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00:00:38>> THE LATEST AND THE BRAND NEW
AND ALREADY CONTROVERSIAL
00:00:42CAMPAIGN TO MAKE OHIO A SO-
CALLED RIGHT TO WORK STATE.
00:00:46ANOTHER LAWMAKER LEAVES THE
LEGISLATURE.
00:00:50A TRIO OF THE THINK TANK'S HOPE
TO TALK TAXES, SPENDING, AND
00:00:57OTHER ISSUES IN A CONFERENCE
THAT IS MARKED NOT BY
00:01:03CONTROVERSY BUT BY CIVILITY.
AN UPDATE TO A TOPIC DISCUSSED
00:01:09ON THE SHOW LAST WEEK.
THE STATE'S ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS
00:01:12REJECTED THE INITIAL WARNING OF
A BALLOT PROPOSAL THAT WOULD BAN
00:01:17WORKPLACE CONTRACT FROM
REQUIRING WORKERS THAT DON'T
00:01:20WANT TO JOIN A UNION TO PAY
UNION DUES.
00:01:24THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TOLD THE
CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
00:01:28THAT MORE DETAIL WAS NEEDED FOR
THE RIGHT TO WORK SUMMARY TO BE
00:01:35CERTIFIED.
THE INITIAL SUMMARY FAILED TO
00:01:38PROPERLY CHARACTERIZED LEGAL
REMEDIES AVAILABLE.
00:01:41THE MEN BUT EMERGED DAYS AFTER
VOTERS FIRMLY REJECTED A
00:01:46SWEEPING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
OVERHAUL.
00:01:49-- THE AMENDMENT A MERGED DAYS
AFTER VOTERS FIRMLY REJECTED A
00:01:55SWEEPING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
OVERHAUL.
00:01:58THE COALITION OF TEA PARTY
GROUPS AND BUSINESSES WORKING ON
00:02:02THE AMENDMENT WAS THE SAME GROUP
THAT WORKED ON THE ISSUES 3
00:02:06AMENDMENT AND THEY WILL DRAFT A
NEW LANGUAGE AND GATHER THE
00:02:10SIGNATURES TO RESUBMIT.
OHIO COULD SOON IT BANNED NEW
00:02:14OWNERSHIP OF VENOMOUS SNAKES,
MONKEYS, TIGERS, AND OTHER
00:02:19DANGEROUS ANIMALS ONLY LIMITED
EXCEPTIONS.
00:02:22A STUDY GROUP HAS BEEN HOLDING
EXPEDITED MEETINGS SINCE LAST
00:02:28MONTH WHEN POLICE WERE FORCED TO
KILL 48 WILD ANIMALS INCLUDING
00:02:32ENDANGERED BENGAL TIGERS AFTER
THEIR OWNER FREED THEM FROM HIS
00:02:36FARM AND THEN COMMITTED SUICIDE.
THE GROUP HAS PASSED ON TO THE
00:02:40GOVERNOR A FRAMEWORK FOR A BAND
WITH STANDARDS THAT ARE SO
00:02:43STRICT THAT VIRTUALLY ONLY ZOOS,
CIRCUSES, AND RESEARCH
00:02:48FACILITIES COULD MEET THEM.
OWNERS WOULD HAVE TO REGISTERED
00:02:52THEIR ANIMALS WITH THE STATE.
THEY'RE SUGGESTING THAT THE BAND
00:02:57STARTS IN 2013.
A DEMOCRAT HAS DECIDED TO LEAVE
00:03:03OFFICE AFTER BEING HANDPICKED BY
THE GOVERNOR TO HEAD UP AT
00:03:09GALATIA.
HE WAS NOT PLANNING ON RUNNING
00:03:11FOR THE SENATE AFTER A NEW MAP
PUT HIM IN THE SAME DISTRICT AS
00:03:16A FELLOW DEMOCRATIC SENATOR.
HE WILL NOW WORK WITH THE
00:03:21APPELLATION REGIONAL COMMISSION
IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
00:03:24-- APPALACIA REGIONAL COMMISSION
IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
00:03:34THIS MARKS AN APPARENT TREND
THAT HAS BEEN GOING WITH
00:03:39LAWMAKERS.
WILSON IS THE ONLY DEMOCRAT ON
00:03:45THE LIST.
MOST OF THE LAWMAKERS WERE
00:03:47APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR OR
OTHER LAWMAKERS TO OTHER
00:03:51POSITIONS IN GOVERNMENT BUT
JIMMY STEWART LEFT TO TAKE A
00:03:56JOB AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
EVERYONE SEEMS TO AGREE THAT WE
00:03:58ARE IN ONE OF THE MOST
POLITICALLY CHARGED CLIMATE IN
00:04:02MANY YEARS AND ALSO IN ONE OF
THE WORST LINGERING FINANCIAL
00:04:05CRISES IN YEARS.
PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT POLITICAL
00:04:08VIEWS HAVE A WIDE VARIETY OF
IDEAS ON HOW TO GET OUT OF THOSE
00:04:12CRISES.
BECAUSE OF THE HOSTILE
00:04:16ENVIRONMENT IN POLITICS, THERE
IS A LOT OF CLUTTER DROWNING OUT
00:04:19CIVIL DISCUSSION ABOUT IDEAS.
THREE GROUPS WITH DIVERSE
00:04:24MEMBERSHIP SAY THEY ARE BRINGING
TOGETHER A CONFERENCE CALL
00:04:27ACROSS THE SPECTRUM, THE FUTURE
OF OHIO, AND THE PATH TO
00:04:32PROSPERITY.
WITH A PANEL DISCUSSIONS ON
00:04:34CONSOLIDATION, SMART GROWTH AND
REFORMING HEALTH CARE, DEBT,
00:04:38PENSIONS, TAXES, AND THE
CONSTITUTION.
00:04:42THIS IS PLANNED FOR DECEMBER 8TH
IN COLUMBUS AND IT WILL FEATURE
00:04:46EXPERTS FROM THE LEFT, CENTER,
AND THE RIGHT, AND A MEMBER OF
00:04:51PRESIDENT REAGAN APPLAUSE
ECONOMIC ADVISORY BOARD AND ALSO
00:04:55THE FORMER -- A MEMBER OF
PRESIDENT REAGAN'S ECONOMIC
00:05:03ADVISORY BOARD AND A MEMBER OF
THE CLINTON WHITE HOUSE.
00:05:05I TALKED TO ONE OF THE LEADERS
INVOLVED.
00:05:08ONE OF THEM IS THE LEADER OF THE
CENTER FOR COMMUNITY
00:05:16INSTITUTIONS, ANOTHER FOR THE
BUT I GROUP, AND THE GREATER
00:05:19OHIO TOLERANCE CENTER.
LET ME START WITH YOU.
00:05:25IN THE NEWS RELEASE THAT HAS
BEEN ANNOUNCED FOR THIS
00:05:30CONFERENCE, "PARTISANSHIP HAS
RUN AMOK AND SPECIAL INTEREST
00:05:35OLD NINNY OFFICIALS HOSTAGE --
HOLD MANY OFFICIALS'
00:05:42HOSTAGE."
>> WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS TO
00:05:47CREATE A SPACE FOR PUBLIC
DISCOURSE AND ALLOW PEOPLE TO
00:05:52DISCUSS SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES IN
WAYS THAT ARE NON-POLITICAL AND
00:05:56REALLY MORE ABOUT HOW DO WE COME
TO SOLUTIONS IN OHIO THAT CAN
00:06:01RAISE THE BAR FOR ALL OF THIS.
HOW WE COMPETE IN THE GLOBAL
00:06:12ECONOMY AND NOT JUST ASSESSED
POLITICAL WINS AND LOSSES.
00:06:16>> THIS WINNER-TAKE-ALL SYSTEM
THAT WE HAVE SEEN NOW WITH THE
00:06:21CONGRESSIONAL AND STATE DISTRICT
MAPS, THEY SAY THAT THIS IS WHAT
00:06:26VOTERS WANTED.
THEY ELECTED REPUBLICANS AND
00:06:29THEY SAY THIS IS WHAT VOTERS
WANTED.
00:06:32>> IT WORKS IF THAT ACTUALLY
SOLVES THE PROBLEMS.
00:06:35WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS TO
SHOW THAT WE NEED TO GET BEYOND
00:06:40THE R AND D SPLIT AND HAVE
CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE INFORMED
00:06:48AND DATA DRIVEN AND TACKLE THE
REAL ISSUES.
00:06:50WE NEED TO GET OHIO MOVING AGAIN
AND THAT IS THE KEY FOR THESE
00:06:54GROUPS.
WE'RE COMING TOGETHER TO SHOW
00:06:56THAT WE CAN HAVE THESE
DISCUSSIONS AND MOVE FORWARD.
00:06:59>> ARE PEOPLE USING DATA IN
DIFFERENT WAYS?
00:07:06HOW DO YOU GET TO WHERE EVERYONE
AGREES?
00:07:09>> I THINK THAT LOTS OF PEOPLE
PAY ATTENTION TO THEIR OWN DATA
00:07:16AND ARE A LITTLE BIT SHORT ON
PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT ELSE IS
00:07:18OUT THERE.
OUR REALITY IS MUCH MORE COMPLEX
00:07:23THAN MOST OF US CAN UNDERSTAND.
WE NEED TO FACE UP TO THAT.
00:07:30GLOBALIZATION, WE THROW THIS
WORD AROUND.
00:07:33WHAT DOES THIS GLOBAL ECONOMY
ME?
00:07:37WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF IT?
WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE
00:07:41NATIONAL DEBT AND THE OPERATING
DEFICITS FOR 50 STATES THAT
00:07:45DEPEND ON FEDERAL OUTLAYS?
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE STATE?
00:07:50WHAT WILL THE IMPACT HAVE ON THE
50 STATES?
00:07:55THERE IS A LOT OUT THERE TO
LISTEN TO ON BOTH SIDES, LEFT
00:08:02AND RIGHT.
OUR ORGANIZATION, THE CENTER FOR
00:08:05COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS, HAS BEEN
THINKING THAT THE WHOLE LEFT,
00:08:10RIGHT THING, LIBERAL,
CONSERVATIVE, IS ALMOST
00:08:13IRRELEVANT.
THE WORLD HAS CHANGED.
00:08:16THE UNDERLYING IDEAS LIKE
LIBERTY, SOCIAL SECURITY, THE
00:08:20ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ALL OF
THOSE THINGS MATTER.
00:08:24BUT THE IDEA THAT THERE IS A
LIBERAL POSITION, CONSERVATIVE
00:08:28POSITION, THESE THINGS SEEM TO
MANY OF US TO BE INCREASINGLY
00:08:32OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE UNDERLYING
COMPLEXITY OF WHAT IS GOING ON
00:08:36WITH OUR ECONOMY IN THE BODY
POLITIC.
00:08:39>> I WOULD SAY THAT OHIO, WHICH
HAS BEEN IN DECLINE FOR CLOSE TO
00:08:4430 YEARS, WE JUST HAD THE RECENT
ECONOMIC DECLINE WHICH WAS JUST
00:08:51THE NAIL IN THE COFFIN.
THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON AND WE
00:08:53HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TURN IT
AROUND.
00:08:56WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW WE
RESTRUCTURE THINGS.
00:08:59HOW DO WE DO BUSINESS
DIFFERENTLY THAN WE HAVE IN THE
00:09:02PAST?
THIS IS ABOUT HAVING A REAL
00:09:05CONSTRUCTIVE DISCUSSION.
>> WHICH MAJORITY IS THAT?
00:09:11IS IT THE 2006, 20008, 2010?
THIS IS SHIFTING SOME MUCH
00:09:18BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE CONFUSED,
SCARED.
00:09:21THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO CLING ON
TO ANYONE WHO IS PROMISING THE
00:09:25NEXT BAG OF CHIPS.
WE NEED TO SOLVE PROBLEMS AND
00:09:29NOT MAKE PROMISES.
>> YOU LOOK AT THE AGENDA, ARE
00:09:33SOME OF THESE HARD TO TALK ABOUT
POLITELY?
00:09:36LET'S TALK ABOUT TAXES.
TAX IS A VERY DIFFICULT SUBJECT.
00:09:40HOW CAN YOU HAVE SPACE TO
DISCUSS THIS AND COME UP WITH
00:09:45IDEAS THAT EVERYONE CAN AGREE
ON?
00:09:47>> YOU BEGAN BY LOOKING AT THE
FACTS.
00:09:50WHAT IS THE SITUATION.
IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT STATE AND
00:09:54LOCAL TAXES, THIS IS TIKRIT
EXAMPLE.
00:09:57FOR ALL OF MY ADULT LIFE, THIS
ARGUMENT IS A HIGH TAX STATE.
00:10:03-- THIS IS A RECENT EXAMPLE.
AT THE STATE LEVEL, STATE TAXES
00:10:12ONLY, OHIO IS A RELATIVELY LOW
TAX STATE.
00:10:17STATE AND LOCAL COMBINED, OHIO
IS A RELATIVELY HIGH TAX STATE.
00:10:22HOW DO WE GET THE MIX RIGHT?
THIS WAS PUT TOGETHER AND
00:10:28EVOLVED OVER THE COURSE OF
DECADES AND DECADES OF
00:10:31INDUSTRIAL GROWTH.
THE INDUSTRIAL BASE IS GONE.
00:10:36WELL, NOT GONE BUT SIGNIFICANTLY
SHRUNK.
00:10:38WE STILL HAVE A LEGACY OF A TAX
SYSTEM -- SHARED, STATE, LOCAL,
00:10:45THAT IS BEAR UPON THE ECONOMY --
THAT IS BASED UPON THE ECONOMY.
00:10:48HOW DO WE HAVE MONEY FOR BASIC
SERVICES THAT EVERYONE CAN AGREE
00:10:54UPON?
WE NEED TO HAVE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
00:10:57THAT WORK.
HOW DO WE RELY ON THE REVENUE?
00:11:00>> PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT
DEFINITIONS OF WHAT WORKS.
00:11:03THEN YOU START PARSING DIFFERENT
DEFINITIONS OF WHAT EDUCATION
00:11:07DOES.
>> THERE IS ROOM FOR DIFFERENCES
00:11:12ARE AROUND THE EDGES ON THIS
STUFF.
00:11:15THE COURT, WE BASICALLY AGREE
ON.
00:11:18I DON'T THINK THAT THERE IS MUCH
THAT PEOPLE DISAGREE ON.
00:11:21-- THE CORE WE BASICALLY AGREE
ON.
00:11:27EVERYONE AGREES ON WHAT GOES
INTO BASIC AND SECONDARY
00:11:33EDUCATION.
THERE IS ONE LIBERTY TO PURSUE
00:11:39THE INITIATIVE.
THERE ARE LIBERTARIANS ON THE
00:11:41LEFT AND RIGHT.
THEY AGREE ON MORE THAN THEY
00:11:43CARE TO ADMIT OFTENTIMES.
THE KEY WORD IS LIBERTY, WHAT
00:11:49DOES IT MEAN FOR SOCIAL POLICY
GOING FORWARD?
00:11:52>> I THINK SCHOOLS AS AN
EXAMPLE, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF
00:11:56DISCUSSION AND REDUCING THE
NUMBER OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
00:12:01ALL OF US WHO ARE PRAGMATIC SAY
THAT THIS REDUCES COST.
00:12:18PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO SACRIFICE
THE EDUCATIONAL QUALITY.
00:12:22WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE
WANT FOR EDUCATION IN ADDITION
00:12:26TO COST EFFICIENCY.
>> WHAT IS THE PUBLIC PURSE AND
00:12:40-- CARPUS --
WHAT IS THE PUBLIC PURPOSE OF
00:12:47THIS POLICY?
WHAT ARE WE GETTING OUT OF THIS
00:12:50DEAL VERSUS SOMEONE ELSE.
PUT IN THE CONVERSATION IN A
00:12:54POSITIVE CONTEXT, WHAT IS THE
PURPOSE OF THIS THING, CHANGES
00:13:00THE DIALOGUE.
>> TO PUT THIS INTO CONTEXT, WE
00:13:04CAN EITHER IGNORE THE PROBLEMS
AND THEN LET THE CRISIS FASTER
00:13:08AND GET WORSE OR WE CAN GET
AHEAD OF IT AND TRY TO GET
00:13:11ASSAULT AND PUSH OHIO FORWARD.
WE WILL SEE THIS.
00:13:17-- WE CAN GET AHEAD OF IT AND
TRY TO GET IT SOLVED.
00:13:24WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THIS
IN COMMUNITY BY COMMUNITY TO
00:13:28KEEP THE STANDARDS HIGH.
WE WANT TO COMPENSATE PEOPLE IN
00:13:31THE RIGHT WAY BUT WE DON'T WANT
TO SAY BUSES HAVE A REVENUE
00:13:38HIGHER AND HIGHER.
LET'S HAVE THE DEBATE AND HAVE
00:13:41THE SOLUTIONS.
TO DENY THE REALITY AND LET THE
00:13:45POLITICAL PARTIES DRIVE THE
TALKING POINTS IS NOT THE WAY TO
00:13:49GET THIS SOLVED.
>> WHEN THEY DO THIS, IT IS VERY
00:13:53DISMISSIVE.
THEY DISMISS THE OTHER SIDE AND
00:13:57THEY SAY THAT THIS IS JUST
TALKING POINTS.
00:13:59YOU TRY TO MOVE BEYOND THAT AND
THEN YOU MOVE APART.
00:14:05>> WE HAVE WORKED ON THIS
THROUGHOUT OHIO.
00:14:08I WANT TO GIVE SOME CREDIT TO
PEOPLE COMING UP WITH
00:14:13INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS.
THIS IS OVERSHADOWED BY THE
00:14:16POLITICAL DEBATE IS THAT GO ON
IN WASHINGTON.
00:14:19THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
PEOPLE TO SHARE THOSE IDEAS.
00:14:23>> I THINK THAT IS RIGHT.
ONE OF THE REASON THAT WE WORK
00:14:28TOGETHER IS BECAUSE WE COME
FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND
00:14:32WE AGREED THAT WE CAN HAVE THE
RECENT DEBATE.
00:14:34WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT OTHER
GROUPS OUT THERE, YOU CANNOT
00:14:40TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
WHETHER THEY ARE THE DEMOCRATIC
00:14:44OR REPUBLICAN TALKING POINTS OR
A NEUTRAL THIRD PARTY.
00:14:47IT LOOKS LIKE THE SAME THING.
AND THERE WAS A REPORT WHICH IS
00:14:58AN INTERESTING WAY TO THINK.
THIS IS AN INTERESTING WAY TO
00:15:04APPROACH A TOUGH PROBLEM.
>> A MIX OF TAX REVENUE AND
00:15:10SPENDING CUTS AND OTHER
LOOPHOLES.
00:15:12>> FUNDAMENTALLY, I SAW ON THE
GROUP AND WE CAN HAVE A RECENT
00:15:19CONVERSATION WITH.
THAT IS WHY WE OPENED UP THAT
00:15:23DIALOGUE.
>> WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY BETWEEN
00:15:26THE THREE ORGANIZATIONS TO TRY
TO PURSUE THE POLICY SOLUTIONS
00:15:31TOGETHER ON TAX EXPENDITURES.
OUR PROPOSAL WAS IN THE BUDGET
00:15:34FOR A WHILE.
THERE WILL BE HEARINGS ON THIS
00:15:43TO TRY TO GRANT A SYSTEM FOR
PERIODICALLY REVIEWING TAX
00:15:48EXPENDITURES AND GET SOME OF
THOSE REALLY TIKRIT IS OFF THE
00:15:52BOOKS.
>> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THESE
00:15:55SPECIFIC ISSUES COME ON THEY ARE
MOSTLY RELATED TO ECONOMIC
00:15:59ISSUES AND FINANCIAL ISSUES.
THAT IS WHERE PEOPLE FALL ON THE
00:16:06POLITICAL SCALE.
DOES THAT HAVE A PLACE?
00:16:09>> IT DOES.
WE WANT TO PROVIDE ACCESS AT A
00:16:14LOW COST.
THE PENSION SYSTEM IS ANOTHER
00:16:18DEBATE.
HOW WE FIND THAT WITH THE
00:16:24PRIVATE SECTOR WHICH IS ARGUABLY
A DIFFERENT OUTPUT.
00:16:26>> ISN'T THAT WHERE YOU GET THE
MOST HAS TO DEBATE AND SOME OF
00:16:33THE NASTY STUFF.
>> THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE OUT
00:16:42FOR ATTENTION AT THE NATIONAL
LEVEL.
00:16:44WE HAVE THE INTEREST GROUPS THAT
BENEFIT FROM A VARIETY OF
00:16:47NATIONAL POLICIES AS THEY HAVE
POLARIZED THE NATIONAL DEBATE IN
00:16:52A WAY THAT THERE IS NO
RELATIONSHIP TO THE REAL ISSUES
00:16:55ON THE GROUND.
THERE ARE SOME REAL PROBLEMS
00:16:59WITH THE BILL THAT CONGRESS
PASSED.
00:17:01THIS WILL BREAK THE BANK IF THEY
DON'T DO SOMETHING TO REIN IN.
00:17:05MEDICAID IS WELL ADVANCED IN
MIDDLE INCOME FAMILIES, FOR KIDS
00:17:15ESPECIALLY.
THERE IS A BALANCE TO BE HAD.
00:17:20THE CRITICAL PART IS TO SAY, WE
CANNOT HAVE HEALTH CARE FOR
00:17:25EVERYONE AT THE COST, GREAT --
RATE OF GROWTH THAT WE HAVE HAD
00:17:30FOR THE LAST THREE DECADES.
WE CANNOT, IT WILL BREAK THE
00:17:34BANK.
LET'S BEGIN WITH THAT.
00:17:36RAIN IN THE COST.
THEN YOU ARE IN A POSITION TO
00:17:41EXTEND THE FRANCHISE AND THE
BENEFIT.
00:17:43UNTIL YOU DEAL WITH THE COST
SIDE WHICH UNFORTUNATELY THE
00:17:47LEGISLATION DID NOT DO.
THERE IS ALSO A CONSTITUTIONAL
00:17:53REVIEW PANEL.
THE SPEAKER WILL BE ONE OF THE
00:17:56SPEAKERS THERE.
NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW MUCH ABOUT
00:18:03OHIO'S CONSTITUTION EXCEPT WHEN
IT COMES UP AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF
00:18:07PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE ARCANUM OF
THE CONSTITUTION.
00:18:10>> WE HAVE HAD VOTES ON IT THE
PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
00:18:16>> THERE ARE SOME BIG UNDERLYING
ISSUES, LIKE SCHOOL FINANCE,
00:18:20THAT ARE IMBEDDED IN THE
CONSTITUTION.
00:18:25>> AND HOW WE FUND
TRANSPORTATION.
00:18:28>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF
THESE TOPICS THAT A STUDY AND
00:18:33RESEARCH.
ISN'T IT EASIER JUST TO THROW
00:18:36FIREBALLS AND PEOPLE AND MAKE
FUN OF PEOPLE ON WEBSITES?
00:18:41TAKING SHOTS AND LOOKING AT THE
ISSUES.
00:18:46>> IT IS CERTAINLY EASIER.
ANYONE WHO IS READING THE
00:18:49NEWSPAPERS SEE THAT THE U.S. IS
DECLINING IN OUR ECONOMIC
00:18:54COMPETITIVENESS.
THERE IS THE GLOBALIZATION THAT
00:19:02JOHN TALKED ABOUT.
WE NEED TO BE THINKING BEYOND
00:19:06OUR LITTLE PAROCHIAL VISIONS
HERE AND THINK ABOUT HOW WE ARE
00:19:10GOING TO ADVANCE OUR ECONOMY IN
OHIO AND ELSEWHERE.
00:19:14THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN IF WE KEEP
THROWING THOSE.
00:19:17>> THERE ARE GROUPS THAT LOVE TO
THROW THE BOMBS.
00:19:20>> YOU LIKE IT TOO.
>> I AM ALWAYS THE VICTIM.
00:19:27OUR DONORS EXPECT US TO GET SOME
SOLUTIONS IN PLACE AND SOLVE
00:19:33SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS.
THE PEOPLE ELECT OUR LEADERS
00:19:37EXPECT THEM TO SOLVE OUR
PROBLEMS.
00:19:39THEY'RE NOT ELECTED PEOPLE TO
THROW BOMBS AND GET ENGAGE IN
00:19:43TRENCH WARFARE.
THEY WANT TO HAVE THINGS SOLVED.
00:19:46>> NONE OF YOU ARE ELECTED
OFFICIALS.
00:19:58HOW WOULD BE TO TURN THE IDEAS
AND PROPOSALS THAT COME OUT OF
00:20:01THIS CONFERENCE INTO SOMETHING
THAT CAN GET SIGNED BY THE
00:20:05GOVERNOR?
IS ANY GUARANTEE -- IS THERE ANY
00:20:10GUARANTEE?
>> WE GET SOME CONVERGENCE OF
00:20:15THINKING HAPPENING.
HOW CAN WE FIND COMMON GROUND ON
00:20:18SOME OF THESE ISSUES.
WHAT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE GET
00:20:22THE STATE HOUSE CRAFT, SO TO
SPEAK, HAVING THESE
00:20:27CONVERSATIONS.
SECONDLY, AND I THINK THAT THIS
00:20:30IS JUST IMPORTANT.
IF WE CAN HEAR PEOPLE OUT AND
00:20:42LET THEM FINISH THEIR SENTENCES
AND THEN LET THE OTHER PEOPLE
00:20:45TALK, THAT IS THE SORT OF AN
MARMOT THAT WE HOPE TO HAVE.
00:20:49THE ENVIRONMENT AT THE STATE
HOUSE HAS CHANGED THROUGH THE
00:20:56YEARS.
THERE IS LESS CAMARADERIE TODAY
00:20:59THAN THERE WAS BEFORE ACROSS THE
AISLE.
00:21:02PEOPLE CAN GO OUT IT -- PEOPLE
CAN GO AT IT IN COMMITTEE OR ON
00:21:07THE FLOOR BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO
TALK THINGS THROUGH.
00:21:10THEY COULD WORK ON THINGS ON A
BIPARTISAN BASIS.
00:21:13IN THE OLD DAYS, THINGS WOULD
PASS LIKE 93-7.
00:21:21PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT THE FOLKS ON
THE OTHER SIDE ARE JUST AS
00:21:37CONCERNED ABOUT THIS AS I AM.
HEAR THE FACTS AND BEGAN WITH
00:21:44THAT.
>> YOU ARE THE CONSTITUENCY THAT
00:21:49YOU DEAL WITH THEIR.
THAT IS PRETTY CONSERVATIVE.
00:21:51CAN THEY SEE THE OTHER SIDE THE
SAME WAY.
00:21:57>> YOU CAN STEP OUTSIDE OF THEIR
COMFORT ZONE.
00:22:07LET'S TAKE A MORE EFFICIENT IN
VIEW OF CRIME.
00:22:11I THINK OUR TAX EXPENDITURE
PROJECT THAT WE DID WITH GREATER
00:22:17OHIO AND A SENATOR FOR COMMUNITY
SOLUTIONS IS A WAY -- AND THE
00:22:22CENTER FOR 20 SOLUTIONS IS A WAY
TO TACKLE THESE THINGS THAT
00:22:26MAKES SENSE.
WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE OTHER
00:22:29SIDE IS BAD AND THEY JUST WANT
TO GROW GOVERNMENT.
00:22:31THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN GET
THINGS FIXED.
00:22:34>> THE VILIFICATION AND POLITICS
TODAY, IF IT WOULD NOT SO
00:22:39SERIOUS, IT WOULD BE SO FUNNY.
THE BEST WAY TO TEST THESE
00:22:44THINGS IS TO GO HOME AND TALK TO
YOUR NEIGHBORS AND YOU CAN SEE
00:22:48THAT NEIGHBORS HAVE VERY
DIFFERENT OPINIONS ABOUT THINGS
00:22:51AND THEY CAN HAVE A CIVIL
CONVERSATION.
00:22:54IF WE CANNOT GET THAT SORT OF
THING HAPPENING WITH AND ALSO OF
00:22:58POWER, THERE IS SOMETHING
TERRIBLY WRONG WITH OUR
00:23:02DEMOCRACY.
BE B>> WE TALKED ABOUT PUSHING
00:23:15LIBERAL AND DEMOCRAT.
WE GOT SOME INTERESTING
00:23:27REACTIONS.
I THINK IT IS POSSIBLE.
00:23:31>> IF YOU REALLY WANT TO DEAL
WITH THESE ISSUES, DON'T YOU
00:23:34HAVE TO DEAL WITH CAMPAIGN
FINANCE REFORM?
00:23:40>> NO, WE THINK WE START WITH
THIS DIALOGUE THAT WE ARE
00:23:44HAVING.
THERE ARE MUCH MORE FUNDAMENTAL
00:24:00ISSUES AT STAKE IN CAMPAIGN
FINANCE REFORM.
00:24:02WE HAVE A GLOBAL ECONOMY THAT IS
ON THE BRINK OF ANOTHER DECLINE.
00:24:06THIS IS NOT JUST AMERICA, OHIO,
IT IS GLOBAL.
00:24:10WHAT WE DO AND HOW PEOPLE
RESPOND IN THE HALLS OF POWER
00:24:14MATTERS A LOT.
THAT IS WHAT WE WANT TO TRY TO
00:24:18FOCUS ON.
HOW DO WE SHAPE A BETTER FUTURE?
00:24:22>> WE WOULD LOVE IT IF THE PRESS
WOULD COVER CAMPAIGN FINANCE.
00:24:26>> ANY THOUGHTS ON CAMPAIGN
FINANCE?
00:24:30>> WE HAVE TO GET THE PARTIES
OUT OF DRIVING THE PROCESS IN
00:24:35OHIO.
THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM IN OHIO.
00:24:43THIS IS NOT THE CASE IN OTHER
STATES.
00:24:46WE HAVE TO GET PEOPLE TO THE
LEGISLATURE WHO WILL TALK TO
00:24:50THEIR OWN PARTIES AND REACH
ACROSS THE AISLE AND WORK ON
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