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00:00:01>> I FIRST WANT TO THANK THE
PRESS CORPS FOR SHOWING UP THIS
00:00:05MORNING.
WE ARE HERE TO COMMENT ON THE
00:00:06BUDGET BILL.
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 64.
00:00:10WE WANT TO EXPRESS AND AFFIRM
OUR APPROACH TO WORKING WITH THE
00:00:14MAJORITY ON THIS BILL AND OTHER
BILLS.
00:00:18WE WANT TO BE OPEN AND WORK IN A
WAY THAT IS NOT PARTISAN, TO NOT
00:00:24BE COMBATIVE FOR THE SAKE OF
BEING COMBATIVE, AND TO WORK ON
00:00:29GETTING WORK DONE AND HELP THE
MAJORITY TO GOVERN.
00:00:31WE BELIEVE THAT THAT HAS SERVED
EVERYONE WELL THIS SESSION,
00:00:38PARTICULARLY THE CITIZENS OF THE
STATE OF OHIO.
00:00:41DESPITE THE FACT THAT SOME
CHANGES POSE SOME GREAT
00:00:45CHALLENGES TO THIS APPROACH TO
CONTINUE, WE REMAIN UNDETERRED
00:00:49AND HOPEFUL THAT -- A GLARING
OBSTACLE TO THE POLICY ARE A
00:00:59NUMBER OF PROVISIONS THAT ATTACK
WORKING OHIOANS.
00:01:04WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY MAINTAINED
THAT YOU CANNOT BUILD A STRONG
00:01:10ECONOMY IN OHIO BY ATTACKING THE
MIDDLE CLASS.
00:01:12THERE ARE NOW PROVISIONS IN THIS
BUDGET THAT PROTECT PEOPLE --
00:01:22THERE ARE PROHIBITIONS ON THE
USE OF THE LABOR AGREEMENT,
00:01:25WHICH COULD DECIDE WHETHER OHIO
WORKERS GET JOBS FOR THOSE JOBS
00:01:30GO TO WORKERS FROM OTHER STATES.
THERE IS A PROVISION THAT
00:01:34EXCLUDES CERTAIN TYPES OF
EMPLOYEES FROM PARTICIPATING IN
00:01:36SPECIFIC PENSION PLANS AND THERE
ARE COUNTLESS UNVENTED EFFORTS
00:01:41AT PRIVATIZATION.
WE MAINTAIN THE MIDDLE CLASS
00:01:45WORKERS WITH GOOD JOBS, GOOD
WAGES, AND GOOD BENEFITS ARE THE
00:01:47BACK ON OF OHIO'S ECONOMY.
WHEN YOU ATTACK THEM, YOU ARE
00:01:55ATTACKING THEM, BUT YOU ARE ALSO
ATTACKING OHIO'S ECONOMY.
00:01:57THESE THINGS SHOULD NOT BE IN
THIS BUDGET BILL.
00:02:00YOU WILL HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES
ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ABOUT
00:02:06OTHER THINGS THAT WE BELIEVE
SHOULD NOT BE IN THIS BUDGET
00:02:09BILL, AS WELL AS CRITICAL AND
IMPORTANT MISSED OPPORTUNITIES.
00:02:11AT THIS POINT, I WOULD LIKE TO
TURN THIS OVER TO THE RANKING
00:02:16DEMOCRAT ON THE FINANCE HOUSE
COMMITTEE.
00:02:17>> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING.
00:02:24AS WE INDICATED IN OUR INITIAL
PRESS CONFERENCE, THE BUDGET IS
00:02:31A GUIDING DOCUMENT THAT DICTATES
OUR WAY FORWARD.
00:02:33IT IS A LIST OF PRIORITIES BY
WHICH WE DETERMINE HOW WE ARE
00:02:39GOING TO INVEST IN OUR STATE AND
THE FUTURE OF OUR CITIZENS.
00:02:41THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS,
WE HAVE WORKED WITH OUR
00:02:45CONSTITUENTS, WITH THE
ADVOCATES, AMONGST OURSELVES,
00:02:50AND WITH THE REPUBLICANS TO MOVE
OHIO FORWARD IN A DIRECTION THAT
00:02:53WOULD STRENGTHEN THE MIDDLE
CLASS FAMILIES AND REWARD HARD
00:03:01WORK.
UNFORTUNATELY, AS WAS JUST
00:03:04STATED, THIS BUDGET FALLS SHORT.
IT SIMPLY DOES NOT WORK.
00:03:10MUCH OF WHAT IS IN THIS BUDGET
ARE ITEMS THAT WERE NEVER
00:03:15DISCUSSED IN SUBCOMMITTEES, WERE
NOT VETTED, AND THE FINANCE
00:03:20COMMITTEE'S HEARING TESTIMONY
ABOUT SOME OF THE PROVISIONS
00:03:22THAT WERE ADDED.
WE ASKED THE PERSON TESTIFYING
00:03:27AS TO WHETHER ANYONE HAD BEEN
ASKED ABOUT THIS PROVISION AND
00:03:30THE ANSWER WAS NO.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS BUDGET DOES
00:03:34NOT WORK FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS.
THE TAX CUTS PRIMARILY BENEFIT
00:03:37THE WEALTHY.
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.
00:03:41THE TAX BENEFITS ARE NOT
TARGETED OR MEANINGFUL.
00:03:45THE THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS IN OUR
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
00:03:48THE DOLLARS ARE BEING DIVERTED
TO UNDERPERFORMING CHARTERED
00:03:52SCHOOLS.
PREGNANT WOMEN, INDIVIDUALS
00:03:56STRUGGLING TO GET ON THEIR FEET
AND OUT OF POVERTY.
00:03:58COLLEGE STUDENTS AND THEIR
PARENTS WHO ARE TRYING TO GET A
00:04:03COLLEGE DEGREE WITHOUT BEING
SADDLED WITH OVERWHELMING
00:04:07COLLEGE DEBT.
THOSE THAT RELY ON PUBLIC
00:04:14TRANSPORTATION TO GET TO AND
FROM WORK.
00:04:15THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN OMITTED
00:04:19FROM THE BUDGET.
WE HAVE BEEN VERY SINCERE IN OUR
00:04:26APPROACH TO TRYING TO MAKE THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET BETTER.
00:04:28WE HAVE MANY SUBCOMMITTEES FOR
WHICH WE HAVE OFFERED
00:04:35AMENDMENTS.
WE WERE SAYING NO, NOT THIS, WE
00:04:40HAVE A BETTER APPROACH AND A
SMARTER APPROACH AND WE ARE
00:04:43HOPEFUL THAT THOSE AMENDMENTS
WOULD BE ACCEPTED BY THE
00:04:45MAJORITY.
TO MAKE SURE THE BUDGET IS A
00:04:48BUDGET THAT PROVIDES A REAL PLAN
FOR THE FUTURE.
00:04:50NOT ONLY DOES THIS FAIL TO LAY
OUT A PLAN FOR GROWING AND
00:04:54STRENGTHENING THE MIDDLE CLASS
AND THE FUTURE, IT ATTACKS
00:04:58WORKING AND MIDDLE-CLASS OHIOANS
.
00:05:05MY COLLEAGUES ARE GOING TO
DETAIL SOME OF THE PROVISIONS
00:05:09THAT WE FIND TO BE TROUBLING.
THANK YOU.
00:05:10>> THANK YOU VERY THANK YOU FOR
COMING TODAY.
00:05:15I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE TAX
PROPOSALS AND SOME OF THE
00:05:23CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE.
IN THE EARLIER PRESS CONFERENCE,
00:05:29WE STARTED OUT THE BUDGET
PROCESS AND TALKED ABOUT THE TAX
00:05:33SHIFT THAT IS GOING ON IN THE
BUDGET.
00:05:35I WILL GIVE HOUSE REPUBLICANS
CREDIT THAT THEY DID REMOVE
00:05:42PROBLEM ITEMS IN THE BUDGET.
THEY CONTINUE TO PUSH TAX
00:05:50POLICIES THAT BENEFIT THE
WEALTHY, THE 1% AT THE EXPENSE
00:05:56OF THE MIDDLE CLASS AND WORKING
FAMILIES AND THEIR LOCAL
00:06:02COMMUNITIES.
THE TAX SHIFT STILL EXISTS.
00:06:04THEY CANNOT HELP FROM THINKING
THAT THE EFFORT TO CUT TAXES FOR
00:06:11THE WEALTHY IS GOING TO LEAD TO
SOME GREAT ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND
00:06:16THAT HAS BEEN PROVEN TIME AND
TIME AGAIN THAT THAT DOES NOT
00:06:18HAPPEN.
THEIR TAXES SHOULD HELP BUILD AN
00:06:23ECONOMY THAT WORK FOR THE MIDDLE
CLASS, NOT JUST THE RICHEST 1%
00:06:27AND SPECIAL INTEREST.
WE SUPPORT A BALANCED BUDGET
00:06:32THAT WILL SUPPORT THE ECONOMY
FOR THE LONG-TERM AND NOT ONE
00:06:38THAT SUPPORTS THE RICHEST OVER
THE MIDDLE CLASS AND WORKING
00:06:40FAMILIES.
WE OFFERED A NUMBER OF
00:06:44AMENDMENTS THAT WOULD HELP
BUSINESSES IN OHIO.
00:06:45THEY WERE VERY TARGETED
AMENDMENTS.
00:06:48UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF
REPRESENTATIVE STRAYHORN AND
00:06:53REPRESENTATIVE JURY HOUSE, WE
MET WITH A NUMBER OF
00:06:56ORGANIZATIONS AND GROUPS ABOUT
WHAT THEIR CONCERNS WERE WITH
00:07:04THE TAX ISSUES IN OHIO.
WE TOOK THAT INFORMATION AND
00:07:07PRESENTED A NUMBER OF TARGETED
AND GOOD TAX BREAKS AND TAX
00:07:12RELIEF FOR GOOD BUSINESSES THAT
WOULD LEAD TO JOB CREATION.
00:07:18ONE THING I HEAR FROM BUSINESSES
IN MY COMMUNITY THAT IS NOT
00:07:23ADDRESSED IN THIS BUDGET AND THE
LEADERSHIP THAT THE MAJORITY
00:07:30PARTY HAS FAILED TO RECOGNIZE
FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS IS THE
00:07:34UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION DEBT,
WHICH CONTINUES TO ADD A TAX
00:07:36BURDEN TO BUSINESSES IN OHIO.
THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF ISSUES
00:07:39THAT OHIO WANTS TO SEE US
RESOLVE IN A NONPARTISAN WAY.
00:07:45JUST LIKE IN THE 1980'S WHEN I
WAS HERE AND WE DID RESOLVE
00:07:52THOSE PROBLEMS.
OUR TAX POLICIES SHOULD NOT BE
00:07:55MORE TAX GIVEAWAYS, BUT SHOULD
BE AN EFFORT TO STRENGTHEN THE
00:07:59ECONOMY.
ANOTHER BIG ISSUE THAT IS
00:08:01IMPORTANT TO ME IS THE SEVERANCE
TAX.
00:08:02I CREDIT THE GOVERNOR FOR
CONTINUING TO TRY TO PASS THE
00:08:07SEVERANCE TAX.
I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT THE HOUSE
00:08:11HAS PULLED THAT OUT.
WE HAVE OPERA AND AMEND -- WE
00:08:16HAVE OFFERED AN AMENDMENT AND I
HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH
00:08:19INTERESTED PARTIES ON A PROPOSAL
FOR THE SEVERANCE TAX THAT I
00:08:21THINK IS A FAIR TAX THAT WILL
STILL CONTINUALLY LEAD TO GROWTH
00:08:27IN THE INDUSTRY, BUT WILL ALSO
MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE REGULATORY
00:08:33FUNDING.
WE WILL USE THE REVENUES ON A
00:08:44STATEWIDE BASIS FOR FUNDING
INFRASTRUCTURE.
00:08:46IT WILL MAKE MUCH MORE SENSE
THAN TAKE THE UNCERTAIN REVENUE
00:08:52SOURCE TO PROVIDE A TAX BREAK
FOR THE WEALTHY.
00:08:53HOPEFULLY THEY WILL THINK AGAIN.
THE LONGER WE WAIT TO PUT A
00:09:06RESPONSIBLE AND FAIR TAX SYSTEM
IN PLACE, THE MORE COMMUNITIES
00:09:10MISS OUT ON THEIR FAIR SHARE OF
REVENUE FOR ESSENTIAL SERVICES,
00:09:15JOB TRAINING, AND
INFRASTRUCTURE.
00:09:16THE TAX SHIFT THAT CONTINUES TO
NEGLECT OUR LOCAL PARTNERS IS
00:09:22NOT ONE THAT IS GOING TO WORK
FOR OHIO.
00:09:23I HOPE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD
IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, WE CAN
00:09:28RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE TO INVEST
IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND THEIR
00:09:30MIDDLE-CLASS AND THAT WILL HELP
OHIO TO GROW.
00:09:33THANK YOU.
>> THANKS, JACK.
00:09:38I'M RANKING ON THE PRIMARY AND
SECONDARY EDUCATION
00:09:47SUBCOMMITTEE.
I WANT TO REITERATE WHAT MY
00:09:49COLLEAGUES SAID ABOUT THE
EFFORTS WE HAVE MADE TO WORK IN
00:09:51A BIPARTISAN WAY.
I WANT TO WOULD KNOWLEDGE THAT,
00:09:55WITH RESPECT TO THE SCHOOL
FUNDING FORMULA, THIS BILL MAKES
00:09:58PROGRESS OVER THE BILL, AS IT
WAS INTRODUCED BY THE GOVERNOR,
00:10:02WITH RESPECT TO THE FORMULA
ITSELF AND THE WAY THAT FUNDS
00:10:05ARE DISTRIBUTED TO DISTRICTS
THAT NEED THE MOST HELP.
00:10:09BUT WE HAVE A LOT MORE WORK TO
DO.
00:10:11IN A COUPLE OF KEY AREAS, MOST
NOTABLY THE ISSUE DEALING WITH
00:10:17REIMBURSEMENT OF TANGIBLE
PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX REVENUE
00:10:26AND THE ISSUE OF TRANSPORTATION
FUNDING.
00:10:27THE BILL, AS IT CURRENTLY
STANDS, CREATES A COMMITTEE TO
00:10:31LOOK AT TRANSPORTATION COST AND
HOW WE CAN BARELY FIND THAT AND
00:10:35THEY STUDY COMMITTEE IS NOT
ADEQUATE.
00:10:36WHEN WE HAVE SOME DISTRICTS IN
THE STATE OF OHIO, WHEN THEY ADD
00:10:40TOGETHER THE MILES TRAVELED BY
THEIR FLEET OF SCHOOL BUSES, ONE
00:10:44OF MY SCHOOL DISTRICTS TELLS ME
IT IS LIKE DRIVING A BUS TO
00:10:47DENVER COLORADO AND BACK EVERY
DAY.
00:10:52WE DON'T NEED A STUDY COMMITTEE.
WE NEED ACTUAL DOLLARS TO INVEST
00:10:54IN UPGRADING THE BUS FLEETS, SO
THEY ARE MORE EFFICIENT.
00:10:58IN ANOTHER AREA THAT WE REALLY
NEED TO LOOK AT IS THE AREA OF
00:11:08CHARTER SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY
PROVISION.
00:11:09THOSE MAINLY HAVE BEEN REMOVED
FROM THE BUDGET.
00:11:11THIS BUDGET CONTINUES TO DRIVE
MORE MONEY TO EVERY CHARTER
00:11:16SCHOOL WHEN WE KNOW THAT THERE
ARE CHARTER SCHOOLS WHO ARE
00:11:21COLLECTING MONEY FOR KIDS WHO
ARE NOT EVEN THERE.
00:11:22WE HAVE SEEN THE REPORTS ON THE
PROBLEMS WITH ATTENDANCE AT
00:11:28CHARTER SCHOOLS NOT BEING ABLE
TO EVEN DOCUMENT THAT SOME OF
00:11:31THE STUDENTS EXIST AND SOME
STUDENTS HAVING MORE THAN ONE ID
00:11:35NUMBER.
WE NEED TO HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT
00:11:38IS GOING ON IN THESE SCHOOLS.
WE NEED TO HAVE OVERSIGHT AND
00:11:42ACCOUNTABILITY FOR HOW TAX
DOLLARS ARE BEING SPENT BEFORE
00:11:45WE DRIVE MORE OF OUR SCARCE
RESOURCES INTO THE SCHOOLS.
00:11:47THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE IN
THE SUB BILL PROVIDE FOR FUNDING
00:11:55ON A PER STUDENT BASIS FOR
STUDENTS WHO ATTEND ONLINE
00:11:58CHARTER SCHOOLS, THESE ARE
SCHOOLS THAT DON'T HAVE
00:12:01BUILDINGS AND THIS BUDGET
COMMITS TO PROVIDING MONEY TO
00:12:06THEM FOR FACILITIES WHEN WE ARE
NOT EVEN SURE THAT THE STUDENTS
00:12:09THAT THEY CLAIM ARE ATTENDING
ARE, IN FACT, LOGGING IN AND
00:12:14SPENDING TIME WORKING ON THEIR
EDUCATION.
00:12:15WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE
CLEAR OVERSIGHT.
00:12:20WE NEED TO ADDRESS A SPONSOR
HOPPING PROVISION.
00:12:22I KNOW THERE IS SEPARATE
LEGISLATION MOVING.
00:12:25IN A BUDGET BILL THAT DRIVES
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO THE
00:12:30SCHOOLS, WE NEED THE
ACCOUNTABILITY PROVISIONS IN
00:12:32PLACE, RATHER THAN JUST A
CONTINUED DISCUSSION MOVING
00:12:37FORWARD.
THOSE REFORMS NEED TO GO
00:12:38HAND-IN-HAND WITH DOLLARS
TARGETED TOWARD THE SCHOOLS.
00:12:39THE OTHER PROVISION ACTUALLY
CONTAINS ONE OF THE ANTI-LABOR
00:12:46PROVISIONS THAT WAS ADDED TO THE
BUDGET.
00:12:50IT DEALS WITH CHARTER SCHOOL
TEACHERS WHO MIGHT CHOOSE TO
00:12:52JOIN A UNION.
BECOMING INELIGIBLE TO BE ANSC
00:12:56RS.
THE LEGISLATURE HAS WORKED HARD
00:13:00TO PROTECT THE FISCAL SOLVENCY
OF OUR STATE'S RETIREMENT
00:13:04SYSTEM.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES THE
00:13:08SYSTEM WORK AS THE FACT THAT
EVERYBODY IS IN THE RETIREMENT
00:13:10SYSTEM.
TO PUT THAT KIND OF PRESSURE ON
00:13:13COULD NOT ONLY HARM THESE
TEACHERS, WHO MAY TEACH FOR A
00:13:18TIME IN CHARTER SCHOOLS AND FOR
A TIME IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BUT
00:13:22COULD DESTABILIZE THE PENSION
SYSTEM MOVING FORWARD.
00:13:23WE HAVE A LOT MORE WORK TO DO.
IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE
00:13:30SURE ALL OF OUR KIDS HAVE A GOOD
OPPORTUNITY IN THIS WORLD-CLASS
00:13:35ECONOMY.
THANKS.
00:13:36>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS AMELIA SYKES.
00:13:40I REPRESENT THE 34TH HOUSE
DISTRICT IN AKRON AND I SERVICED
00:13:49THE RANKING MEMBER ON THE HEALTH
AND HUMAN SERVICES SUBCOMMITTEE.
00:13:50ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE
HEARD FROM THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS
00:13:54IS A DEEP AND PROFOUND BELIEF IN
INVESTING IN INFANT MORTALITY
00:13:59FUNDING.
THIS YEAR, THE BUDGET, AS
00:14:04INTRODUCED BY THE GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE WAS TOUTED AS A WAY TO
00:14:08REDUCE THE INFANT MORTALITY RATE
, WHICH, IN SOME AREAS, IS TWICE
00:14:12THE RATE OF WHAT IT IS IN THE
STATE OF OHIO.
00:14:1614.6 OUT OF 1000 LIVE BIRTHS.
THAT IS NOT OK.
00:14:23THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE SHOULD
BE EXCEPTING AS A TRUTH FOR THE
00:14:29STATE OF OHIO.
HOWEVER, THIS BUDGET DOES NOT DO
00:14:32VERY MUCH TO ENSURE THAT OUR
BABIES IN THE STATE HAVE AN
00:14:37OPPORTUNITY TO SURVIVE BEYOND
THEIR FIRST YEAR.
00:14:40THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL OF
ELIMINATES A PROGRAM THAT WOULD
00:14:47COVER PREGNANT WOMEN UP TO 200%
OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL.
00:14:50WE KNOW THAT ENSURING WOMEN HAVE
EARLY PRENATAL CARE IS ONE OF
00:14:57THE BEST WAYS TO COMBAT INFANT
MORTALITY.
00:14:58LOW BIRTHRATE AND PREMATURE
BIRTH ARE THE NUMBER ONE AND
00:15:04NUMBER TWO CAUSES OF INFANT
MORTALITY.
00:15:05HOW DOES THIS MAKE SENSE FOR OUR
LEGISLATURE TO REMOVE COVERAGE
00:15:11THAT WE KNOW WORKS?
WE ARE MOVING IN THE WRONG
00:15:15DIRECTION.
THIS WILL MAKE THE STATE OF OHIO
00:15:20A LEADER IN INFANT MORTALITY AND
NET IS NOT SOMETHING I WANT TO
00:15:24BE A PART OF.
THIS STATE OF OHIO RANKS 48 OUT
00:15:27OF 50 IN INFANT MORTALITY FOR
AFRICAN-AMERICAN BABIES -- WE
00:15:33RING 50 OUT OF 50.
WE DESERVE TO HAVE OUR INFANTS
00:15:43TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE.
JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LIFE.
00:15:46WE ARE NOT GIVING THEM THAT WHEN
WE DON'T TAKE CARE OF THEIR
00:15:53MOTHERS.
THE GOVERNOR'S PLAN IS ALSO TO
00:15:56REMOVE BREAST AND CERVICAL
CANCER TREATMENTS.
00:16:00THESE ARE PROGRAMS THAT POOR
WORKING WOMEN RELY ON TO GET
00:16:05TREATMENT FOR CANCER.
REMEMBER, THESE ARE WOMEN WHO
00:16:09HAVE CANCER.
THEY WILL BE DENIED COVERAGE.
00:16:11THEY ARE BEING DENIED COVERAGE
BECAUSE OF AN ILLOGICAL BELIEF
00:16:18THAT THEY SHOULD BE COVERED
UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
00:16:20WILL I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL
OF THE STEPS AND ALL OF THE
00:16:24THINGS WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, WE DON'T
00:16:30HAVE 100% COMPLIANCE.
WE HAVE ONLY HAD THE BENEFIT OF
00:16:33THE MEDICAID EXPANSION FOR A
LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS.
00:16:35THE CITIZENS OF THE STATE
DESERVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
00:16:40COMPLY WITH THAT LAW.
I AM ASKING THAT THE LEGISLATURE
00:16:50AND ALL OF US WHO ARE IN THIS
ROOM WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
00:16:53THE LEAST OF THESE.
THESE ARE OUR INFANTS.
00:16:57THESE ARE OUR WORKING POOR.
THE PEOPLE, WHO BECAUSE OF BAD
00:17:01TAX POLICIES, BAD ECONOMIC
POLICIES DO NOT HAVE JOBS.
00:17:03THEY HAVE HEALTH CARE THAT WILL
NOT COVER THEM.
00:17:06THEY DESERVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
I HOPE THAT THE REPUBLICANS AND
00:17:14THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE WILL TAKE
CARE OF THE LEAST OF THESE AND
00:17:15MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN REINSTATE
COVERAGE FOR OUR PREGNANT WOMEN
00:17:22AND REMOVE BARRIERS FOR ACCESS
TO HEALTH CARE.
00:17:23>> AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE
FINANCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR
00:17:32ALL THE HARD WORK THEY HAVE BEEN
DOING.
00:17:33THEY HAVE PUT IN A LOT OF TIME
WORKING WITH EACH OTHER AND THE
00:17:39MAJORITY AND FINANCE.
THE SPEAKER AND THE CHAIR OF
00:17:41FINANCE HAVE BEEN EXCEPTIONALLY
GRACIOUS UP TO THIS POINT.
00:17:49I HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT
WE WILL NOT CONTINUE TO BE ABLE
00:17:55TO WORK IN THAT FASHION.
I WANT TO COMMIT THAT WE WILL
00:18:01CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE
MAJORITY TO DO THE WORK OF THE
00:18:04PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OHIO.
AND NOT BE PARTISAN ABOUT THIS.
00:18:06WE DID WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU
WHAT OUR CONCERNS ARE MOVING
00:18:11FORWARD.
WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT
00:18:16THOSE BE PUBLIC CONCERNS AS YOU
WATCH US NEGOTIATE AND WORK
00:18:18THROUGH SOME OF THE THINGS WE
ARE CONCERNED ABOUT CONTAINED
00:18:22WITHIN THE SUB BILL AND THE
BUDGET.
00:18:23AT THIS TIME, MYSELF OR ANY OF
THE FINANCE MINISTERS -- MEMBERS
00:18:29WOULD LOVE TO TAKE QUESTION.
WE ARE HERE FOR QUESTIONS.
00:18:32>> ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO
TOUCH ON REAL QUICK -- WHEN YOU
00:18:42ARE TRYING TO PUT TAX POLICY
TOGETHER TO BE CONSISTENT, WE
00:18:44HAVE A SITUATION WITH THE
TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX
00:18:49THAT WAS ELIMINATED AND WE HAVE
BEEN PROVIDING THAT
00:18:52REIMBURSEMENT FUND TO HELP
SCHOOLS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES
00:18:56WITH THAT.
THAT IS ELIMINATED IN THE
00:18:57BUDGET.
HOWEVER, THE SUB BILL FOUND IT
00:19:01FIT TO CONTINUE THAT FOR ONE
AREA WHERE THERE IS A NUCLEAR
00:19:06POWER PLANT.
I HAVE TWO COAL BURNING POWER
00:19:07PLANTS.
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE OUR PEOPLE
00:19:14GETTING THOSE TANGIBLE PERSONAL
PROPERTY TAX RELIEF AS WELL AND
00:19:17CONTINUE TO GET THOSE
REIMBURSEMENTS. IF ELIMINATION
00:19:21OF THE TANGIBLE PERSONAL
PROPERTY TECH IS SUCH A GOOD
00:19:24IDEA, WHY ARE THEY INTRODUCING
AN AMENDMENT TO PAY FOR
00:19:27REIMBURSEMENT IN A COMMUNITY
WHERE THERE IS ONE POWER PLANT,
00:19:33WHEN COMMUNITIES ALL ACROSS THE
STATE ARE BEING HIT HARD BY
00:19:35THESE CUTS?
>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:19:42>> AS WE HAVE SAID, THERE IS A
LOT OF BIPARTISAN WORK THAT WENT
00:20:00INTO OUR AMENDMENTS, THEIR
AMENDMENTS.
00:20:03THE K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE, HIGHER
ED, WE HAD ALL OF THE BIPARTISAN
00:20:12WORK.
THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE
00:20:14SUBCOMMITTEE WERE MEETING
ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE CHAIRS.
00:20:16I HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH THE
CHAIR OF FINANCE.
00:20:18WE HAD ALL OF THIS BIPARTISAN
CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD
00:20:23LIKE TO SEE MOVING FORWARD IN
THE BUDGET.
00:20:24I WILL TELL YOU THAT WHEN WE GOT
THE SUB BILL, THEY WERE
00:20:30PROVISIONS THAT HAD NEVER BEEN
DISCUSSED.
00:20:32ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE
PROVISIONS THAT LEADER STRAYHORN
00:20:36TO OUTLINE.
WE WERE SURPRISED TO SEE THOSE.
00:20:43WE HAVE TESTIMONY GOING ON RIGHT
NOW IN THE SUBCOMMITTEE TO
00:20:47UNDERSTAND THOSE.
THAT SAID, WE ARE COMMITTED TO
00:20:53WORKING THROUGH THIS WITH OUR
COLLEAGUES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
00:20:56THE AISLE.
WE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
00:21:00PROCESS.
AS YOU KNOW, AND AMENDMENTS FOR
00:21:03THE OMNIBUS AMENDMENT ARE DUE
TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
00:21:04WE WILL BE VERY THOROUGH AND
SMART AND STRATEGIC ABOUT WHICH
00:21:08OF OUR 350 AMENDMENTS ARE
OFFERED.
00:21:10WE WILL NOT OFFER ALL OF THEM.
THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE
00:21:15HIGHLIGHTED FOR YOU AND WE HAVE
AMENDMENTS OFFERED FOR ALL OF
00:21:18THESE AREAS.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER THOSE.
00:21:20WE WILL TRY TO MAKE SOME HEADWAY
IN THE BUDGET, AS IT MOVES OUT
00:21:26OF THE HOUSE.
WE REMAIN OPTIMISTIC THAT WE CAN
00:21:29STILL HAVE AN IMPACT AND GET
WORK DONE.
00:21:31THEY WERE PROVISIONS THAT WERE A
SURPRISE UNDER PROBLEMATIC AND
00:21:36WE WILL BE TRYING TO GET THOSE
OUT.
00:21:37>> [INAUDIBLE]
>> WE DID GET A NUMBER OF
00:21:50AMENDMENTS.
THERE WERE'S -- THERE WAS
00:21:54CROSSOVER BETWEEN SOME
AMENDMENTS THAT WE WERE OFFERING
00:21:57AND THE MAJORITY OF THOSE
AMENDMENTS -- WAS OFFERING.
00:22:02WE DID MAKE SOME PROGRESS IN
THOSE AREAS.
00:22:05WE DID MAKE PROGRESS ON SCHOOL
FUNDING.
00:22:07THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT
HOW THAT MIGHT WORK BETTER.
00:22:13THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUE WAS NOT
WELL ADDRESSED.
00:22:16WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN STILL
MAKE MORE PROGRESS.
00:22:22WE DID MAKE SOME HEADWAY IN A
BIPARTISAN WAY THROUGH THE SUB
00:22:27BILL.
>> EVERY BUDGET HAS A LOT OF
00:22:36THINGS THAT WE ARE LIKE.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE A LOT OF
00:22:40THINGS THAT WE LIKE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TRIED
00:22:44TO FOCUS ON WAS GETTING THE BIG
THINGS RIGHT AREA FOR US TO VOTE
00:22:49FOR IT, WE WANT TO GET BIG
THINGS RIGHT.
00:22:50MOST OF THE MONEY WE SPEND IS
FOR MEDICAID AND EDUCATION.
00:22:53WHEN WE LOOK AT CHARTER SCHOOL
ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY,
00:23:00FOR INSTANCE, YOU ARE PROBABLY
SEEING THE STATISTIC THAT THE
00:23:02AMOUNT OF NEW MONEY IS EQUAL TO
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE HAVE
00:23:05GIVEN TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.
I THINK THE GENERAL ACCEPTANCE
00:23:10IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE
CHARTER SCHOOLS.
00:23:11EVERYBODY IS FOCUSED ON THE FACT
THAT THEY BE QUALITY.
00:23:13REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ALIKE.
WE HAVE HAD NATIONAL CRITICISM
00:23:19BECAUSE OF LAX IMPLEMENTATION.
WE HAVE HAD A REPUBLICAN STATE
00:23:26AUDITOR MAKE SUGGESTIONS THAT
ARE NOT IN THIS BILL.
00:23:28VERY CONSERVATIVE MEMBERS HAVE
TRIED TO DO THIS AND IT IS STILL
00:23:33NOT DONE.
WE HAVE A DUTY TO MAKE SURE THAT
00:23:36WE HAVE THIS.
WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION AND A DUTY
00:23:41TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE DO THIS,
WE ARE DOING IT IN THE LIGHT OF
00:23:46DAY, WITH ACCOUNTABILITY AND
TRANSPARENCY.
00:23:49IT IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS
THAT WE DO AND IT IS THE ONLY
00:23:53THING IN THE STATE CONSTITUTION
WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING.
00:23:55THIS IS THE ONLY THING WE ARE
CONSTITUTIONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR
00:23:59GETTING RIGHT.
THERE ARE ALWAYS GREAT THINGS.
00:24:02WE TOO MAKES HER THAT IF WE ARE
VOTING FOR THIS, WE GET THE BIG,
00:24:10GLARING THINGS AS RIGHT AS WE
CAN.
00:24:11>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
>> FOR ME AND MY INVOLVEMENT IN
00:24:30THIS WORK OVER A LOT OF YEARS,
GETTING THE CORE SCHOOL FUNDING
00:24:36FORMULA RIGHT IS A TOP PRIORITY.
I DO THINK THERE WERE TECHNICAL
00:24:39REASONS THAT THEY WERE PROBLEMS
WITH GOVERNOR KASICH'S VERSION.
00:24:45WE HAVE MADE BIG PROGRESS ON
THAT.
00:24:46THE ISSUE WITH THE
REIMBURSEMENTS IS THAT THEY
00:24:50HAPPEN OUTSIDE THE FORMULA.
WHILE THIS SCHOOL -- THIS
00:24:55FORMULA -- IT HAPPENS OUTSIDE
THE REGULAR FORMULA AND THERE
00:25:00ARE DISTRICTS THAT ARE BEING
SIGNIFICANTLY CUT.
00:25:03WHAT I THINK THAT WE REALLY NEED
TO DO IS DIG IN AND LOOK AT THE
00:25:09DIFFERENT TYPES OF DISTRICTS WHO
ARE HARMED BY THE LOSS OF THE
00:25:11TPP MONEY.
THIS WAS LOCALLY VOTED, LOCALLY
00:25:16CONNECTED REVENUE THAT BACK IN
2005 THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SAID,
00:25:22WE DON'T LIKE THAT TAX, IT IS
UNCOMPETITIVE, WE ARE GOING TO
00:25:25GET RID OF IT.
THE STATE STEPPED IN AND SAID,
00:25:30YOU CANNOT DO THAT ANYMORE.
I THINK THE STATE HAS A
00:25:33RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP WITH THAT
ISSUE.
00:25:37IT IS A COMPLICATED ONE BECAUSE
THERE WERE MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS
00:25:44AND IT PLAYS OUT DIFFERENTLY
ACROSS THE STATE.
00:25:45WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY OVER THE
LONG-HAUL THAT WE DON'T REFUSE
00:25:56TO HELP MAKE IT UP.
I DO THINK THAT ON BOTH SIDES OF
00:25:58THE AISLE WE ARE STILL WORKING
ON THAT.
00:26:00I DO THINK THERE IS GOING TO
CONTINUE TO BE WORK ON THAT.
00:26:05WE ARE CONTINUING TO HEAR ABOUT
IT FROM PEOPLE ALL OVER THE
00:26:09STATE.
>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:26:10>> IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO
LOOK AT WHETHER THE
00:26:28TRANSPORTATION PIECES IN TPP,
WHETHER WE ADDRESS ALL OF THOSE
00:26:34ISSUES AND DIRECT FUNDING
CHARTER SCHOOLS, SO WE ARE NOT
00:26:39TAKING LOCALLY VOTED TAX DOLLARS
TO PASS THROUGH TO CHARTER
00:26:40SCHOOLS -- I THINK THAT ALL OF
THOSE THINGS INTERACT WITHIN THE
00:26:46FORMULA.
IF WE LOOK AT IT COMPREHENSIVELY
00:26:48, IT MAY NOT BE AS BIG OF A
PROBLEM AS IT APPEARS RIGHT NOW.
00:26:50>> I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER
SOMETHING, TOO.
00:26:54JUST BY WAY OF CONTEXT.
TO THE QUESTION ABOUT AREAS OF
00:26:59AGREEMENT.
WE WOULD LOVE TO TAKE CREDIT FOR
00:27:02THE TAX POLICY COMING OUT OF
BUDGET.
00:27:03THAT WAS ONE OF OUR AMENDMENTS.
TAKE OUT THE TAX POLICY.
00:27:06THAT WAS OUR IDEA.
THERE WAS BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR
00:27:10THAT.
AS WAS REFERENCED, WE TALKED TO
00:27:13A NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS,
MANUFACTURERS, RETAILERS,
00:27:18FARMERS.
WE TALKED TO THESE GUYS AND
00:27:21SAID, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE
TAX POLICY?
00:27:22THIS WAS ONE OF THE HUGE ISSUES
IN THE BUDGET.
00:27:25THAT TAX POLICY HAS BEEN
REMOVED.
00:27:28SOME OF IT HAS BEEN REINTRODUCED
IN THE SUB BILL.
00:27:31WHEN YOU TOOK AWAY THE TAX
POLICY, THERE IS A POT OF MONEY
00:27:36THAT IS AVAILABLE.
IT IS ABOUT $523 MILLION THAT
00:27:42BECOMES AVAILABLE IN THE BUDGET.
OUR VIEW OF THAT IS, INSTEAD OF
00:27:46PUSHING THAT MONEY BACK INTO AN
INCOME TAX-CUT THAT PRIMARILY IS
00:27:51GOING TO BENEFIT THE WEALTHY, WE
WOULD RATHER SEE THOSE DOLLARS
00:27:55BE SPENT STRATEGICALLY IN THE
AREAS OF EDUCATION, LOCAL
00:28:03COMMUNITIES.
ALL OF THE THINGS WE OUTLINED IN
00:28:05THE VERY BEGINNING.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE NOT
00:28:12ONLY GOOD FOR THE STUDENTS IN
THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES, THEY
00:28:14DRIVE THE ECONOMY.
TALK TO THE BUSINESS OWNERS.
00:28:15THEY NEED FOR US TO BE INVESTING
SMART.
00:28:16IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
EDUCATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, EARLY
00:28:28CHILDHOOD.
YOU HEAR IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
00:28:29INSTEAD OF SUPPORTING A FAILED
STRATEGY OF INCOME TAX CUT.
00:28:30WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE
2005.
00:28:33WHY WOULDN'T WE TAKE THAT MONEY
AND INVEST IT SMART?
00:28:36AND LISTEN TO THE BUSINESS
COMMUNITY.
00:28:38AND LISTEN TO THOSE DOING
BUSINESS IN OHIO.
00:28:41WE HAD AN AMENDMENT THAT SAID,
DON'T USE THIS CARTE BLANCHE.
00:28:47EVERYBODY GETS THE SAME
REDUCTION.
00:28:50BE STRATEGIC.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO INVEST IN
00:28:54YOUR BUSINESS, YOU ARE GOING TO
HIRE SOMEBODY, APPLY FOR THE
00:28:57INCENTIVE.
THAT INCENTIVE SHOULD GO TO YOU.
00:29:00INSTEAD OF SOMEBODY WHO IS GOING
TO NOT USE THOSE DOLLARS TO
00:29:05REINVEST AND NO ECONOMIC
ACTIVITY TAKES PLACE.
00:29:06WE HAVE TO BE STRATEGIC AND
SMART.
00:29:08THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN
CALLING FOR FROM THE BEGINNING.
00:29:11THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY IN THIS
BUDGET TO DO THAT WHEN YOU
00:29:15REMOVE THE TAX POLICY.
>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:29:19>> LEADER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
TAKE THAT ONE?
00:29:25[LAUGHTER]
>> THAT IS KICKING THE CAN DOWN
00:29:30THE ROAD.
[LAUGHTER]
00:29:31>> IT IS ABOUT DEGREES.
I WOULD SAY IT IS MARGINALLY
00:29:38BETTER.
FOR ME PERSONALLY, I AM HYPER
00:29:44FOCUSED ON THE BIG PIECES.
THE BIG PIECES ARE EDUCATION,
00:29:48MEDICAID, AND THE TAX POLICY.
I HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR 18 YEARS.
00:29:53I HAVE SEEN ALL OF THE THINGS WE
HAVE NOT INVESTED IN AND ALL OF
00:29:59THE THINGS WE HAVE LET GO.
THERE HAS BEEN A CONVERSATION
00:30:03ABOUT EARLY CHILDHOOD
DEVELOPMENT OR YEARS.
00:30:04WE USED AN EXAMPLE FROM FLORIDA
AND ARIZONA AND THEN WE WOEFULLY
00:30:09UNDERFUNDED IT AND THE MONEY IS
STILL THERE, BUT THE LANGUAGE IS
00:30:14NOT IN.
WE ARE NOT SURE WHAT IS GOING TO
00:30:16GO ON WITH IT.
IT SEEMS TO LACK A BIT OF
00:30:18COMMITMENT.
I WANT TO SEE THE THINGS WE KNOW
00:30:23WE SHOULD DO, THE SMART THINGS
WE KNOW WE SHOULD DO.
00:30:25I WANT TO SEE THE INVESTMENT AND
OUR ECONOMY, THE INVESTMENT IN
00:30:30OUR OWN PEOPLE.
WHEN YOU ARE IN A GOOD ECONOMIC
00:30:33UPTURN, THAT IS THE TIME TO DO
IT.
00:30:35WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE MIXED
MESSAGES ABOUT WHAT WE ARE
00:30:39DOING.
NOBODY ASKED FOR AN INCOME
00:30:41TAX-CUT.
WE JUST DID THIS IN 2005 WHEN I
00:30:45WAS HERE PREVIOUSLY.
WE'D SPENT 2-3 YEARS EVALUATING
00:30:49HOW TO DO IT TO AVOID UNINTENDED
CONSEQUENCES.
00:30:52THE NOTION THAT WE ARE DOING IT
NOW SEEMS SO IDEOLOGICALLY
00:30:57DRIVEN AND NOT PRACTICAL ABOUT
ALL THE THINGS ABOUT WHERE WE
00:31:03NEED TO INVEST.
IS IT BETTER?
00:31:04YEAH, MARGINALLY.
YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK AT THE THINGS
00:31:08THAT WE PUT IN THAT HURT PEOPLE
AND THE MISSED OPPORTUNITIES.
00:31:11THE OPPORTUNITIES OF THE THINGS
THAT WE ARE NOT DOING.
00:31:15WE NEED TO BE INVESTING IN
THINGS AND THIS JUST SEEMS
00:31:20IRRESPONSIBLE.
>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
00:31:22>> THERE WERE A LOT OF PROBLEMS
WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION.
00:31:39NOT LEAST OF WHICH WAS
ADMINISTERING IT IN FEBRUARY
00:31:45WHERE WE HAD A BUNCH OF MISSED
SCHOOL DAYS BECAUSE OF SNOW.
00:31:47I THINK THERE IS A REALLY
HEALTHY DISCUSSION UNDERWAY
00:31:52ABOUT HOW MUCH TIME IS SPENT
PREPARING FOR TESTS AND
00:31:54ADMINISTERING TESTS AND ENTERING
THE DATA AND DOES THE DATA
00:31:58PROVIDE US WITH ANY USEFUL
INFORMATION THAT CAN HELP OUR
00:32:01KIDS DO BETTER AND HELP OUR KIDS
' NEEDS.
00:32:07I THINK THERE IS A GOOD
DISCUSSION UNDERWAY ABOUT
00:32:13STAND-ALONE LEGISLATION ABOUT
HOW WE SHOULD BE USING TESTING.
00:32:14I THINK THAT SCHOOLS NEED TO BE
ABLE TO USE TESTING FOR
00:32:17DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSES, TO INFORM
EDUCATION AND MAKE SURE KIDS ARE
00:32:22GETTING THE HELP THAT THEY NEED.
I THINK WE NEED SOME DATA WITH
00:32:26RESPECT TO ACCOUNTABILITY ABOUT
HOW TAX DOLLARS ARE BEING USED.
00:32:29I THINK THERE IS AGREEMENT THAT
IT HAS GONE TOO FAR AND THE PARC
00:32:38TESTING ADDED ADDITIONAL
ASSESSMENTS OVER OUR PREVIOUS
00:32:42TESTING.
WHETHER YOU CAN MAKE THAT CHANGE
00:32:44AS QUICKLY AS SOME PEOPLE WOULD
LIKE, I'M NOT SURE.
00:32:45I DO THINK THERE IS GOING TO BE
A CONTINUED, ROBUST DISCUSSION
00:32:52ABOUT THAT OVERALL IN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF MONTHS.
00:32:54>> [INDISCERNIBLE]
>> FOR INDIVIDUALS, WE ARE
00:33:07TALKING ABOUT AN AMENDMENT TO
LOOK AT FOR EVERYONE EXCEPT THE
00:33:20TOP TWO TIERS OF THE TAX
STRUCTURE AND COUPLING THAT WITH
00:33:22REMOVING THE QUARTER PERCENT --
0.25% SALES TAX.
00:33:29I THINK THE SALES TAX IS
REGRESSIVE AND IMPACTS BORDER
00:33:35AREAS LIKE OURS AND WE THINK WE
COULD COUPLE THOSE ITEMS
00:33:37TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH
SOMETHING THAT PROVIDES QUALITY
00:33:42TAX CUTS.
WE HAVE ALSO TALKED ABOUT TAX
00:33:53PROPOSALS TARGETED TOWARD NEW
INVESTMENT AND THE NEW
00:33:58TECHNOLOGY AND SOME OTHER
PROCEDURAL THINGS TAX CREDITS
00:34:13ARE THE JOB CREATION TAX CREDIT
OR THE JOB RETENTION TAX CREDIT.
00:34:16KEEP THAT MONEY IN THEIR
BUSINESS AND GET THAT MONEY SENT
00:34:23BACK FROM THE STATE.
IT ALLOWS THEM TO HELP WITH A
00:34:28CASH FLOW PROBLEM.
THOSE TYPES OF THINGS ARE THE
00:34:33THINGS THAT WE WOULD SUGGEST.
THINGS THAT ARE MORE TARGETED
00:34:35TOWARD THE MIDDLE CLASS.
AND HELP BUSINESSES.
00:34:37THEY INCREASED THE SALES TAX IN
THE LAST BUDGET, WHEN REALLY IT
00:34:51WAS UNNECESSARY.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE THE
00:34:52REVENUES ARE NOW, IT IS
SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULD
00:35:01CONSIDER TAKING AND PULLING
BACK.
00:35:02I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ON THE TPT,
I WAS NOT HERE WHEN THAT WAS
00:35:09DONE AWAY WITH.
I WAS HERE IN THE YEARS WE KEPT
00:35:13TRYING TO REDUCE THAT.
IT WAS ALWAYS CONSIDERED A TAX
00:35:18ONEROUS TO BUSINESS.
WHEN IT WAS FINALLY ELIMINATED
00:35:21AND THE OTHER TAXES WERE CHANGED
, I THINK WE HAVE SEEN THE
00:35:25REVENUE FROM THOSE TAXES HAVE
NOT KEPT UP WITH WHAT THE
00:35:29REVENUE WAS FROM THE TPP.
WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IS YOU HAVE
00:35:33TAKEN A LOCALLY GENERATED TAX
AND YOU HAVE REDUCED IT.
00:35:37WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS REPLACE
THAT REVENUE WITH INCOME TAX
00:35:40REVENUES TO PROVIDE THAT KIND OF
HELP TO OUR SCHOOLS.
00:35:44PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT ARE WORN
OUT FROM THE LEVEES.
00:35:48WE DO NOT HAVE THE VALUATION,
THE PROPERTY VALUATION AND OUR
00:35:54AREA TO EVEN SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS
WHEN WE INCREASE LEVEES.
00:35:56I THINK MOST PEOPLE IN MY PART
OF THE STATE ASKED THE QUESTION,
00:36:06WHY ISN'T THE INCOME TAX PAYING
FOR OUR SCHOOLS INSTEAD OF THIS
00:36:08CONTINUED EFFORT, DESPITE A
COUPLE SUPREME COURT RULINGS
00:36:14THAT CONTINUE TO USE THE
PROPERTY TAXES AND LOCALLY
00:36:17RAISED TAXES.
I THINK THAT THOSE ARE
00:36:21OPPORTUNITIES MISSED.
I THINK THOSE ARE OPPORTUNITIES
00:36:23WE MISSED.
I THINK WE CONTINUE TO MISS THE
00:36:27OPPORTUNITY WITH THE SEVERANCE
TAX THAT ALLOWS COMPANIES TO
00:36:29CONTINUE TO WORK AND REMOVE OUR
OIL AND GAS WITHOUT REALLY
00:36:36BENEFITING THE AREA WHERE THE
PRODUCT IS BEING PRODUCED.
00:36:42>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, GUYS.
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