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00:00:00>> "THE STATE OF OHIO" COMES
FROM THE LAW OFFICES OF PORTER,
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HELPING BUSINESSES AND
00:00:04INDIVIDUALS SOLVE COMPLEX LEGAL
PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT OHIO,
00:00:07ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND
THE WORLD ON THE WEB AT
00:00:10PORTERWRIGHT.
COM.
00:00:11AND FROM THE OHIO EDUCATION
ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTING
00:00:15131,000 TEACHERS, SUPPORT
PROFESSIONALS AND HIGHER
00:00:18EDUCATION FACULTY WHO ARE
WORKING FOR GREAT PUBLIC
00:00:21SCHOOLS FOR EVERY CHILD ONLINE
AT OHEA.
00:00:22ORG.
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR "THE
00:00:27STATE OF OHIO" IS MADE POSSIBLE
BY ETECH OHIO AND THE LUBRIZOL
00:00:30FOUNDATION.
>> A PLAN TO HIKE THE SPEED
00:00:34LIMIT BRINGS THE TRANSPORTATION
BILL TO A SCREECHING HALT.
00:00:36RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AT JOBSOHIO
HAS ITS CRITICS WORKING
00:00:40OVERTIME.
00:00:40AND SOCIAL SERVICES ADVOCATES
HAVE SPENT YEARS BATTLING FOR
00:00:44FUNDING AND RECOGNITION IN STATE
BUDGETS.
00:00:46THIS TIME THEY SAY THEY'RE
BAFFLED BY WHAT THEY'RE SEEING
00:00:51IN GOV.
KASICH'S SPENDING PLAN.
00:00:52THE HEADS OF THREE KEY GROUPS
ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT.
00:00:55ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF
OHIO".
00:00:58>> A BILL THAT WOULD HIKE THE
SPEED LIMIT ON NON-URBAN
00:01:03INTERSTATES TO 70 MILES AN HOUR
IS ON ITS WAY TO A CONFERENCE
00:01:06COMMITTEE.
THE SENATE APPROVED THE BILL,
00:01:09WHICH ALSO INCLUDES THE
MECHANISM FOR THE ENACTION OF
00:01:16GOV. JOHN KASICH'S PLAN ON THE
OHIO TURNPIKE BUT THE SENATE'S
00:01:19VERSION INCLUDES A GUARANTEE
THAT 90 PERCENT OF PROCEEDS
00:01:20FROM THE $1.
5 BILLION OHIO TURNPIKE BOND
00:01:24SALE GO TO NORTHERN OHIO.
IT ALSO WOULD FREEZE TOLL
00:01:27RATES FOR LOCAL E-ZPASS USERS
THROUGH 2023 ON TRIPS OF 30
00:01:31MILES OR LESS.
THE BILL WENT BACK TO THE
00:01:37HOUSE, WHICH VOTED ALMOST
UNANIMOUSLY AGAINST CONCURRENCE.
00:01:39THE HOUSE HAS PASSED A
CRACKDOWN ON STOREFRONT
00:01:43GAMBLING-LIKE OPERATIONS KNOWN
AS INTERNET CAFES.
00:01:45THE MEASURE IMPOSES OPERATING
RESTRICTIONS, REGISTRATION
00:01:51REQUIREMENTS AND BACKGROUND
CHECKS ON THE MORE THAN 800
00:01:59OPERATIONS AROUND THE STATE.
OPPONENTS SAY THE CAFES, WHERE
00:02:01PATRONS BUY CARDS FOR PHONE AND
INTERNET TIME WITH CHANCES TO
00:02:03PLAY COMPUTER GAMES THAT
OPERATE LIKE SLOT MACHINES WITH
00:02:08CASH PRIZES, ALLOW ILLEGAL
GAMBLING.
00:02:11BUT BACKERS SAY THEY ARE LEGAL
AND HELP THE ECONOMY.
00:02:12AND THE SENATE UNANIMOUSLY
PASSED BUDGETS FOR THE OHIO
00:02:19INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION AND THE
BUREAU OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION
00:02:21BOTH OF THOSE BUDGETS ARE NOW
HEADED TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK
00:02:23FOR HIS SIGNATURE.
SUPERINTENDENTS FROM APPALACHIAN
00:02:26OHIO SAY THE GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL
FUNDING FORMULA IN THE STATE
00:02:27BUDGET DOESN'T SHARE ENOUGH OF
OHIO'S ECONOMIC GOOD FORTUNE
00:02:30WITH THEIR SCHOOLS AND CHILDREN.
MEMBERS OF THE COALITION OF
00:02:35RURAL AND APPALACHIAN SCHOOLS
TOLD STATE LAWMAKERS AND
00:02:39REPORTERS TUESDAY THEY ARE
DISAPPOINTED THAT THE
00:02:41ADMINISTRATION'S NEW SCHOOL-
FUNDING FORMULA LEAVES MANY OF
00:02:45THEIR DISTRICTS WORSE OFF THAN
BEFORE, EVEN THOUGH MORE MONEY
00:02:48IS EXPECTED TO COME INTO THE
STATE.
00:02:51AND THEY'RE ALSO CONCERNED
ABOUT USING THE SEVERANCE TAX ON
00:02:53BIG OIL AND NATURAL GAS
DRILLERS TO CUT THE INCOME TAX
00:02:56THEY SAY IT AMOUNTS TO TAKING
MONEY FROM POORER PARTS OF THE
00:02:59STATE WHERE DRILLING IS BEING
DONE TO HELP CUT TAXES OF RICHER
00:03:02OHIOANS IN OTHER AREAS.
00:03:04MORE THAN HALF OF THE STUDENTS
WILL GO TO SCHOOLS THAT RECIEVE
00:03:16MORE MONEY, AND RECENT ADDITIONS
TO SEVERANCE TAXES MAY TAKE THEM
00:03:22OUT OF THE BUDGET.
FORMER SENATE PRESIDENT TOM
00:03:26NIEHAUS HAS LANDED A JOB HE'S
NOW WITH VORYS ADVISORS, THE
00:03:27STRATEGY AND ADVICE PROVIDING
ARM OF THE LAW FIRM VORYS SATER
00:03:28SEYMOUR AND PEASE.
FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN
00:03:31DAVID HOBSON RUNS THAT
OPERATION, AND NIEHAUS WILL WORK
00:03:32ALONGSIDE DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESSMAN ZACK SPACE AS A
00:03:34PRINCIPAL.
FORMER SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
00:03:37EVELYN LUNDBERG STRATTON
STARTED WORKING WITH THE VORYS
00:03:39LAW FIRM AFTER SHE RETIRED FROM
THE BENCH IN JANUARY.
00:03:42AND THIS IS EITHER GOOD NEWS OR
BAD NEWS, DEPENDING ON YOUR
00:03:46POINT OF VIEW.
DAYTIME TELEVISION HOST AND
00:03:48FORMER CINCINNATI MAYOR JERRY
SPRINGER DOESN'T SEE HIMSELF
00:03:51GETTING BACK INTO ELECTIVE
POLITICS.
00:03:53SPRINGER'S NAME HAS BEEN
TOSSED AROUND AS A POSSIBLE
00:03:58DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR
CONGRESS OR GOVERNOR AND HE
00:04:02EVEN BRIEFLY RAN FOR US SENATE
IN 2004.
00:04:03BUT HE TELLS THE CINCINNATI
ENQUIRER THAT HE'S ONLY A YEAR
00:04:06AWAY FROM TURNING 70, AND WITH
EACH YEAR, IT BECOMES LESS
00:04:09LIKELY.
CONTROVERSY AND QUESTIONS
00:04:14CONTINUE TO HAUNT JOBSOHIO THIS
WEEK, AS A DEADLINE FROM THE
00:04:16STATE AUDITOR LOOMS IN THE NEXT
FEW DAYS.
00:04:18LAST WEEK STATE AUDITOR DAVID
YOST ISSUED A SUBPOENA FOR THE
00:04:22FINANCIAL RECORDS OF THE
PUBLIC-PRIVATE ENTITY, SAYING HE
00:04:24HAD AUTHORITY TO LOOK THEM OVER
AND AUDIT THEM BOTH THE PUBLIC
00:04:29DOLLARS AND THE PRIVATE
DONATIONS.
00:04:31JOBSOHIO RELEASED DOCUMENTS
SHOWING THAT THAT IT RECEIVED 5.
00:04:373 MILLION DOLLARS IN PUBLIC
DOLLARS, AND AN AUDIT BY THE
00:04:41PRIVATE FIRM KPMG SHOWED IT
RAISED NEARLY 7 MILLION DOLLARS
00:04:45IN PRIVATE MONEY.
BUT JOBSOHIO WILL NOT DISCLOSE
00:04:48THOSE DONORS, AND GOV.
KASICH AND HOUSE SPEAKER BILL
00:04:52BATCHELDER HAVE SAID THE
AUDITOR DOESN'T HAVE THE
00:04:56AUTHORITY TO AUDIT THOSE PRIVATE
DOLLARS.
00:04:57AND JOBSOHIO WAS INITIALLY
ALLOCATED JUST ONE MILLION
00:05:01DOLLARS IN START UP COSTS, BUT
APPARENTLY GOT FIVE TIMES THAT
00:05:04IN STATE GRANTS.
AND NOW THAT THE TRANSFER OF
00:05:08THE STATE'S LIQUOR PROFITS HAS
GONE THROUGH, JOBSOHIO WILL BE
00:05:10USING $100 MILLION FROM A
COMPLICATED LEASE.
00:05:13THE SITUATION HAS BROUGHT OUT
DEMOCRATS WHO'D COMPLAINED
00:05:16ABOUT JOBSOHIO SINCE ITS
CREATION TO ONCE AGAIN BLAST THE
00:05:19PROGRAM.
THEY TRIED THIS WEEK AT THE
00:05:22CONTROLLING BOARD TO BLOCK SOME
FUNDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
00:05:26SERVICES AGENCY, WHICH USED TO
BE THE DEPARTMENT OF
00:05:30DEVELOPMENT BEFORE JOBSOHIO WAS
STRIPPED OUT OF IT.
00:05:32THEY OFFERED AMENDMENTS TO THE
BILL TO CRACK DOWN ON INTERNET
00:05:39CAFES AND A STANDALONE BILL
THAT WOULD REQUIRE A FULL AUDIT
00:05:41OF JOBSOHIO BY THE STATE
AUDITOR.
00:05:42AND DEMOCRATS JOHN CARNEY AND
DENISE DRIEHAUS, WHO ARE BOTH
00:05:44ON THE HOUSE FINANCE COMMITTEE,
SAY THEY'LL ASK FOR VOTE OF THE
00:05:47COMMITTEE TO SUBPOENA JOBSOHIO
TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
00:05:50>> IF IT'S A SUPOENA, IT'S A
SUPOENA.
00:05:59WE SAY, THESE ARE PUBLIC
DOLLARS --
00:06:07>> KEITH -- THE SPEAKER OF THE
HOUSE AND SENATE PRESIDENT BOTH
00:06:13SAY THEY WILL FIGHT TO KEEP
JOBS OHIO FROM DISCLOSING
00:06:19PUBLICALLY.
>> AND ON TOP OF EVERYTHING
00:06:22ELSE, THIS WEEK DEVELOPMENT
SERVICES AGENCY DIRECTOR
00:06:24CHRISTINE SCHMENK RESIGNED, AND
COMMERCE DIRECTOR DAVID GOODMAN
00:06:25WAS APPOINTED TO HEAD THE DSA.
THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE SAYS THE
00:06:26MOVE HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR
MONTHS.
00:06:27THE OPPOSITION TO AND GROWING
CONCERN ABOUT JOBSOHIO IS ONCE
00:06:30AGAIN UNITING TWO GROUPS THAT
DON'T SEE EYE TO EYE ON MANY,
00:06:33MANY ISSUES.
THE CONSERVATIVE OHIO
00:06:37ROUNDTABLE IS PRAISING THE
PROGRESSIVE COALITION PROGRESS
00:06:40OHIO AS IT PREPARES FOR
ARGUMENTS ON ITS CASE AGAINST
00:06:43JOBSOHIO BEFORE THE OHIO SUPREME
COURT.
00:06:44ROB WALGATE FROM THE ROUNDTABLE
SAYS HIS ORGANIZATION HAS
00:06:48ALWAYS BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT
JOBSOHIO FOR THE SAME REASONS
00:06:52THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT THE
HIGH-TECH JOB CREATING PROGRAM
00:06:56THE THIRD FRONTIER A PROGRAM
THAT PROVED VERY POPULAR AMONG
00:06:59LAWMAKERS AND OFFICIALS FROM
BOTH PARTIES.
00:07:01BUT >> WALGATE SAYS WITH
JOBSOHIO, THE LACK OF
00:07:07TRANSPARENCY IS PROVIDING A REAL
TWIST.
00:07:09>> THE REPUBLICANS GOING ALONG
WITH IT, TIF THEY HAD D'S NEXT
00:07:21TO THEIR NAME, REPUBLICANS WOULD
BE GOING CRAZY AND SAYING THEY
00:07:26NEE3DED TO KDED TO KNOW ABOUT TX
DOLLARS.
00:07:33THEY THINK THEY'RE SMARTER THAN
THE REST OF US AND WE NEED TO
00:07:38TRUST THEM.
IF THEY WANT TO ACT THAT WAY, BE
00:07:42IN PRIVATE BUSINESS.
>> WALGATE SAYS HE THINKS
00:07:47PROGRESS OHIO HAS A GOOD CASE ON
THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF
00:07:48JOBSOHIO.
BRIAN ROTHENBERG -
00:07:51SAYS THE CASE IS IMPORTANT
ACROSS THE SPECTRUM.
00:08:01>> IT IS NOT REPUBLICAN OR
DEMOCRAT.
00:08:04THE PROBLEM IS IT IS BAD
GOVERNMENT AND IT IS ABOUT
00:08:09WINNERS AND LOSERS WITH JOB
CREATION MONEY AND COMES DOWN
00:08:15TO, WHEN YOU HAVE DISCLOSURE AND
PUBLIC IMPUT -- A DOLLAR THAT
00:08:22GOES TO CREATE A JOB CREATES A
JOB.
00:08:25>> PROGRESSOHIO AND THE OHIO
ROUNDTABLE ARE
00:08:38OVER CERTAIN STATE POLICIES AND
LAWS, WHICH WOULD LIKELY BE
00:08:39SETTLED BY THE OHIO SUPREME
COURT.
00:08:40PROGRESS OHIO HAS CLAIMED IT
HAS STANDING TO SUE ON BEHALF OF
00:08:41OHIO TAXPAYERS, AND ITS
ARGUMENTS TO THE COURT WILL BE
00:08:42PRESENTED BY MAURICE THOMPSON
OF 1851 CENTER FOR
00:08:47CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, A TEA PARTY
BACKED GROUP.
00:08:49LAST YEAR THE OHIO ROUNDTABLE
SUED TO TRY TO STOP THE
00:08:54EXPANSION OF GAMBLING INTO
RACINOS AT HORSERACING TRACKS,
00:08:59ALSO AS A GROUP OF CONCERNED
CITIZENS, BUT IT TOO WAS ALSO
00:09:01REJECTED ON THE ISSUE OF LACK OF
STANDING.
00:09:02GOV. KASICH GOT A LOT OF
ATTENTION WITH THESE LINES IN
00:09:07HIS STATE OF THE STATE SPEECH,
AS HE TALKED ABOUT THE BUDGET
00:09:09HE HAD JUST INTRODUCED:
>> I GOT TA TELL YOU, I CAN'T
00:09:15LOOK AT THE DISABLED, I CAN'T
LOOK AT THE POOR, I CAN'T LOOK
00:09:20AT THE MENTALLY ILL, I CAN'T
LOOK AT THE ADDICTED AND THINK
00:09:22WE OUGHT TO IGNORE THEM.
00:09:23FOR THOSE THAT LIVE IN THE
SHADOWS OF LIFE, THOSE WHO ARE
00:09:25THE LEAST AMONG US, I WILL NOT
ACCEPT THE FACT THAT THE MOST
00:09:27VULNERABLE IN OUR STATE SHOULD
BE IGNORED.
00:09:28WE CAN HELP THEM.
AND I WANT ALL OF YOU TO THINK
00:09:35ABOUT THIS.
>> THAT LINE SEEMED TO BE
00:09:37DIRECTED AT REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE
BEEN LINING UP AGAINST THE
00:09:39EXPANSION OF MEDICAID TO PEOPLE
UP TO 138 PERCENT OF THE
00:09:42FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL, WHICH IS
ABOUT 23-THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR
00:09:44FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR.
REPUBLICANS ARE ALSO RAISING
00:09:50CONCERNS ABOUT THE SEVERANCE TAX
ON BIG OIL AND NATURAL GAS
00:09:52DRILLERS.
AND DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN HITTING
00:09:54BACK AT THE GOVERNOR FOR THE
CUT IN THE INCOME TAX, WHICH
00:09:56THEY SAY DISPROPORTIONATELY
BENEFITS THE WEALTHY, AND THE
00:10:00EXPANSION OF THE STATE SALES TAX
ONTO DOZENS OF SERVICES THAT
00:10:03AREN'T TAXED NOW.
00:10:04BUT SOCIAL WELFARE GROUPS AND
ORGANIZATIONS THAT DEAL WITH
00:10:07PEOPLE IN SAFETY NET PROGRAMS
HAVE SO FAR LIKED MUCH OF WHAT
00:10:10THEY'VE SEEN IN THE BUDGET, AND
WHAT THEY HEARD FROM THE
00:10:12GOVERNOR IN HIS STATE OF THE
STATE SPEECH AND IN OTHER
00:10:14VENUES.
HERE TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS
00:10:17ARE THREE PEOPLE WHO'VE ALL
TESTIFIED BEFORE THE HOUSE
00:10:19FINANCE COMMITTEE THIS WEEK.
JOEL POTTS IS THE EXECUTIVE
00:10:22DIRECTOR OF THE OHIO JOB AND
FAMILY SERVICES DIRECTORS
00:10:25ASSOCIATION, WHICH WORKS WITH
COUNTY ODJFS OFFICES AROUND THE
00:10:28STATE.
LISA HAMLER FUGITT IS THE
00:10:29EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OHIO
ASSOCIATION OF FOODBANKS.
00:10:31AND WILL PETRIK IS STATE
DIRECTOR FOR ADVOCATES FOR
00:10:34OHIO'S FUTURE, A COALITION OF
HUNDREDS OF SOCIAL SERVICES
00:10:37ORGANIZATIONS.
SO THE GOVERNOR NOT ONLY STATING
00:10:45THAT IN THE STATE OF THE STATE
SPEECH, BUT THE MEDICADE RALLY.
00:10:52THIS IS AN INTERESTING ARGUMENT
HE HAS WITH A COALITION THAT
00:10:59MAY NOT HAVE SUPPORTED HIM IN
THE PAST.
00:11:03>> THE FIRST BUDGET SINCE 2005
THAT DID NOT JUST STOP THE
00:11:08BLEEDING BUT MADE INVESTMENTS TO
STOP THE BLEEDING AND STABILIZE
00:11:15THEIR LIVES.
>> I AGREE WITH JOEL.
00:11:18HAVING COME FROM THE RALLY --
THE GOVERNOR SAID WE CANNOT
00:11:24LEAVE THE LEAST AMONG US IN THE
SHADOWS.
00:11:28THIS IS A CALL TO LEADERSHIP.
WE NEED TO HAVE THE LEADERS COME
00:11:33TOGETHER.
WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT
00:11:36HELAALTH CARE.
AN EXPANSION OF MEDICAID IS THE
00:11:44RIGHT THING TO DO.
WE WON'T HAVE A GOOD WORKFORCE
00:11:50UNLESS WE ADVANCE HEALTH CARE,
AND WE COMMEND THE GOVERNOR ON
00:11:56HIS LEADERSHIP.
>> THE BROADNESS OF THE
00:12:01COALTITION RANGES FROM COMMERCE
TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND SENIORS
00:12:09ADND FOLKS RECOGNIZE THIS WILL
MAKE COMMUNITIES HEALTHIER AND
00:12:17THIS IS A BROAD COALITION --
>> THIS WOULD BRING 275,000
00:12:25OHIOANS TO MEDICAID.
>> THIS IS HUGE.
00:12:30THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT THING
WE'VE FACED FOR GENERATIONS.
00:12:35WE TURN PEOPLE AWAY WHO NEED
HEALTH CARE, WHO ARE WORKING BUT
00:12:41DON'T FIT INTO ANY CATEGORIES.
AND DURING THIS ECONOMY -- WE
00:12:47FACE THE SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE
HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN A JOB ADN
00:12:53HEALTH CARE.
SOMETHING LIKE DIABETIC OR
00:12:57HAVING MENTAL HEALTH
PERSCRIPTIONS -- THEY WON'T BE
00:13:03ABLE TO HANDLE THE WORK AND
FAMILY SITUATIONS.
00:13:07THEY ARE FACED WITH THAT EVERY
DAY.
00:13:11THE FIRST TIME IN MY CAREER
PEOPLE WON'T HAVE TO MAKE THE
00:13:16CHOICE.
>> YOU TRY TO PULL PEOPLE BACK
00:13:20INTO THE SYSTEM.
YOU HAVE THE FEDERAL
00:13:23REQUIREMENTS OF A CERTAIN NUMBER
OF PEOPLE WHO NEED TO BE
00:13:31WORKING.
>> MOST OF THE POOR ARE NOT
00:13:35GOING TO ENTER INTO THE CAREER
PATHS WITH BENEFIT PACKAGES.
00:13:41IF WE CAN STABILIZE THE
EMPLOYMENT -- CHANCES ARE GOOD
00:13:46THEY WILL PIECE TOGETHER PART-
TIME JOBS OR TAKE A LOW-PAYING
00:13:52JOB THAT DOESN'T PROVIDE HEALTH
CARE.
00:13:56THIS WILL MAKE THEM MORE
EMPLOYABLE AND THE TYPES OF JOBS
00:14:02WILL BE MORE VIABLE AND IT WILL
HELP US MOVE FROM WELFARE TO
00:14:08WORK.
>> A LOT OF THE PEOPLE YOU SEE
00:14:12HAVE DIABETES AND HYPERTENSION
AND THIS HELPS THOSE FOLKS.
00:14:18>> RIGHT NOW, 42% OF THOSE
OHIOANS WHO GO TO A SOUP KITCHEN
00:14:25DECIDE BETWEEN FOOD, MEDICIEN,
NE, OR MEDICAL CARE.
00:14:3320% SUFFER FROM DIET-RELATED
DISEASES.
00:14:38AND THESE ARE DIET-RELATED
DISEASES AND WE ARE WORKING TO
00:14:47ENSURE THAT OUR EMERGENCY FOOD
PROVIDERS HAVE FRESH FRUITS AND
00:14:54VEGETABLES.
MANY SAY THIS IS THE ONLY
00:14:59ACCESS THEY HAVE TO THESE
FOODS.
00:15:02AND THEY KNOW WHAT THEY NEED FOR
PREVENTATIVE HEALTH CARE.
00:15:08THSI HIS WILL LOWER HEALTH CARE
COSTS.
00:15:15>> YOU DEAL WITH FAMILIES AND
YOUNG CHILDREN --
00:15:18>> IT IS ALL OF US.
FAMILIES, SENIORS, PEOPLE WITH
00:15:24DISABILITIES BUT THE BIG THING
IS PEOPLE HAVE TO MAINTAIN BASIC
00:15:31SPENDING LEVELS OR THE ENTIRE
ECONOMY SUFFERS.
00:15:35SPENDING MONEY ON FOOD, HOUSING,
HEALTH CARE AND CHILD CARE.
00:15:41IF A MOTHER CAN'T PROVIDE CHILD
CARE, HOW WILL THE CHILD BE
00:15:50COMPETITIVE?
MEDICAID EXPANSION IS A PIECE OF
00:15:54THAT TO HELP THE FAMILIES BE
STRONGER.
00:15:58>> LET ME TALK ABOU TT THE
CONCERNS OF REPUBLICANS, IF THE
00:16:05FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CHANGES THE
TERMS, THIS WOULD COME OUT OF
00:16:10THE BUDGET.
THE IDEA YOU CAN'T EXTEND THE
00:16:14BENEFITS AND TAKE THEM BACK
LATER.
00:16:18WHAT DO YOU SAY TO FOLKS
CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
00:16:22>> A VARIETY OF THINGS.
WE SHOULDN'T REFUSE TO FEED
00:16:29SOMEONE TODAY BECAUSE WE CAN'T
AFFORD A SANDWICH TOMORROW.
00:16:35THIS IS A WAY TO TAKE CARE OF
THE HEALTH CARE TODAY.
00:16:40THERE IS A LOT AT THE STATE AND
NATIONAL LEVEL WHERE THEY
00:16:47HAVE A LOT TO DEAL WITH.
WE DEAL WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO
00:16:52SIMPLY DON'T HAVE HEALTH CARE.
WE DON'T HAVE THE NETWORK IN
00:16:58PLACE.
THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE
00:17:03WITHOUT HEALTH CARE.
GETTING OUT OF THE UNIVERSITIES
00:17:09TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL HEALTH
CARE.
00:17:14REGARDLESS IF YOU ARE ELLIGIBLE
FOR HEALTH CARE.
00:17:20THOSE WHO ARE ABOVE 138% POVERTY
WILL HAVE HEALTH CARE, AND THE
00:17:30COMMUNITY WOULD BENEFIT THE
MOST.
00:17:33MANY OF THE PEOPLE IN POVERTY
HAVE THE MOST SERIOUS NEEDS.
00:17:41TO SAY WE'RE NOT SURE HOW TO PAY
FOR THIS -- THIS IS A PROBLEM
00:17:47THAT MUST BE DEALT WITH.
AND ON THE HUMAN SIDE, WE SAY --
00:17:52TOO BAD FOR YOU.
IF YOU'D ONLY IMPROVE YOUR
00:17:57HEALTH, IF THAT WAS IN PLACE,
EVERYTHING WOULD BE GREAT.
00:18:03WE SEE THIS EVERY DAY,
POPULATIONS THAT DON'T HAVE THE
00:18:09MOST BASIC HEALTH CARE.
HAVEN'T SEEN A DENTIST OR GONE
00:18:14TO AN EYE DOCTOR.
THE ONLY TIME THEY SEE A DOCTOR
00:18:19IS IN AN EMERGENCY ROOM.
>> WE HAVE TREATABLE DISEASES
00:18:25THAT ARE CHRONIC BECAUSE PEOPLE
LACKED ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE.
00:18:32HEALTH CARE GROWS AT AN
UNSUSTAINABLE RATE.
00:18:38WE SPEND MORE ON HELAALTH
CARE THAN ANY OTHER
00:18:46INDUSTRIALIZED NATION.
WE TRY TO GET PEOPLE HEALTHY AND
00:18:52ON THE PATH TO WELLNESS, THAT IS
A GOOD DEAL.
00:18:56BUT THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES.
WHAT IS AGREED TO TOMORROW COULD
00:19:02GO IN A HEARTBEAT.
WE HAVE HAD THIS CONVERSATION
00:19:07SINCE THE TAFT ADMINISTRATION.
WE KNOW THE PATH WE'RE ON IS
00:19:14UNSUSTAINABLE.
OZZIE AND HARRIET DON'T LIVE
00:19:19HERE AND EMPLOYERS DON'T PROVIDE
HEALTH CARE COVERAGE.
00:19:25>> THE EXPERIEMENT -- WHEN I AM
ASKED ABOUT UNCERTAINTY, I DO
00:19:33ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS UNCERTAINTY
THERE.
00:19:38WE HAVE A DECISION AS OHIO TO
MAKE.
00:19:41WE HAVE A DECISION AND TO ME, IT
IS WIN-WIN.
00:19:46WE GET 275,000 OHIOANS -- IN
TERMS OF A STATE BUDGET, IT IS
00:19:58WIN-WIN WITH REVENUE.
I TALK ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF
00:20:04NOT DOING THIS.
IT LEAVES A $400,000 HOLE IN
00:20:10THE S TATE BUDGET T OIMPACT
THESE PROGRAMS.
00:20:15IT IS A DECISION WE HAVE TO
MAKE AND IT IS A CLEAR DECISION
00:20:26WE SHOULD DO IT.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE SALES TAX FOR
00:20:31SERVICES WE ARE NOT USING
NOW.
00:20:36THESE ARE THINGS LOWER-INCOME
PEOPLE USE.
00:20:50ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THE
EXPANSION OF THE SALES TAX?
00:20:55>> WE LOOK AT -- WHAT WE
REPRESENT.
00:20:59WE TALK ABOUT A CHANGE THAT IS
LARGER THAN ANYTHING WE
00:21:09EXPERIENCE.
I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING CLOSE TO
00:21:14THESE ISSUES AND --
>> I THINK A BALANCED APPROACH.
00:21:20WE READ REPORTS SHOWING SALES
TAXES ARE MORE REGRESSIVE.
00:21:25WE WOULD HAVE THE FEDERAL
INCOME TAX CREDIT AGAIN -- AND
00:21:39IT DOES HAVE TO BE BALANCED.
THIS WON'T WORK IF SPECIAL
00:21:44INTERESTS CARVE UP THEIR OWN
EXEMPTION.
00:21:51I THINK THIS IS A PROGRESSIVE
PACKAGE.
00:21:54WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TAX
PACKAGE.
00:21:58IT IS THE CHANCE TO GET IN THERE
AND HAVE A DEBATE.
00:22:05>> WE HAVE NOT TAKEN A POSITION
ON TAX REFORM.
00:22:10THIS IS A SLOW PROCESS WITH A
NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO HASH
00:22:15THROUGH.
>> YOU HAVE HUNDREDS OF MEMBERS.
00:22:20>> IN TERMS OF TAX REFORM, WE
DON'T WNAT TO PUSH MORE PEOPLE
00:22:25INTO POVERTY.
>> AND FINALLY -- AS YOU LOOK AT
00:22:34THE COALITION, THE DEMOCRATS WHO
NEED TO SUPPORT THIS BUDGET,
00:22:40WHAT HOPE DO YOU HOLD OUT FOR
THEM TO STAY IN THE MEDICAID
00:22:50EXPANSION.
>> I AM CONFIDENT THEY WILL WORK
00:22:54IT OUT.
THEY WILL INVEST IN WHAT MATTERS
00:22:58MOST, FIRST.
IF WE LOOK AT THE HEALTH CARE
00:23:03ISSUES, THER ARE A VARIETY OF
THINGS TO CONSIDER.
00:23:09REVENUE IS IMPORTANT AND THE
CARE SIDE.
00:23:13WE LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN
NEWTOWN AND PEOPLE ARE TALKING
00:23:19ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS.
YOU SEE THOSE PEOPLE -- EVERY
00:23:25DAY.
WE KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO
00:23:29HAVE NEEDS NOT BEING MET.
THIS BUDGET WILL GET US THERE.
00:23:38IF PEOPLE CAN GET PAST THE
POLITICAL RHETORIC, I HAVE BEEN
00:23:45AROUND FOR 14 STATE BUDGETS.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ONE THAT WOULD
00:23:51SET A TONE FOR WHAT WE'LL SEE IN
OHIO.
00:23:56>> OHIO IS THE HEART OF IT ALL.
INNOVATION HAPPENS HERE AND SOME
00:24:02OF THE BEST LEADERS WE'VE HAD
COME FROM OHIO.
00:24:06WE NEED TO PUT OUR POLITICAL
DIFFERENCES ASIDE AND SAY -- IF
00:24:12WE'LL COME OUT OF THIS, BEING
GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE AND
00:24:17BRINGING BUSINESSES TO OHIO,
THIS IS A START.
00:24:23I PRAY WE CAN PUT OUR DIFFERNCES
ASIDE AND REPUBLICANS AND
00:24:29DEMOCRATS CAN AGREE THIS IS THE
RIGHT THING TO DO.
00:24:34>> THE GOVERNOR JUST SPOKE AT
THE MEDICAID EXTRAVAGANZA AND
00:24:40TALKED ABOUT MAKING THE ECONOMY
STRONGER THROUGH THAT.
00:24:46ONE THING WE WANT TO WORK ON IS
TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE
00:24:51PARTICIPATES IN OUR ECONOOMY
AND DEMOCRACY.
00:24:57AND THEY ARE FOCUSING ON JOBS SO
-- IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE
00:25:04WHERE IT GOES.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING
00:25:10HERE.
>> AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK.
00:25:13FOR MY COLLEAGUES AT OHIO
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00:25:15THANKS FOR WATCHING.
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FROM THE LAW OFFICES OF PORTER,
00:26:10WRIGHT, MORRIS & ARTHUR LLP.,
HELPING BUSINESSES AND
00:26:15INDIVIDUALS SOLVE COMPLEX LEGAL
PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT OHIO,
00:26:17ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND
THE WORLD ON THE WEB AT
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COM.
00:26:22AND FROM THE OHIO EDUCATION
ASSOCIATION, REPRESENTING
00:26:27131,000 TEACHERS, SUPPORT
PROFESSIONALS AND HIGHER
00:26:30EDUCATION FACULTY WHO ARE
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00:26:34SCHOOLS FOR EVERY CHILD ONLINE
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