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>> WE CONCLUDE OUR SERIES OF
00:00:29SIT-DOWN INTERVIEWS WITH THE
MAJOR PARTY CANDIDATES FOR
00:00:36THE STATEWIDE EXECUTIVE OFFICES.
THIS WEEK, THE INCUMBENT AT THE
00:00:39TOP OF THE TICKET.
THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR
00:00:41GOVERNOR, JOHN KASICH, THIS WEEK
IN "THE STATE OF OHIO."
00:00:50LAST MONTH, SEVEN OF THE EIGHT
CANDIDATES FROM THE TWO MAJOR
00:00:53PARTIES RUNNING FOR THE FOUR
STATEWIDE EXECUTIVE OFFICES
00:00:57APPEARED ON THE SHOW.
LAST WEEK, WE TURNED TO THE
00:01:02OFFICE AT THE TOP -- GOVERNOR.
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE ED
00:01:04FITZGERALD TALKED ABOUT HIS
PLATFORM AND HIS CAMPAIGN
00:01:14STUMBLES IN OUR STUDIO AT THE
STATEHOUSE IN COLUMBUS.
00:01:16BUT TO SIT DOWN WITH REPUBLICAN
INCUMBENT JOHN KASICH, WHOSE
00:01:18OFFICE IS RIGHT ACROSS THE
STREET FROM THE STATEHOUSE, WE
00:01:20HAD TO HIT THE ROAD.
TRAVELING TO CINCINNATI, AFTER
00:01:22KASICH FINISHED UP A CAMPAIGN
STOP WITH SOME VETERANS.
00:01:24IT WAS ALWAYS ASSUMED THAT
KASICH WOULD RUN FOR
00:01:26RE-ELECTION, THOUGH HE HAS NEVER
OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED A CAMPAIGN
00:01:28KICKOFF, AND HASN'T PUBLICLY
MENTIONED FITZGERALD.
00:01:30KASICH WAS ELECTED IN 2010 BY A
2 POINT MARGIN OVER INCUMBENT
00:01:32DEMOCRAT TED STRICKLAND.
HE HAD WORKED FOR YEARS TO
00:01:35LAUNCH THAT RUN FOR GOVERNOR,
EVENTUALLY OPENING HIS CAMPAIGN
00:01:37WITH A PROMISE TO ELIMINATE THE
STATE INCOME TAX.
00:01:41KASICH STARTED HIS POLITICAL
CAREER BY WINNING A SEAT IN THE
00:01:44OHIO SENATE IN 1978.
HE THEN SERVED NINE TERMS IN THE
00:01:48US HOUSE AND IN 1999, RAN FOR
PRESIDENT BRIEFLY BEFORE
00:01:52TEMPORARILY LEAVING POLITICS FOR
WORK IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, MOST
00:01:55NOTABLY LEHMAN BROTHERS, AND A
STINT ON THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL.
00:01:59I TALKED WITH KASICH IN THE
STUDIOS OF CET IN CINCINNATI.
00:02:06WELCOME, GOVERNOR KASICH.
START WITH DEBATES.
00:02:09MANY ARE SAYING THAT YOU ARE THE
REASON THERE WILL BE A DEBATE
00:02:16FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 36 YEARS.
WHY NOT DEBATE AND FITZGERALD?
00:02:20>> THEIR CAMPAIGN WENT AWAY AND
WE RECEIVED AN ULTIMATUM.
00:02:26I DON'T REALLY TAKE THAT WELL TO
ULTIMATUMS.
00:02:31THAT'S WHY I DO THINGS LIKE
THIS.
00:02:35THIS IS THE WAY WE ARE GOING.
>> HIS CAMPAIGN WENT AWAY.
00:02:45HE HAS TAKEN A LOT OF CRITICISM
FOR CAMPAIGN MISSTEPS.
00:02:48DO YOU CONSIDER HIM A LEGITIMATE
OPPONENT?
00:02:49>> THIS ENTIRE CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN
ABOUT THE INCUMBENT.
00:02:54THE INCUMBENT IN THIS CASE TURNS
OUT TO BE ME.
00:02:58WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS TELL
PEOPLE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE AND
00:03:02WHO YOU ARE.
THAT IS REALLY THE PURPOSE I'VE
00:03:08ALWAYS SEEN IN CAMPAIGNS, SO
THAT IS WHAT WE DO AND I'VE BEEN
00:03:11ALL OVER THE STATE.
I CAN EVERYWHERE AND I ENJOY IT.
00:03:13WE ARE GETTING CLOSER TO THE
END.
00:03:16>> LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT YOUR
PLATFORM AND YOUR POLICIES.
00:03:21WHY SHOULD PEOPLE VOTE FOR YOU?
THE 47% WHO DID NOT BOOK FOR YOU
00:03:28IN THE 61.5% WHO DID NOT VOTE
FOR THE REPEAL THE SENATE BILL.
00:03:35>> I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD
CONNECT THAT.
00:03:40THE REASON I WOULD SAY PEOPLE
SHOULD BE PLEASED IS PEOPLE ARE
00:03:45OPTIMISTIC AND POSITIVE ABOUT
OHIO.
00:03:48THEY FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE FUTURE.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE
00:03:51SEEN FOR SOME TIME.
WE ARE RUNNING SURPLUSES NOW IN
00:03:55THE FACE OF WHAT I INHERITED,
GIANT DEFICITS.
00:03:57WE ARE UP ALMOST 250,000 JOBS.
THAT'S NOT ENOUGH OF IT.
00:04:04OUR CREDIT HAS STRENGTHENED, WE
HAVE CUT TAXES FOR SMALL
00:04:09BUSINESS AND PEOPLE AT THE TOP
AND PEOPLE WERE THE WORKING
00:04:14POOR.
WE HAVE ALSO HAD A PRIORITY FOR
00:04:18THOSE WHO LIVED IN SHACKLES.
FAMILIES WHO HAVE HAD PROBLEMS.
00:04:26THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SEVERELY
DISABLED, WE TRY TO MAINSTREAM
00:04:32THEM.
WE BRING THE MINORITY COMMUNITY
00:04:34INTO THE MIX.
WE WANT EVERYBODY TO RISE IN
00:04:37OHIO.
THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WILL SEE.
00:04:39>> A CONTINGENT WITHIN THE
REPUBLICAN PARTY IS UPSET WITH
00:04:46SOME OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE
DONE.
00:04:48MEDICAID EXPANSION AND THE STATE
BUDGET.
00:04:49WHAT DO YOU TELL THOSE PEOPLE?
>> THEY ARE IN WASHINGTON.
00:04:59I DON'T THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT
THEM.
00:05:00IN TERMS OF EXPANDING MEDICAID,
I FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO GET
00:05:0814 BILLION OF OHIO TAX DOLLARS
BACK HERE TO HELP COMMUNITIES BE
00:05:11ABLE TO REHAB PEOPLE WHO ARE
ADDICTS AND BE ABLE TO TREAT
00:05:18PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS WE
HAVE 20% OF OUR POPULATION WHO
00:05:20HAVE SOME PORT OF THAT'S SOME
FORM OF MENTAL ILLNESS IN OUR
00:05:25PRISONS.
WE DON'T WANT THE WORKING POOR
00:05:27TO JUST SHOW UP IN EMERGENCY
ROOMS.
00:05:28WE CAN GET THEM SOME BETTER
COORDINATED CARE.
00:05:31THERE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE WHOSE
LIVES HAVE BEEN SAVED.
00:05:41WE HAVE SEEN THE LOWEST NUMBER
OF STATE EMPLOYEES IN 30 YEARS.
00:05:46THE BIGGEST GROWTH IN OUR
PROGRAMS ARE MEDICAID, WHICH IS
00:05:49GROWING AT ALMOST THAT'S ONLY A
4% RATE.
00:05:53AND K-12 EDUCATION.
THESE ARE IMPORTANT PROGRAMS FOR
00:05:59US.
WE ARE RUNNING A SURPLUS OF $1.5
00:06:02BILLION.
WHEN PEOPLE SAY WE ARE NOT
00:06:06FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, THAT IS
SOMETHING THAT SOUNDS LIKE
00:06:09POLITICS OR SOMETHING TO ME.
HOW CAN YOU GO FROM $8 BILLION
00:06:13IN THE HOLE TO $1.5 BILLION IN A
RAINY DAY FUND AND OUR CREDIT
00:06:16HAS IMPROVED?
AND SOME SAYS WE ARE NOT
00:06:19MANAGING?
THEY MUST BE ON A DIFFERENT
00:06:21PLANET.
>> YOU MENTIONED K-12 EDUCATION.
00:06:26YOU HAVE ISSUED A THIRD GRADE
READING GUARANTEE AND EXPANDED
00:06:31TEACHER EVALUATIONS.
WORK WITH CLEVELAND AND
00:06:36COLUMBUS.
>> VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN
00:06:41SEVENTH GRADE.
WE INCREASED K-12 FUNDING BY ONE
00:06:45POINT $6 BILLION, THE LARGEST
INCREASE IN A DECADE.
00:06:47THE THIRD GRADE READING DARREN T
IS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE DON'T
00:06:51WANT TO SOCIALLY PROMOTE OUR
KIDS.
00:06:52-- READING GUARANTEE.
IF YOU SOCIALLY PROMOTE THEM,
00:07:01THEY ARE LIKELY TO DROP OUT.
WE ARE AIMED TO CUT THE NUMBER.
00:07:04IN TERMS OF TEACHER EVALUATIONS,
I'M ALWAYS OPEN TO HELPING MAKE
00:07:10THAT THERE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO DO SOME
00:07:13MEASUREMENT, BUT I WANT THEM TO
BE PART OF THIS.
00:07:17IN TERMS OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
COME YOU CAN LEARN A SKILL, BUT
00:07:23IT DOESN'T KEEP YOU FROM BEING
ABLE TO GO TO A FOUR-YEAR
00:07:25SCHOOL.
WE ARE STARTING THAT WE WANT TO
00:07:31RAISE THE LEVEL OF ALL EARLY
CHILDHOOD FACILITIES TO GET THEM
00:07:35TO HIGH QUALITY.
IT'S IMPORTANT WE KNOW EARLY
00:07:37CHILDHOOD EDUCATION MATTERS.
WE WANT OUR KIDS TO BE ABLE TO
00:07:42TAP INTO THEIR GOD-GIVEN
POTENTIAL AND HAVE AN EDUCATION
00:07:45DESIGNED TO FEED THAT POTENTIAL
SO THEY CAN GET A JOB.
00:07:49WE SHOULD NOT HAVE A SEPARATION
FROM EDUCATION AND GETTING A
00:07:54JOB.
THEY OUGHT TO BE CONNECTED.
00:07:55THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING
ON.
00:07:58A LOT MORE WE CAN DO.
OUR INNOVATION FUND IS GIVING
00:07:59GRANTS TO SCHOOLS THAT COME
TOGETHER WITH TECHNOLOGY AND
00:08:06ADVANCEMENTS.
LOTS OF THINGS THAT HAVE
00:08:08IMPROVED THE STATE.
>> YOU TALK ABOUT THE THIRD
00:08:11GRADE READING GUARANTEE.
THIS IS PART OF COMMON CORE.
00:08:13THERE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE
RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT COMMON
00:08:20CORE.
>> THAT IS AN ISSUE WHERE WE
00:08:24WANT TO GET OUR STUDENTS AT A
HIGHER STANDARD.
00:08:25WE HAVE 41% OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATES GOING TO COLLEGE IN
00:08:31SOME FORM OF REMEDIATION.
THAT DRIVES UP THE COST OF
00:08:35HIGHER EDUCATION.
DRIVE UP HIGHER STANDARDS AND
00:08:43SET THE STANDARDS LOCALLY.
WE DON'T WANT WASHINGTON SENDING
00:08:45THEM.
I DON'T WANT TO SET THEM IN
00:08:48COLUMBUS.
LET LOCAL SCHOOLS SET THOSE
00:08:51STANDARDS.HEAR
IF SOMEBODY COMES TO ME AND
00:08:59TELLS ME IT'S NOT WORKING THIS
WAY, I'M OPEN TO CHANGE.
00:09:03I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY EVIDENCE TO
INDICATE THAT OUR LOCAL SCHOOL
00:09:06BOARDS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
DESIGN A CURRICULUM TO MEET THE
00:09:09HIGHER STANDARDS.
IN THIS JOB, CRITICS -- I DON'T
00:09:16KNOW IF YOU GET CRITICIZED.
THEY CRITICIZE BASEBALL TEAMS,
00:09:22FOOTBALL TEAMS.
IT'S PART OF THE JOB.
00:09:24YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE
BALL, WHICH IS TO LIFT THE FOLKS
00:09:28IN THIS STATE.
>> THE TEACHER STRIKE IN
00:09:33REYNOLDSBURG HAS BEEN GOING ON
FOR A WHILE.
00:09:35THE SUPERINTENDENT CAME FROM
REYNOLDSBURG.
00:09:39HOW CLOSELY ARE YOU FOLLOWING
THE TEACHER STRIKE?
00:09:43DID THE CONTRACT WITH THOSE
TEACHERS COME FROM THE
00:09:48DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION?
>> I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY
00:09:54ARE ARGUING ABOUT.
I KNOW THERE IS A STRIKE.
00:09:57A LOCAL ISSUE.
THEY HAVE TO WORK IT OUT.
00:10:00I WAS NO WAY INVOLVED IN TERMS
OF WHAT THIS BREAKDOWN HAS BEEN.
00:10:06>> LET'S MOVE ON TO JOBS.
OHIO GAINED JOBS WHILE YOUR TIME
00:10:11IN OFFICE.
OHIO'S JOB CREATION IS BEHIND
00:10:16OTHER STATES.
THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET
00:10:21MANAGEMENT SAYS OHIO IS LOWER
THAN INDIANA, KENTUCKY, MICHIGAN
00:10:23AND WEST VIRGINIA.
>> THAT DOES NOT MATCH WHAT WE
00:10:28HAVE.
WE ARE UP 250,000 JOBS.
00:10:30WE ARE RANKED EIGHTH.
WE WERE 48 AND NOW WE ARE EIGHT.
00:10:36I DRIVE AROUND OHIO ANNECY SIGNS
-- AND I SEE SIGNS ALL OVER THE
00:10:43PLACE SAYING WE ARE HIRING.
IN THE MID-WEST, WE ARE
00:10:50RANKED NUMBER TWO.
>> DO YOU FEEL YOU WENT JOBS
00:10:53OHIO HAVE DELIVERED ON YOUR
PROMISES?
00:10:56>> WE ARE UP 250,000 .
IT'S NEVER ENOUGH.
00:11:02JOBS ARE ABOUT DIGNITY.
THE DIGNITY OF WORK, HELPING
00:11:07FAMILIES, HELPING OUR CHILDREN.
WE ARE JUST GOING TO KEEP
00:11:11PLUGGING AT IT.
WHEN YOU HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET
00:11:16AND YOU ARE RUNNING SURPLUSES --
I SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH CEOS.
00:11:23OHIO IS DEFINITELY ON THE MOVE
.
00:11:27OF THE TOP 10 PLACES TO DO
BUSINESS IN AMERICA, WE WERE IN
00:11:30THE TOP 10.
THE ONLY TWO STATES IN THE
00:11:32NORTH.
JOBS OHIO IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT
00:11:41ENTITY EXCLUSIVELY DEVOTED TO
CREATING JOBS AND WE HAVE FILLED
00:11:44IT WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERTS
IN VARIOUS AREAS OF BUSINESS IN
00:11:46THE STATE.
IT'S GOING TO BE VIEWED AND IT
00:11:52IS BEING VIEWED OVER TIME AS ONE
OF THE MOST POWERFUL JOB
00:11:54CREATING ENTITIES IN THE
COUNTRY.
00:11:55WE DON'T DO ON-THE-JOB TRAINING.
WITH THE OLD BUREAUCRACY
00:12:01COMFORTABLE HAD TO LEARN ABOUT
BUSINESS.
00:12:03NOW, WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE
STEEPED IN IT.
00:12:04>> DO YOU FEEL JOBS OHIO IS
TRANSPARENT?
00:12:10>> I THINK IT'S THE MOST
TRANSPARENT PRIVATE ORGANIZATION
00:12:16IN THE STATE.
WE HAVE A PUBLIC AUDIT RELEASED.
00:12:18WE A COMPLIANCE AUDIT FROM THE
AUDITOR OF THE STATE.
00:12:21YOU HAVE A BOARD OF DIRECTORS
WHOSE ETHICS ARE REPORTED THE
00:12:26SAME WAY AS PEOPLE AT OHIO STATE
AND UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI.
00:12:29WE HAVE A REVIEW BOARD ON TOP OF
ALL OF THAT.
00:12:33IF THERE IS A TAX CREDIT
INVOLVED, IT GOES TO THE STATE
00:12:40LIKE IT DID BEFORE.
AT THE END OF THE DAY,
00:12:42EVERYTHING THAT IS DONE IS
RELEASED PUBLICLY.
00:12:44I'VE NEVER QUITE UNDERSTOOD WHAT
IT IS YOU FOLKS ARE LOOKING FOR
00:12:50THAT YOU'RE NOT GETTING.
WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT IS THE
00:12:56JOBS.
IF WE WERE HIDING SOMETHING OR
00:13:02YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING
ON, THAT WOULD BE ONE THING.
00:13:04THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
>> THERE ARE SOME CRITICS WERE
00:13:07SAYING THAT JOBS ARE REPLACING
THE HIGHER-PAYING JOBS WITH
00:13:12LOWER PAID JOBS.
MAYBE OHIO IS NOT GETTING THE
00:13:19RIGHT KIND OF JOBS.
>> THE WAGES OF OHIOANS IS
00:13:24GROWING FASTER THAN THE NATIONAL
AVERAGE.
00:13:25LET'S LOOK AT THE FEW EXAMPLES
WE HAVE JUST SEEN.
00:13:30GENERAL ELECTRIC BRINGING THEIR
BACK OFFICE OPERATIONS TO
00:13:35CINCINNATI.
AMAZON MAKING A MAJOR INVESTMENT
00:13:41IN CENTRAL OHIO.
IBM DATA ANALYTICS IS ANOTHER
00:13:44HIGH-PAYING COMPANY.
PHILLIPS IMAGING UP IN
00:13:49CLEVELAND.
BASICALLY, WE ARE DIVERSIFYING
00:13:54OHIO'S ECONOMY.
AT THE SAME TIME, WAGES ARE
00:14:04GROWING ABOVE THE NATIONAL
AVERAGE.
00:14:06IS IT EVER GOOD ENOUGH?
OF COURSE IT ISN'T.
00:14:08WE NEED MORE EDUCATION.
PART OF THE PROBLEM -- I JUST
00:14:15READ AN INTERESTING ARTICLE.
WHEN HEALTH CARE COSTS ARE NOT
00:14:18BEING CONTROLLED AND BUSINESSES
HAVE A HARDER TIME PROVIDING
00:14:22MORE WAGES, THE ABILITY TO
CONTROL HEALTH CARE COSTS CAN
00:14:27ALSO HELP US TO MAKE SURE THAT
WAGES ARE ABLE TO INCREASE.
00:14:30IT'S A CONCERN FOR EVERYONE IN
THIS COUNTRY.
00:14:33THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RICH
AND THE POOR IS A CONCERN FOR
00:14:38ME.
I DID NOT GROW UP IN A PLACE
00:14:44WHERE WE WERE AT THE TOP OF THE
SCALE.
00:14:45>> DO YOU FEEL YOU APPROPRIATELY
FUNDED K-12 EDUCATION?
00:14:49DO YOU PLAN TO MAKE ANY CHANGES?
>> THE WAY WE FUND THE SCHOOLS
00:14:57-- IF YOU ARE A WEALTHY DISTRICT
WITH A SMALLER STUDENT
00:15:00POPULATION, THE STATE SHOULD NOT
HAVE TO DO AS MUCH FOR YOU.
00:15:04IF YOU COME FROM A POOR AREA,
PROPERTY POOR AND MAYBE
00:15:10EXPLODING POPULATION LIKE THIS
THE STATE OUGHT TO DO MORE FOR
00:15:15YOU.
WHEN WE SEND THIS TO THE
00:15:20LEGISLATURE COME EVERY
LEGISLATOR WANTS TO GO HOME AND
00:15:22SAY THEY HAVE THEIR SCHOOL
DISTRICT MORE MONEY.
00:15:23I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY THAT SAYS
IF YOU ARE WEALTHIER, WE OUGHT
00:15:32TO GET MORE.
LEGISLATORS WANT TO GO HOME AND
00:15:37SAY I BROUGHT HOME THE BACON.
I GET THAT.
00:15:38THE FUNDAMENTAL UNDERLYING
PROPOSITION OUGHT TO BE WE WILL
00:15:44DO MORE TO HELP YOU IF YOU CAN
NOT DO MORE TO HELP YOURSELF.
00:15:47WHEN I TALK ABOUT EDUCATION, IT
OUGHT TO BE LIFELONG.
00:15:51I NOT ONLY THINK YOU SHOULD GET
THE DECENT EDUCATION AND THE
00:15:55SKILLS TRAINING, BUT OUR
TWO-YEAR SCHOOLS AND FOR YOUR
00:16:00SCHOOLS ARE CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT.
00:16:01WE NEED LIFETIME EDUCATION.
WHEN I SAY EDUCATION, IF YOU GO
00:16:05INTO MANUFACTURING, YOU NEED TO
KNOW CERTAIN SKILLS.
00:16:11THE MORE SKILLS YOU HAVE, THE
MORE VALUABLE YOU ARE.
00:16:12IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE SKILLS,
YOU FALL BY THE WAYSIDE.
00:16:18EVERYBODY HAS TO BE KEEPING UP
THE SKILLS.
00:16:21>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THE TAX
POLICY CHANGES.
00:16:24YOU LOST YOUR GUBERNATORIAL
CAMPAIGN DESK LOST YOUR --
00:16:32LAUNCHED YOUR GUBERNATORIAL
CAMPAIGN ON GETTING RID OF THE
00:16:36INCOME TAX.
SOME SAY THAT THE TAX STRUCTURE
00:16:39HURTS THE LOWER CLASS TAXPAYERS
BECAUSE YOU INCREASE THE SALES
00:16:43TAX AS YOU CUT THE INCOME TAX.
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT ALL OF OUR
00:16:50TAX CUTS.
WE LOWER THE INCOME TAX.
00:16:54IF YOU WANT TO MEET OHIOANS, GO
TO FLORIDA IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
00:17:01WINTER.
WE HAVE LOWERED THIS RATE AND
00:17:05IT'S CRITICAL WE LOWER AND MORE.
AT THE BOTTOM END, WE HAVE
00:17:11GRADED THE EARNED INCOME TAX
CREDIT WHICH THE ADVOCATES SAID
00:17:14IS FANTASTIC.
WE HAVE IMPROVED THE PERSONAL
00:17:18EXEMPTION.
ON TOP OF IT, WE HAVE CUT THE
00:17:23TAXES FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
THESE TAX CUTS FOR SMALL
00:17:26BUSINESSES -- WHO OWNED SMALL
BUSINESSES?
00:17:30THE MIDDLE CLASS.
>> THEY DON'T AMOUNT TO NOTHING
00:17:37CREATE ANOTHER JOB.
>> SURE THEY DO.
00:17:40I'VE BEEN ENDORSED BY ALL THE
BUSINESS GROUPS BECAUSE THEY SAY
00:17:42THESE TAX CUTS REALLY MATTER.
THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF
00:17:46INDEPENDENT BUSINESS, SMALL
BUSINESS PEOPLE, THE CHAMBER OF
00:17:49COMMERCE.
THESE ARE THE BUSINESS GROUPS
00:17:50THAT REALLY ARE PRESENT
BUSINESS.
00:17:51THAT REPRESENT BUSINESS.
WE HAVE ALSO REBATED MONEY FROM
00:17:56WORKERS COMP.
IF YOU CAN GIVE A 50% TAX CUT ON
00:18:03THE FIRST $202,000 FOR A STORE
OWNER, THEY ARE THRILLED WITH AN
00:18:11IT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DID NOT KNOW
00:18:14THAT WE CUT THEIR TAXES
UNTIL THEIR ACCOUNTANT TOLD
00:18:20THEM.
THIS IS A 360 PLAN.
00:18:22WHEN YOU'RE UP TO HUNDRED 50,000
JOBS, PEOPLE ARE WORKING IN
00:18:28THOSE JOBS.
>> YOU HAD TO OTHER PROPOSALS
00:18:32THAT HAVE NOT GONE ANYWHERE.
AN INCREASE IN TAX ON CIGARETTES
00:18:36AND A SEVERANCE TAX ON NATURAL
GAS DRILLS.
00:18:38>> THE HOUSE PASSED A VERSION ON
OIL AND GAS.
00:18:43IT'S A JOKE.
IT'S AN INSULT TO OHIOANS.
00:18:50IT WAS A TAX CUT.
THESE OIL COMPANIES OUGHT TO
00:18:55ARE PAYING 20 CENTS ON
$100 A THERE'LL.
00:19:07-- $100 A BARREL WE WOULD USE
THAT TO HELP THE LOCAL PEOPLE
00:19:12FIX THE ROADS AND THE REST WOULD
GO TO CUTTING INCOME TAXES FOR A
00:19:16VOTE IN THE STATE.
AS JOHN PAUL JONES SAYS COME I
00:19:20AM NOT YET -- AS JOHN PAUL JONES
AND, I HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO
00:19:25FIGHT.
I FEEL VERY PASSIONATELY ABOUT
00:19:32THIS.
WHEN YOU TALK TO BUSINESS PEOPLE
00:19:38AND TALK TO PEOPLE IN THAT
INDUSTRY, THEY SAY THIS IS
00:19:40RIDICULOUS.
WE WILL GET IT DONE.
00:19:41IT'S A MATTER OF HOW AND WHEN.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE TAX ON
00:19:43CIGARETTES?
>> PART OF THE REASON WHY WE
00:19:47CAN'T GET THE CORPORATE TAX DOWN
IN WASHINGTON IS BECAUSE EVERY
00:19:52TIME THEY PROPOSE A WAY TO BRING
IT DOWN, THE LOBBYISTS JUMP UP
00:19:54AND SAY DON'T TAX ME.
LOBBYISTS GET HIRED BY PEOPLE TO
00:19:59BLOCK, NOT PROMOTE.
ANYTIME YOU WANT TO DO TAX
00:20:05REFORM, YOU GET PEOPLE WHO GET
PAID TO LOBBY TO COME OUT AND
00:20:07SAY DON'T DO THAT TO ME.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO
00:20:12LOWER OUR TAXES IN THE STATE,
TAX REFORM IS A VERY IMPORTANT
00:20:13PART OF THE EQUATION.
WEANED TO RAISE REVENUE TO
00:20:17SUPPORT THE OPERATION OF OUR
GOVERNMENT.
00:20:19YOU NEED A TAX SYSTEM THAT
ENCOURAGES INVESTMENT AND
00:20:24GROWTH, NOT ONE -- THAT'S THE
PHILOSOPHY.
00:20:29YOU HAVE TO GROW SOMETHING.
>> U.S. SUPREME COURT TURNED
00:20:37BACK APPEALS FROM FIVE STATES ON
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.
00:20:38MEETING SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IS
RECOGNIZED IN 30 STATES.
00:20:4360% OF THE AMERICAN POPULATION
LIVED IN THOSE AREAS.
00:20:44WHAT IS OHIO'S STANCE>
>> WE PASSED A CONSTITUTIONAL
00:20:53AMENDMENT THAT SAYS THAT
MARRIAGE IS BETWEEN A MAN AND A
00:20:55WOMAN AND I HAPPEN TO AGREE WITH
THAT.
00:20:56I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE
HOLDS.
00:21:00THERE COULD BE ANOTHER
AMENDMENT.
00:21:01THE COURT COULD RULE THAT WHAT
WE HAVE DONE IS
00:21:04UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
I HAPPEN TO BELIEVE IN
00:21:05TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE, BUT I
WON'T DISLIKE OR DISPARAGE
00:21:09ANYBODY.
IT'S A MATTER OF HOW I VIEW IT.
00:21:12>> WOULD YOU OPPOSE IT ON THE
BALLOT?
00:21:17>> THAT SO FAR DOWN THE ROAD.
I HAVE ENOUGH TO DO WITHOUT
00:21:24RUNNING YOU OUT HOW I'M GOING TO
FIGHT OUT ISSUES.
00:21:26LET ME TRY TO KEEP HIM WORKING
EP OHIO WORKING.
00:21:43THE DEBATE BETWEEN PRO-LIFE AND
PRO-CHOICE HAS GONE ON FOREVER
00:21:48R.OW ON A LIFETIME OF
I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE LIFE SIDE
00:22:04OF IT.
WE HAVE TO GO WORK ON THIS CAN
00:22:14HAVE A HIGH MORTALITY RATE -- WE
CAN'T HAVE A HIGH MORTALITY RATE
00:22:21FOR THESE HIGH LIFE AS A HIGH
MORTALITY.
00:22:27WE CAN DEBATE THIS UNTIL THE
COWS COME HOME.
00:22:47I'VE BEEN VERY CAUTIOUS -- THIS
IS A VERY SOLEMN OBLIGATION FOR
00:22:54GOVERNOR.
I HAVE COMMUTED SOME OF THE
00:23:00DEATH CHARGES AGAINST PEOPLE
BECAUSE I WAS NOT CERTAIN ABOUT
00:23:04-- IN MY MIND, I WAS NOT CERTAIN
THAT THEY WERE THE TRIGGER MAN
00:23:06OR WHATEVER.
WHEN YOU TAKE PEOPLE WHO GO INTO
00:23:10A HOUSE AND KILL SOMEBODY JUST
WANTONLY AND DESTROY THESE
00:23:14FAMILIES -- I'VE HAD ONE COME TO
SEE ME WHERE WE GAVE AT LEAST A
00:23:21TEMPORARY REPRIEVE.
THEY ARE HEARTBROKEN AND THEY
00:23:24WOULD LIKE TO SEE JUSTICE.
WE HAVE TO APPROACH THIS
00:23:28CAUTIOUSLY.
WHEN IT COMES TO ME, I'M THE
00:23:32FINAL PERSON.
THIS HAS BEEN LITIGATED FOR MANY
00:23:33YEARS.
APPEALS HAVE BEEN IN.
00:23:34THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT GETS
DECIDED LIKE THE SNAP OF A
00:23:41FINGER.
I HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO TAKE A
00:23:42CLOSE LOOK AT IT.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROCEED THE
00:23:44WAY WE ARE.
THE LAST EXECUTION WAS SOMETHING
00:23:51THE PRESS REPORTED ON AND WE
WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THE WAY
00:23:52WE DO ALL OF THIS.
>> YOU'VE BEEN ASKED ABOUT THE
00:23:56RIGHT TO WORK.
YOU SAID IT'S NOT ON YOUR
00:23:59AGENDA.
>> IS IT A GOOD IDEA?
00:24:01IN OUR STATE, I DON'T THINK IT'S
WORTH TALKING ABOUT.
00:24:05THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
MANAGEMENT AND LABOR IS GOOD.
00:24:12I'VE BEEN ENDORSED BY SEVERAL
LABOR UNIONS.
00:24:13THE OPERATING ENGINEERS AND
LABORERS AND I EXPECT WE WILL
00:24:17GET A FEW MORE.
THIS IS WHERE I GREW UP.
00:24:18I GREW UP WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE
BLUE-COLLAR.
00:24:25I NEVER SAW ANYBODY IN A WHITE
COLOR UNTIL I LEFT PENNSYLVANIA.
00:24:27WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
>> IF REELECTED, WILL YOU BE
00:24:35HERE FOR FOUR YEARS?
>> I WON'T BE OUT OF OHIO.
00:24:39>> DON'T YOU HAVE PRESIDENTIAL
ASPIRATIONS?
00:24:44>> I DID.
BUT IT DIDN'T WORK OUT TOO WELL.
00:24:47MY FATHER THAT'S MY GRANDFATHER
WAS A COAL MINER IN MY MOTHER'S
00:24:55MOTHER BARELY COULD SPEAK
ENGLISH.
00:24:56THERE ARE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT
ME RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.
00:25:01IT'S FLATTERING.
THAT'S ALL IT IS.
00:25:03I EXPECT TO BE HERE AND
HOPEFULLY YOU WILL BE HERE.
00:25:07>> GOVERNOR KASICH, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
00:25:10AND MANY THANKS TO THE CREW AT
CET IN CINCINNATI FOR HOSTING US
00:25:17FOR THAT CONVERSATION.
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