
SIMPLY CAN'T AFFORD TO KEEP A
00:20:29CAR ON THE ROAD.
THE PRICE OF GASOLINE AND
00:20:32MAINTENANCE, AND IN FACT ONE OF
THE LEADING CAUSES OF PEOPLE
00:20:36LOSING THEIR DRIVERS LICENSE IS
NOT HAVING CAR INSURANCE.
00:20:39THEY LOSE THEIR DRIVERS LICENSE
AS A RESULT SO WE HAVE ONE
00:20:45MILLION PEOPLE THAT HAVE NO CAR
INSURANCE AND THEREFORE HAVE NO
00:20:48DRIVERS LICENSE.
THEY ARE OUT THERE DRIVING
00:20:53ILLEGALLY TRYING TO GET TO A
LOW-WAGE, MINIMUM-WAGE JOB,
00:20:57SCARED TO DEATH THEY'RE GOING
TO BE STOPPED BY THE HIGHWAY
00:20:59PATROL AND HAVE SOME MORE
SEVERE PENALTIES, JUST FOR
00:21:05TRYING TO GET A JOB.
THESE JOBS DON'T PAY ENOUGH FOR
00:21:08PEOPLE TO KEEP A CAR.
SO IT IS A TERRIBLE DILEMMA WE
00:21:11PUT THEM IN.
THEY HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME
00:21:16SURVIVING LEGALLY WITH THE
PRESSURE THEY ARE LIVING UNDER,
00:21:22AND THOSE ARE FOR THE FOLKS
FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE A JOB.
00:21:25AND A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE AREN'T
ABLE TO MAINTAIN A JOB AT ALL
00:21:29BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE ACCESS
TO A VEHICLE.
00:21:30>> THIS IS THE SECOND REPORT
SHOWING THERE IS A POVERTY
00:21:35PROBLEM IN OHIO.
THE POVERTY RATE WAS 6 -- UP
00:21:41FROM 15.2% IN 2009, WHICH IS
ABOUT THE NATURAL AVERAGE.
00:21:461-6 ARE IN POVERTY.
THAT IS A 58% INCREASE FROM
00:21:511999.
AND THE POPULATION GREW TWO
00:21:55PERCENT AND THE POVERTY LEVEL
GREW 58%.
00:21:57THERE WAS A REPORT THAT SAID THE
PER CAPITA INCOME GREW FASTER
00:22:03LAST YEAR THAN IT DID IN 47
OTHER STATES.
00:22:05THAT SUGGESTS THIS IS NOT JUST A
PROBLEM IN OHIO.
00:22:08>> I TOTALLY AGREE.
WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS BECOMING
00:22:13THE NEW NORM.
AND ONE THAT WE DON'T HAVE
00:22:17POLICYMAKERS DISCUSSING AT THE
FEDERAL LEVEL OR AT THE STATE
00:22:21LEVEL.
WHAT DOES AN ECONOMY LOOK LIKE
00:22:22WHEN ONE OUT OF FOUR OHIOANS
ARE PLAYING BY ALL OF THE RULES
00:22:31BUT THEY ARE NOT EARNING ENOUGH
TO MEET THEIR BASIC NEEDS?
00:22:33THAT IS THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
AND ONE WE NEED TO PROVIDE, A
00:22:40BASIC SAFETY NETS OF PEOPLE DO
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, WHETHER IT
00:22:45IS EDUCATION.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT EDUCATION
00:22:47BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF YOUNG
PEOPLE THAT ARE IN HORRIBLE
00:22:51DEBT PURSUING AN EDUCATION THAT
WOULD GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY
00:23:00TO MOVE INTO THE MAINSTREAM, TO
GET A PROFESSIONAL JOB.
00:23:02WHAT THEY ARE FINDING AS THEY
CAN'T EVEN LAND A PART-TIME JOB
00:23:06I ANY COLLEGE LOANS ARE COMING
DUE.
00:23:13THE LARGEST ONE I SAW WAS A
YOUNG WOMAN WHO HAS HAD TO MOVE
00:23:18BACK IN WITH HER FAMILY AND HER
FAMILY HAS TAKEN IN HER ELDERLY
00:23:24PARENTS AND NOW WE HAVE THREE
GENERATIONS UNDER ONE ROOF.
00:23:25HER COLLEGE LOANS ARE $900 A
MONTH.
00:23:29IF YOU KNOW ABOUT COLLEGE DEBT,
IT CAN'T BE DISCHARGED IN
00:23:35BANKRUPTCY.
WE MIGHT HAVE THE NEXT
00:23:41GENERATION THAT IS NOT GOING TO
BE ABLE TO MOLD IT INTO THE
00:23:42ECONOMIC MAINSTREAM.
BUT WHAT DO WE WANT AS A
00:23:46SOCIETY?
WHAT DO WE WANT AS A STATE AND A
00:23:48NATION?
THESE ARE THE CHALLENGES.
00:23:53IT IS GOING TO TAKE MORE
INVESTMENT.
00:23:54AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR CAN DO IT
ALONE.
00:23:57I HEAR A LOT OF TALK, DON'T
WORRY, THE CHURCHES WILL TAKE
00:23:59CARE OF IT.
WE ARE TAPPED OUT.
00:24:02WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE
RESOURCES.
00:24:03WE CAN'T FEED THE MASSES.
FOOD COSTS ARE UP 12%.
00:24:10OUR DOLLARS ARE STRETCHING AS
FAR AS THEY NEED TO.
00:24:11>> I THINK THAT PEOPLE GLOSS
OVER, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
00:24:20POVERTY AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE
POOR, IT IS A STATISTIC AND A
00:24:23BIG NUMBER.
I THINK IN -- ABOUT HALF OF
00:24:30THOSE PEOPLE, 800 OTHYUS --
800,000 ARE BELOW THE POVERTY
00:24:35LEVEL, LESS THAN 10,000 DOLLARS
A YEAR.
00:24:40THERE IS ALMOST 500,000 WITH NO
INCOME WHATSOEVER.
00:24:43IF THIS WERE A NATURAL DISASTER,
IF THAT MANY PEOPLE LOST THEIR
00:24:50HOUSING, LOST THEIR INCOME, LOST
THEIR FOOD, ANY KIND OF ACCESS
00:24:54TO MEDICAL CARE, DUE TO A
NATURAL DISASTER, WE WOULD BE
00:24:59PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPS.
THIS WOULD BE THE TOP PRIORITY
00:25:03OF OUR COMMUNITY, OF OUR STATE,
TO HELP THAT MANY PEOPLE IN
00:25:06NEED.
BUT WE DON'T EVEN SEE THAT IS A
00:25:10PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE SOLVED.
THIS WAS NOT A MAJOR DISCUSSION
00:25:16AMONG EITHER POLITICAL PARTY IN
EITHER OF THE CHAMBERS OF THE
00:25:20LEGISLATURE AND DISCUSSING THE
BUDGET.
00:25:23AND THAT IS WHAT IS FRIGHTENING.
THIS IS GETTING WORSE AND WORSE
00:25:31AND WE SEEM UNWILLING TO EVEN
DISCUSS THE PROBLEM.
00:25:32>> I WANT TO TAKE UP THE IDEA OF
WHY IT IS GETTING WORSE AND WHAT
00:25:37COULD THE STATE AND POLICY
CHANGES COULD BE MADE.
00:25:41WE WILL COME BACK FOR THAT NEXT
WEEK.
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