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00:00:29>> 2014 WAS AN IMPORTANT YEAR
FOR OHIO'S REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR,
00:00:31BUT THE COMING YEAR COULD BE
EVEN BIGGER.
00:00:34WE LOOK BACK AND LOOK AHEAD
THROUGH THE COMMENTS OF GOVERNOR
00:00:35JOHN KASICH.
ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF
00:00:37OHIO".
2015 COULD BE A HUGE YEAR FOR
00:00:52GOVERNOR JOHN KASICH.
HE WILL START HIS SECOND TERM AS
00:00:54OHIO'S 69TH GOVERNOR, AFTER
WINNING RE-ELECTION BY 30
00:00:57POINTS.
THIS IS A BUDGET YEAR, AND HE
00:00:59HAS A LOT OF THINGS HE WANTS TO
ACCOMPLISH.
00:01:02AND WHILE HE'LL HAVE A
REPUBLICAN DOMINATED SENATE AND
00:01:05THE LARGEST REPUBLICAN MAJORITY
IN THE HISTORY OF THE OHIO
00:01:09HOUSE, HE DOESN'T ALWAYS HAVE
TOTAL SUPPORT FROM HIS OWN
00:01:12PARTY, MOST NOTABLY, ON THE
INCREASES IN TAXES ON CIGARETTES
00:01:14AND OIL AND NATURAL GAS
DRILLERS, AND HIS DESIRE TO
00:01:17EXPAND MEDICAID, WHICH HE DID
THROUGH THE SIX LAWMAKERS ON THE
00:01:22STATE CONTROLLING BOARD RATHER
THAN THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE.
00:01:26KASICH'S SECOND TERM OFFICIALLY
BEGINS WITH A SMALL SWEARING-IN
00:01:29CEREMONY FOR HIM AND HIS CABINET
AT MIDNIGHT ON JANUARY 12 IN THE
00:01:32SENATE CHAMBER, WHERE KASICH GOT
HIS START AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL
00:01:34IN 1978.
THEN AS HE DID IN 2011, HE'LL
00:01:39SPEAK AT A PUBLIC INAUGURATION
EVENT, THIS TIME AT THE SOUTHERN
00:01:43THEATRE IN DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS,
AROUND NOON ON JANUARY 12.
00:01:47THE GOVERNOR ALSO DID A FINAL
PUBLIC EVENT TO END 2014.
00:01:49UNLIKE GOVERNORS BEFORE HIM,
KASICH DOESN'T DO YEAR-END SIT
00:01:53DOWN INTERVIEWS WITH REPORTERS.
INSTEAD, HE DOES A JOINT
00:01:57APPEARANCE WITH THE LEADERS OF
THE HOUSE AND SENATE, WHO HAVE
00:01:59BEEN FELLOW REPUBLICANS FOR HIS
ENTIRE TIME AS GOVERNOR.
00:02:02FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW,
THE TRIO STOOD BEFORE AN OHIO
00:02:04CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GATHERING
JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS TO TALK UP
00:02:08WHAT THEY FELT WERE THE YEAR'S
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND TO LOOK
00:02:12FORWARD TO WHAT'S AHEAD.
KASICH MADE A FEW COMMENTS TO
00:02:16THE CROWD AND WAS CLEAR THAT HE
WANTED THIS ONE HEARD BY THE
00:02:19AUDIENCE AND ESPECIALLY
REPORTERS.
00:02:22>> WE ARE GOING TO FIX THE LACK
OF REGULATION ON CHARTER
00:02:25SCHOOLS.
THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR PEOPLE
00:02:32COMING IN HERE AND TAKING
ADVANTAGE OF ANYTHING.
00:02:34SO, WE WILL BE PUTTING SOME
TOUGHENED RULES AND TO OUR
00:02:40BUDGET.
WE BELIEVE IN CHARTERS.
00:02:42JUST GO OUT TO THE KIPP SCHOOL.
HAVE YOU BEEN OUT, YOU AND BLUE
00:02:47-- YOU AND BILL?
IF YOU WANT TO, GO OUT THERE AND
00:02:54SEE HOW CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE
CHANGING LIVES.
00:02:55BUT WE WILL NOT LET PEOPLE TAKE
EXPENSE FOR OUR CAVES.
00:03:04DID YOU GET THAT, DARRELL?
TAKE A NOTE ON THAT.
00:03:06WE ARE FOR CHOICE, WE ARE FOR
CHARTERS, WE ARE FOR ALL THAT.
00:03:10BUT WE ARE FOR EXCELLENCE IN
EDUCATION.
00:03:13AND BY THE WAY, NOT JUST
EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION FOR
00:03:16CHARTER SCHOOLS.
FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS WELL.
00:03:20YEAH, GO AHEAD.
YOU CAN CLAP FOR THAT, IT'S
00:03:22IMPORTANT.
>> KASICH ALSO TALKED ABOUT HIS
00:03:24DESIRE TO LOWER HIGHER EDUCATION
COSTS, TO PUSH FOR MORE JOB
00:03:27TRAINING, AND TO ENSURE THE
STATE'S LONG TERM BUDGET
00:03:28STABILITY.
AND HE BROUGHT UP SOMETHING HE'S
00:03:30SAID SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE LAST
YEAR OR SO, THAT HE WANTS TO
00:03:36REACH OUT AND OFFER HELP FOR THE
DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED, THE
00:03:41MENTALLY ILL, AND THE ADDICTED.
AND KASICH HINTED THAT HE HAS A
00:03:44LOT OF PLANS FOR THE COMING
YEAR, AND PUT THE EVENT'S HOSTS
00:03:46ON NOTICE THAT HE EXPECTS THEIR
SUPPORT.
00:03:49>> IN THE 1960'S, WE WERE
COOKING, AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT
00:03:55OUR STATE, SLOWLY, BUT SURELY,
IT HAS GOTTEN TIRED AND WORN
00:04:02OUT.
NOW, IT WOULD BE EASY FOR THE
00:04:04LEGISLATURE OR EASY FOR THE
GOVERNOR TO KIND OF CRUISE FOR A
00:04:06WHILE.
OK?
00:04:10A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING.
CLIMBING ON ALL THE CHARTS.
00:04:15IT IS UNACCEPTABLE, BECAUSE IF
WE DO NOT PUSH FORWARD IN A VERY
00:04:18AGGRESSIVE WAY, WE WILL GO
BACKWARDS AGAIN AND THEN OHIO
00:04:23WILL BE A FLYOVER STATE AND WE
JUST CAN HAVE THAT.
00:04:26BUT THAT WILL REQUIRE PEOPLE
BEING UNCOMFORTABLE.
00:04:30THAT IS GOING TO REQUIRE GROUPS
LIKE THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
00:04:34BEING WILLING TO STAND UP AND
TAKE A POSITION, NOT JUST HIDING
00:04:38BEHIND ITS MEMBERSHIP.
OH, WE CANNOT PROMOTE TAX REFORM
00:04:44BECAUSE IT MAKES THREE OF OUR
PEOPLE MAD.
00:04:47WHO CARES?
THIS IS THE REALITY OF THE
00:04:51MATTER.
I HAVE TO TELL YOU IN THE COURSE
00:04:53OF MY TERM AS GOVERNOR OF OHIO,
I WAS AT 31% APPROVAL ABOUT A
00:04:58YEAR INTO THIS JOB.
AND IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW, WE
00:05:02HAD A PRETTY GOOD OUTCOME, OK,
IN THE ELECTION.
00:05:06AND THAT IS WHAT LEADERSHIP IS.
IT IS THE WILLINGNESS TO WALK A
00:05:11LONELY ROAD AND CONFRONT
OBSTACLES.
00:05:14WE ARE NOT IN THIS WORLD FOR A
LONG TIME, SO LET'S LEAVE A
00:05:17GREAT LEGACY ON OUR WATCH SO
THAT WE CAN BE ALL THE THINGS
00:05:22THAT OHIO IS MEANT TO BE.
AND YOU TAKE THAT WITH THE
00:05:28VALUES THAT STILL RESIDE IN OUR
STATE, THE VALUES, THE GOOD
00:05:30VALUES OF PERSONAL
RESPONSIBILITY AND COMPASSION
00:05:36AND RESILIENCE AND FAITH IN A
HIGHER POWER AND TEAMWORK -- I
00:05:42MEAN, NOT TEARING SOMEBODY DOWN
TO GET YOURSELF AHEAD.
00:05:43THOSE RESIDE IN OHIO.
YOU PUT ALL THAT TOGETHER AND WE
00:05:48WILL BE AT THE TOP, I THINK.
>> AND AS IS USUALLY THE CASE,
00:05:51THE QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION
WAS THE MOST INTERESTING PORTION
00:05:54OF THE EVENT.
ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS ASKED
00:05:56WAS ABOUT THE BENEFITS TO OHIO
OF MEDICAID EXPANSION.
00:06:00KASICH RESPONDED THIS WAY.
>> I WAS THE FIRST REALLY BIG
00:06:01STATE GOVERNOR TO PUSH THIS, AND
NOW WHAT I FIND IS ALL THESE
00:06:09OTHER STATES ARE SNEAKING
AROUND, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW
00:06:13TO CASH IN.
SOME OF THE ONES THAT ARE SO
00:06:15CRITICAL OF THIS ARE LIKE, WELL,
CAN WE DO IT OUR WAY, BUT WE
00:06:23WOULD SURE LIKE TO DO IT.
I SEE ACROSS THE BOARD WHO WAS
00:06:26GOING IN INVESTIGATING.
BECAUSE WHAT THEY ARE REALIZING
00:06:28IS, LOOK, THE PRESSURE ON THE
HOSPITALS -- THIS IS THE BOTTOM
00:06:34LINE.
IF PEOPLE DO NOT GET COVERAGE,
00:06:35THEY GO IN ANYWAY AND WE PAY FOR
IT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
00:06:37AS A RESULT OF THIS, IT SAVES
LIVES.
00:06:42NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.
PEOPLE ARE GETTING BETTER CARE
00:06:44AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FREE UP
THE LOCAL ADAMS BOARDS TO TREAT
00:06:50MORE PEOPLE EVEN BEYOND THOSE
WHO WERE POOR, TO PROVIDE
00:06:53HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DRUG
ADDICTED, HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WHO
00:06:57ARE MENTALLY ILL.
WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL OF THAT.
00:06:59TRACY OR GREG, THEY WILL TELL
YOU.
00:07:05WE CAN SHOW YOU THE BENEFITS.
NOW THIS PROGRAM AND WHAT HAS
00:07:11HAPPENED IN THE STATE, BY THE
WAY IS THAT WE THOUGHT THAT
00:07:14PEOPLE WERE GOING TO SIGN UP FOR
MORE MEDICAID HERE IN WHAT WAS
00:07:18CALLED THE WOODWORKING EFFECT
AND WHAT THEY HAVE REALLY DONE
00:07:20IS THEY HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THE
EXPANSION, SO IT ACTUALLY SAVED
00:07:23THE STATE MONEY.
NOW, THIS IS NOT THE END OF IT,
00:07:26OBVIOUSLY.
NUMBER ONE, MEDICAID, GENERAL
00:07:32RELIEF, ALL OF THESE OTHER
THINGS ARE A WAY STATION AND
00:07:35CANNOT BE A WAY OF LIFE.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME
00:07:37PEOPLE WHO ARE NEVER GOING TO
GET OFF THOSE.
00:07:41AND IT IS FRANKLY BECAUSE THEY
HAVE PROBLEMS THAT ARE SO SEVERE
00:07:44THAT NONE OF US IN THIS ROOM
WOULD DENY THEM THE ABILITY TO
00:07:49KEEP GETTING CARE, BECAUSE YOU
JUST CAN'T MAKE IT ANY OTHER
00:07:52WAY.
BUT THE BIGGEST CHUNK OF PEOPLE,
00:07:54AND FACT, CAN GET OFF.
SO I BROUGHT IN A GUY WHO RAN
00:08:01THE FRANKLIN COUNTY WELFARE
DEPARTMENT AND HIS JOB IS TO
00:08:03TRAVEL THE STATE AND DO THIS.
IT IS TO CREATE A WELFARE -- AND
00:08:09WE DON'T EVEN, WHATEVER YOU WANT
TO CALL IT, A HEALTH OFFICE,
00:08:14WHERE YOU NOT ONLY GET YOUR
STUFF, BUT WHEN YOU WALK IN
00:08:16THERE, YOU GET TRAINED FOR A JOB
THAT EXISTS, AND WE WANT
00:08:21COMPANIES IN THE OFFICE, AND IT
IS HAPPENING, FOR EXAMPLE IN
00:08:26NEWARK, OHIO, WHERE YOU GET YOUR
FOOD STAMPS, AND THEN YOU GO
00:08:29INTO A TRAINING PROGRAM WHERE WE
HAVE MONEY AND THE COMPANIES
00:08:33HAVE MONEY AND THE COMPANIES ARE
LOCATED IN THE WELFARE OFFICE OR
00:08:38THE RELIEF OFFICE AND THERE IS A
MAJOR COMPANY OUT THERE THAT HAS
00:08:41HIRED 90 PEOPLE WITH A 90%
RETENTION RATE VERY WE ARE ALL
00:08:46IN THIS TOGETHER.
THE GOAL IS TO GET THEM OFF.
00:08:49AND WE ARE LOOKING AT A WHOLE
VARIETY OF THINGS.
00:08:52WE ARE LOOKING AT A WHOLE
VARIETY OF PROGRAMS TO MAKE THIS
00:08:58A WAY STATION AND NOT A
PERMANENT STATION.
00:08:59DO I THINK WE CAN GET THAT DONE?
YEAH, I DO.
00:09:02I THINK WE CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN
THIS.
00:09:04IT IS A PROCESS.
THE OVERALL MEDICAID ISSUE IN
00:09:09THE COUNTRY, CAN WE EXPAND?
CAN THE GOVERNMENT AFFORD IT?
00:09:15ALTHOUGH THESE ENTITLEMENTS NEED
TO BE REFORMED, BUT IN THE
00:09:20MIDDLE OF REFORMING THEM, YOU DO
NOT CUT OFF YOUR NOSE TO SPITE
00:09:23YOUR IS.
IT MAKES A STATEMENT AND THEN
00:09:26PEOPLE CAN'T GET ANY HELP.
IT IS COMPLICATED, BUT YOU
00:09:28CANNOT PROVIDE WORK WITHOUT
BRINGING IN A BIG DOSE OF
00:09:36PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY,
TRAINING, ALL THOSE KINDS OF
00:09:38THINGS.
I AM PLEASED WITH WHAT WE HAVE
00:09:40DONE.
IF WE WERE NOT TO DO IT, I MEAN,
00:09:43THERE WOULD BE PEOPLE WHO WOULD
NOT MAKE IT, BUT YOU CAN'T STOP
00:09:49THERE.
I THINK DIANE AM IN SYNC WITH
00:09:50THE LEADERS HERE ON THAT NOTION
THAT WELFARE IS TEMPORARY, NOT
00:09:54PERMANENT, NOT A WAY OF LIFE.
>> KASICH ALSO MADE SOME
00:10:04INTERESTING COMMENTS ABOUT THOSE
WHO ARE RECEIVING PUBLIC
00:10:06ASSISTANCE IN OHIO.
>> THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
00:10:08ON GENERAL RELIEF IN OHIO IS
135,000 OUT OF 11.5 MILLION
00:10:11-- THERE ARE TWO DEV MILLION ON
GENERAL RELIEF.
00:10:17DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY WERE ON
LAST TIME I CHECKED?
00:10:2376,000.
THEY THINK THERE ARE ALL OF
00:10:27THESE PEOPLE GETTING ALL THESE
PROGRAMS.
00:10:28THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE ON
FIXED DAMS, BUT YOU HAVE TO
00:10:29QUALIFY FOR FOOD STAMPS AND
THERE IS -- THERE ARE A LOT OF
00:10:34PEOPLE ON FOOD STAMPS, BUT YOU
HAVE TO QUALIFY FOR FOOD STAMPS
00:10:37AND THERE IS A WORK REQUIREMENT.
SO, IT IS NOT THIS NOTION THAT
00:10:40THERE IS ALL OF THIS BIG-SCREEN
TVS AND EVERYBODY LIVING HIGH ON
00:10:48THE HOG.
GO LIVE LIKE THAT FOR A WHILE
00:10:50AND SEE HOW YOU LIKE IT.
BUT WE CANNOT HAVE A SYSTEM
00:10:54WHERE IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A
PROMOTION OR GET A BONUS, YOU
00:10:56LOSE YOUR DAYCARE AND YOU HAVE
TO TURN THE STEP DOWN?
00:11:02IT DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE.
THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS WE ARE
00:11:04WORKING ON.
>> ON THE SUBJECT OF MONEY AND
00:11:06GOVERNMENT SPENDING, KASICH WAS
ASKED ABOUT THE FEDERAL BALANCED
00:11:13BUDGET AMENDMENT TOWARD HE IS
ON, WHICH IS SEEN AS A SIGN HE
00:11:16MAY BE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT,
AND HOW MUCH TIME HE EXPECTS TO
00:11:18SPEND ON THAT PROJECT.
>> I WAS OUT IN ARIZONA, I SPENT
00:11:23A DAY -- I SHOULD HAVE SPENT
MORE THAN A DAY.
00:11:26IT WAS PERFECT OUT THERE.
I MET WITH A NUMBER OF
00:11:28LEGISLATORS TRYING TO PLAN THIS.
MY VIEW IS YOU GET THREE OR FOUR
00:11:35MORE TO DO IT AND EVERY ONE OF
THESE -- NONE OF THEM ARE EASY.
00:11:39THERE IS A HANGUP EVERYBODY HAS
AND EVERY ONE OF THE STATES,
00:11:43EVEN STATES WITH REPUBLICAN
GOVERNORS.
00:11:45BUT I THINK WE CAN MANEUVER
THREAT.
00:11:48HOW MUCH TIME IS IT GOING TO
TAKE?
00:11:50IT WILL TAKE AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT
OF TIME TO DO THIS JOB IF WE
00:11:54PLAN ALL OF THESE THINGS
CAREFULLY.
00:11:55-- IT WILL NOT TAKE AN EXCESSIVE
AMOUNT OF TIME.
00:11:59BUT IT WILL CREATE -- IT WILL
BECOME A FOUR PRONG ISSUE.
00:12:06LOOK, I WAS THERE FOR 18 YEARS.
I WAS THERE WHEN WE BALANCE THE
00:12:09BUDGET.
WHEN I LEFT WE HAD TRILLIONS IN
00:12:10SURPLUS.
ONE OF MY BUDDIES BACK HERE
00:12:14SAID, NOW THAT YOU AND ALL OF
YOUR PALS ARE GONE, THIS WILL
00:12:16ALL GET SPENT.
IN I SAID, THERE IS NO WAY YOU
00:12:19CAN SPEND TRILLIONS OF SURPLUS,
AND SURE ENOUGH THE REPUBLICANS
00:12:23DID IT.
AND PEOPLE -- THERE IS ALL THE
00:12:28THING ABOUT REPUBLICANS DON'T
WANT TO SPEND AND DEMOCRATS DO,
00:12:33AND CONSERVATIVES ON THE
REPUBLICAN SIDE SAY WE WANT
00:12:37SMALLER GOVERNMENT, GO AND TALK
TO THEM ABOUT HOW MUCH SMALLER
00:12:38GOVERNMENT THEY REALLY WANT.
IT IS GREAT IN THEORY, BUT THEN
00:12:43WE START GETTING DOWN TO MAKING
THE CHANGES AND IT GETS TO BE
00:12:45PRETTY HARD.
OUR STATE, I KNOW THAT THERE IS
00:12:49NO WAY WE WOULD HAVE WIPED OUT
THAT A BILLION HOLE IF WE HAD
00:12:56NOT BEEN INSPIRED TO.
WASHINGTON CAN GET IT RIGHT, BUT
00:13:02THOSE MOMENTS ARE FEW AND FAR
BETWEEN.
00:13:06REAGAN TALKED ABOUT IT.
I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY WHO DOES
00:13:11NOT THINK THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
OUGHT TO BALANCE ITS BUDGET.
00:13:13YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO IT IN A
DAY, BUT THERE HAS TO BE SOME
00:13:16DISCIPLINE OR SOME RESTRAINT.
LET ME ASK YOU THIS.
00:13:17WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS,
EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO BAD AND
00:13:22ALL THIS OTHER STUFF.
$18 TRILLION.
00:13:27AT WHAT POINT DID THINGS START
FALLING APART?
00:13:29YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW THAT OUR
FOREIGN POLICY LEVERAGES REDUCED
00:13:34BECAUSE WE HAVE THE CHINESE OWN
ALL OF OUR DEBT.
00:13:37YOU CAN'T KEEP SPENDING WHAT YOU
DON'T HAVE AND GET AWAY WITH IT.
00:13:41WE ARE SO STRONG AS A NATION WE
ARE SURVIVING IT, BUT IT'S JUST
00:13:44LIKE WE WERE SAYING EARLIER --
AND I WANT KEITH AND BILL BOWS
00:13:51TO COMMENT ON THIS IF THEY
WOULD.
00:13:52IF YOU DELAY THIS THING SO LONG,
THE KINDS OF THINGS YOU'RE GOING
00:13:56TO HAVE TO DO IN THE MIDDLE OF A
CATACLYSMIC FINANCIAL CRISIS
00:14:00WILL BE DEVASTATING.
IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, FOLKS.
00:14:04WE CAN DELAY THIS AND PUT THIS
DISCIPLINE IN AND START TO WEED
00:14:07AWAY AT THIS THING, WE WILL BE
SO MUCH STRONGER AS A COUNTRY.
00:14:14I HONESTLY -- OUTSIDE OF THE
VALUES QUESTION IN OUR COUNTRY
00:14:17-- TO ME, THERE IS NO HIM WORK
-- MORE IMPORTANT ISSUE THAN
00:14:22FORCING THEM TO DO THAT.
>> KASICH WAS ALSO ASKED ABOUT
00:14:28THE LAW THAT PUT A TWO YEAR
FREEZE ON THE GREEN ENERGY
00:14:31STANDARDS ON PUBLIC UTILITIES
THAT HAD BEEN IN STATE LAW FOR
00:14:33SEVERAL YEARS.
KASICH HAD PUSHED FOR THE FREEZE
00:14:34RATHER THAN THE ABANDONING OF
THE STANDARDS ENTIRELY, THOUGH
00:14:39HE CONTINUES TO CALL THE FREEZE
A RESETTING.
00:14:42>> WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING ON THIS
BILL HAS MADE ABSOLUTELY NO ONE
00:14:46HAPPY, WHICH MUST BE PERFECT.
[LAUGHTER]
00:14:47HEY, LOOK, THE LEGISLATOR WHEN
AHEAD -- WENT AHEAD, I DO NOT
00:14:56KNOW IF WAS 20 BY 20, BUT THEY
HAD SOME MAGICAL RHYME.
00:14:59AND THIS WAS NOT EVEN ACHIEVABLE
IN OUR STATE.
00:15:05SO, WE NEEDED TO RESET THIS.
IT IS NOT A FREEZE.
00:15:10IT IS A RESETTING.
AND I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A
00:15:19DIFFERENT VIEW ON THIS.
LOOK, SOLAR ENERGY COSTS ARE
00:15:23COMING DOWN DRAMATICALLY.
WE AS A COUNTRY HAVE AN
00:15:25OBLIGATION TO BE FOR RENEWABLES,
BUT THERE IS A LIMIT TO WHAT THE
00:15:31SUBSIDIES OUGHT TO BE.
THE WIND BEFORE -- THEY GOT MORE
00:15:34WIND THAN ANYBODY.
IF WE COULD CAPTURE THE WIND
00:15:40PEOPLE'S WIND, IT WOULD BE
FANTASTIC.
00:15:42YOU CAN TELL THEM I SAID THAT.
IT IS THE LOBBY INDUSTRY THAT
00:15:48BLEW UP.
I REMEMBER BACK WHEN AT&T AND
00:15:50THE LOCAL BELLS WERE FIGHTING
EACH OTHER AND THERE WAS NOBODY
00:15:54HAPPIER THAN THE POLITICIANS
GETTING CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS
00:15:59FROM BOTH.
THE WIND PEOPLE ARE AN
00:16:00INCREDIBLE LOBBY HERE IN OHIO.
AND WE ARE NOT AGAINST WIND.
00:16:05WE ARE FOR WIND.
BUT LET'S BE REALISTIC ABOUT
00:16:07WHAT WE CAN ACHIEVE.
NO ONE IS SHUTTING DOWN
00:16:10RENEWABLES.
WHAT WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO DO
00:16:13IS RESET THIS IN A WAY THAT
MAKES SENSE, IN A WAY WHERE WE
00:16:17CAN BE FOR RENEWABLES, BUT WE DO
NOT BECOME SO ANTI-COMPETITIVE
00:16:21IT DOES NOT WORK FOR US.
NOBODY WANTS THAT.
00:16:22I THINK WE CAN GET THERE.
IF THEY LOOK AT THIS HONESTLY,
00:16:28WE CAN GET A BETTER RESETTING OF
THE MIX BETWEEN RENEWABLES, AND
00:16:32ME, I AM FOR RENEWABLES, I AM
FOR COAL, I AM FOR EVERYTHING.
00:16:36WE ARE FOR ALL OF THE ABOVE.
THIS IS NOTHING MORE THAN A
00:16:41RESETTING.
>> ON THE APPOINTED TASK FORCE
00:16:42OF LAWMAKERS WHO WILL BE
STUDYING THE STANDARDS AND
00:16:43COMING UP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS
-- ON GOING FORWARD SENATE
00:16:48, PRESIDENT KEITH FABER SAID HE
IS JUST HOPING THE PANEL WILL
00:16:50RELEASE SOME PROPOSALS, BUT SAID
HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY PRECONCEIVED
00:16:51NOTIONS OF WHAT THEY SHOULD BE.
BUT PERHAPS THE MOST INTERESTING
00:16:56ANSWER GOVERNOR KASICH GAVE
DURING THIS PUBLIC SESSION WAS
00:17:00TO THE LAST QUESTION, AS ASKED
BY OHIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
00:17:02PRESIDENT ANDY DOERHEL.
>> I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THE
00:17:10FIRST PART OF THE QUESTION,
WHICH SAYS ARE YOU GOING TO
00:17:12CONTINUE FOCUSING ON THE INCOME
TAX RATES, AND I THINK THAT IS A
00:17:20YES.
IF SO, ARE YOU GOING TO LOOK TO
00:17:21THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO MAKE
UP THE LOST REVENUE NEEDED TO
00:17:28PAY FOR TAX CUTS?
>> THE ANSWER TO THAT IS
00:17:33EVERYBODY IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE
PART OF THE TAX REFORM.
00:17:35WE HAVE TO HAVE A SYSTEM THAT
ENCOURAGES ECONOMIC GROWTH, THAT
00:17:39ALLOWS US TO COLLECT REVENUE.
I WILL TELL YOU, IF WE GET TO
00:17:45THE POINT WHERE WE SAY -- I
THINK KEITH HERE IS SAYING,
00:17:53DON'T TAX ME, TAX THE GUY BEHIND
THE TREE, THIS FAILS.
00:17:56IT WILL BE UP TO YOU.
THE LEADERSHIP SAYS WE NEED TO
00:18:02HAVE A LOWER INCOME TAX.
I MEAN -- THIS IS NOT AN
00:18:08IDEOLOGY OF MINE.
LOOK AT WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND
00:18:10THE COUNTRY.
AND WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS.
00:18:12BUT IF WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE
PROGRESS, THERE HAS TO MEAN MORE
00:18:16PROGRESS MADE, AND YOU ARE NOT
GOING TO GET THIS DONE JUST BY
00:18:22SLASHING GOVERNMENT SPENDING.
DO YOU WANT TO CUT K-12 FOR YOUR
00:18:28SCHOOLS?
I DO NOT THINK YOU DO.
00:18:29DO YOU WANT TO CUT THE
UNIVERSITIES?
00:18:32DO YOU WANT TO DO THAT?
NO.
00:18:35THEN WE HAVE TO HAVE TAX REFORM.
YOU HAVE TO SAY SOME TAXES -- A
00:18:42PERFECT EXAMPLE.
WHY SHOULD TAXES ON TOBACCO NOT
00:18:45BE HIGHER TO PAY FOR A REDUCTION
IN THE INCOME TAX?
00:18:48I WILL TELL YOU WHY.
LOBBIES, THAT'S WHY.
00:18:51AND THAT'S NONSENSE.
THERE IS NO DOUBT IN ANYBODY'S
00:18:57MIND HE WAS IN MEDICINE THAT IF
YOU RAISE THE TAX IN CIGARETTES,
00:19:00YOU WILL HAVE A HEALTHIER
SOCIETY.
00:19:01BUT YOU DO NOT WANT TO GO TO THE
POINT OF, OH, NO, NO, WE CAN'T
00:19:08DO THAT.
WE WILL NOT REDUCE THE INCOME
00:19:12TAX.
WE WILL NOT HELP SMALL BUSINESS.
00:19:14WE WILL NOT CONTINUE TO GROW.
THE WHOLE KEY TO OHIO FOR A
00:19:17FUTURE ARE PEOPLE BEING WILLING
TO WORK TOGETHER ON THIS AND I
00:19:21MUST TELL YOU, ANDY, YOU KNOW,
WHEN THIS CAP TAX WAS EXPANDED,
00:19:28IT DID A HECK OF A LOT OF GOOD
TO -- FOR BUSINESSES AND SOME
00:19:30WERE LEFT OUT.
IT IS NOT LIKE THIS CAME DOWN
00:19:35WITH MOSES WITH THE 10
COMMANDMENTS.
00:19:39THOU SHALT NOT TOUCH THE CAP.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT RIGHT.
00:19:42I WILL TELL YOU, I FEEL PRETTY
STRONGLY ABOUT ALL OF THIS. WE
00:19:44ARE GOING TO DO OUR BEST TO GIVE
YOU A PLAN THAT MAKES THE MOST
00:19:48AMOUNT OF SENSE. HERE IS THE
THING.
00:19:53WHEN WE PUT OUR OWN PLAN
FORWARD, THE COMMUNITY SAID, OH,
00:19:56YOU DID NOT INCLUDE US.
WE DO NOT LIKE IT.
00:19:59WHEN I SAID, OK WHY DON'T YOU
GIVE US A PLAN, THEY DID NOT
00:20:02GIVE US ANYTHING.
YOU CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS.
00:20:05IF WE ARE GOING TO GROW OHIO,
OHIOANS HAVE TO BE TOGETHER.
00:20:11WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO GET
THIS DONE.
00:20:13WE WILL GIVE THEM A LITTLE PLAN
AND YOU CAN TAKE THE EDGES OFF.
00:20:18AND MAYBE I WON'T WHEN IT -- WON
'T WIN IT.
00:20:23BUT I AIN'T GOING TO QUIT.
IT TOOK ME 10 YEARS TO GET THE
00:20:32FEDERAL BUDGET BALANCED.
I WILL LEAVE IT TO SOMEONE ELSE
00:20:34IF YOU OUTLAST ME.
I AM SHY AND I AM PULLING MYSELF
00:20:39OUT OF MY SHELL, OK?
[LAUGHTER]
00:20:39>> A LOT OF WHAT KASICH HAD TO
SAY HE WENT OVER IN AN INTERVIEW
00:20:45HE DID WITH ME ABOUT A MONTH
BEFORE THE ELECTION.
00:20:47WE MET IN A STUDIO AT CET IN
DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, JUST AFTER
00:20:49KASICH HAD FINISHED UP AN EVENT
WITH VETERANS IN SOUTHWEST OHIO.
00:20:51BUT THERE WERE A FEW THINGS I
ASKED HIM ABOUT THAT HE DIDN'T
00:20:54MENTION AT THE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE EVENT.
00:21:00WHAT IS OHIO'S FUTURE ON
SAME-SEX MARRIAGE?
00:21:01>> WE PASSED A CONSTITUTIONAL
MINUTE THAT SAID MARRIAGE WAS
00:21:08BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN.
I HAPPEN TO AGREE WITH THAT.
00:21:11I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE
HOLDS.
00:21:14THAT COULD BE ANOTHER AMENDMENT.
THE COURT COULD RULE WHAT WE
00:21:17HAVE DONE IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
I HAPPEN TO BELIEVE IN THE
00:21:19TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE, BUT I DO
NOT WANT TO DISPARAGE ANYBODY OR
00:21:23DISLIKE ANYBODY.
IT IS JUST A MATTER OF HOW I
00:21:26VIEW IT.
>> WOULD YOU OPPOSE IT ON THE
00:21:30BALLOT?
>> THAT IS SO FAR DOWN THE ROAD
00:21:34AND I HAVE GOT ENOUGH TO DO
WITHOUT HAVING TO RUN AROUND AND
00:21:38FIGURE OUT HOW I AM GOING TO
FIGHT AL IT ISSUES. AT LET ME
00:21:40TRY TO KEEP OHIO WORKING.
WE WILL GO THAT WAY.
00:21:44>> YOU HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS
PRO LIFE.
00:21:49YOU HAVE SIGNED LEGISLATION THAT
HAS RESTRICTED ABORTION.
00:21:52ARE THERE ANY CHANGES GOING
FORWARD ON THIS?
00:21:54>> NONE THAT I CAN THINK OF.
THE DEBATE BETWEEN PRO-LIFE AND
00:21:59PRO-CHOICE HAS GONE ON FOREVER.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON IS
00:22:02THE LIFE SIDE OF IT, PROVIDING
MORE -- BETTER PRENATAL CARE AND
00:22:08BRASS MORE FUNDING FOR WOMEN IN
THE PRENATAL SITUATION.
00:22:11SECONDLY, POSTNATAL SOME OTHERS
CAN BE MORE COMFORTABLE.
00:22:16EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMS.
I JUST SPOKE TO SOMEONE AT THE
00:22:22DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
THIS IDEA OF INFANT MORTALITY --
00:22:24WE HAVE GOT TO WORK ON THIS
HARDER.
00:22:25WE CAN'T HIGH -- WE CAN'T HAVE
HIGH INFANT MORTALITY IN OUR
00:22:31STATE.
SOME OF IT IS BECAUSE PEOPLE
00:22:33SLEEP WITH BABIES.
I SAID, I WANT TO KNOW EVERY
00:22:35REASON.
MY WIFE IS INVOLVED IN FIGHTING
00:22:41INFANT MORTALITY.
WE JUST HAVE TO DO BETTER HERE.
00:22:42WE CAN DEBATE THIS UNTIL THE
COWS COME HOME.
00:22:48PROBABLY WE WILL, BUT LET'S SEE
WHAT WE CAN AGREE ON A MOVE
00:22:50FORWARD.
>> OHIO HAS HAD VERY HIGH
00:22:57PROFILE PROBLEMS WITH
EXECUTIONS.
00:22:58WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE CHANGED
TO MAKE THAT SITUATION WHERE WE
00:23:01ARE NOT GETTING NATIONAL
ATTENTION?
00:23:02>> I HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY
CAUTIOUS IN THIS.
00:23:06THIS IS A VERY SOLEMN POSITION
FOR THE GOVERNOR.
00:23:13AS YOU KNOW, I HAVE COMMUTED
DEATH CHARGES AGAINST PEOPLE
00:23:16BECAUSE I WAS NOT CERTAIN -- IN
MY MIND I WAS NOT CERTAIN THEY
00:23:18WERE ACTUALLY THE TRIGGER MAN OR
WHAT EVER.
00:23:23WHEN YOU TAKE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
GONE INTO A HOUSE AND KILLED
00:23:25SOMEBODY WANTONLY AND DESTROY
THESE FAMILIES.
00:23:30I HAD ONE COME TO SEE ME WHERE
WE GAVE AT LEAST A TEMPORARY
00:23:36REPRIEVE.
WE HAVE TO APPROACH THIS
00:23:42CAUTIOUSLY.
YOU HAVE GOT TO REMEMBER WHEN IT
00:23:43COMES TO ME, I AM JUST THE FINAL
PERSON.
00:23:45THIS HAS BEEN LITIGATED MANY
YEARS.
00:23:46APPEALS HAVE BEEN IN.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING DECIDED
00:23:52WITH THE SNAP OF A FINGER AND
THEN I HAVE THE OBLIGATION TO
00:23:56TAKE A VERY CLOSE LOOK AT IT.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROCEED THE
00:23:58WAY WE ARE.
THE LAST EXECUTION WAS SOMETHING
00:24:01BE PRESS REPORTED ON.
WE WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT
00:24:05THE WAY WE DO ALL OF THIS.
>> I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN ASKED
00:24:10ABOUT THIS SEVERAL TIMES -- THE
SO-CALLED RIGHT TO WORK.
00:24:13VERY QUICKLY --
>> IT IS A GOOD IDEA.
00:24:17IN OUR STATE RIGHT NOW, I DO NOT
THINK IT IS EVEN WORTH TALKING
00:24:21ABOUT BECAUSE THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN MANAGEMENT AND LABOR IS
00:24:23GOOD.
I HAVE BEEN ENDORSED NOW BY
00:24:26SEVERAL LABOR UNIONS, THE
OPERATING ENGINEERS, THE
00:24:30LABORERS, AND I EXPECT WE WILL
GET A FEW MORE.
00:24:33YOU SEE WHERE I GREW UP, I GREW
UP WITH PEOPLE WHO WERE
00:24:37BLUE-COLLAR.
I NEVER SAW ANYBODY IN A WHITE
00:24:40COLOR UNTIL I LEFT PENNSYLVANIA.
WE ARE DOING FINE ON THAT AND WE
00:24:42NEED TO CONTINUE DOING THAT.
>> AND FINALLY, IF REELECTED, GU
00:24:50PLEDGE YOU WILL BE HERE FOR
ANOTHER FOUR YEARS?
00:24:52ARE YOU GOING TO RUN FOR
PRESIDENT?
00:24:53>> I DO NOT FIGURE I WILL BE
MOVING OUT OF OHIO.
00:24:58>> YOU DID ONCE.
>> AND THAT DID NOT WORK OUT SO
00:25:04WELL.
I'M FLATTERED.
00:25:06MY FATHER CARRIED THE MAIL.
MY MOTHER'S MOTHER COULD BARELY
00:25:09SPEAK ENGLISH.
AND THERE ARE PEOPLE TALKING
00:25:14ABOUT ME RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.
IT IS FLATTERING, OK, BUT THAT
00:25:16IS ALL IT IS.
I EXPECT I WILL BE HERE AND
00:25:22HOPEFULLY YOU WILL BE HERE AND
WE WILL BE WORKING TOGETHER FOR
00:25:23THE NEXT YEARS.
>> WE EXPECT TO HEAR FROM
00:25:27GOVERNOR KASICH ON HIS PLANS FOR
THE COMING YEAR IN HIS INAUGURAL
00:25:29ADDRESS, WHICH YOU'LL HEAR ON
SOME OF OHIO'S PUBLIC RADIO AND
00:25:31TELEVISION STATIONS.
AND OF COURSE WE'LL HAVE THE
00:25:32HIGHLIGHTS ON THIS SHOW IN TWO
WEEKS.
00:25:33AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK.
FOR MY COLLEAGUES AT OHIO PUBLIC
00:25:35RADIO AND TELEVISION, THANKS FOR
WATCHING.
00:25:37IF YOU'D LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS,
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00:25:47IDEASTREAM.ORG/OHIO.
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00:25:51ANDY CHOW AND ME ON TWITTER.
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