00:00:00 | >> SUPPORT FOR THE STATE WIDE BROADCAST OF "THE STATE OF OHIO" |
00:00:17 | COMES FROM -- HELPING INDIVIDUALS AND |
00:00:23 | BUSINESSES SOLVE COMPLEX LEGAL PROBLEMS ACROSS OHIO AND THE |
00:00:29 | U.S. AND THE OHIO EDUCATION |
00:00:32 | ASSOCIATION, WORKING FOR GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR EVERY CHILD. |
00:00:37 | ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE LUPRIZOL |
00:00:47 | FOUNDATION . ELECTION, AND THE PRESIDENTIAL |
00:00:52 | CANDIDATES ARE BACK IN OHIO. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS |
00:00:54 | FALLING, BUT RECENT EVENTS ARE RAISING CONCERNS FOR LOW-INCOME |
00:00:56 | OHIOANS. AND A CONSERVATIVE CRITICS OF |
00:00:58 | DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS BLASTS GOVERNORS, LAWMAKERS, |
00:01:00 | JOURNALISTS, AND MORE IN A NEW BOOK THAT ALSO OFFERS HIS |
00:01:03 | PROPOSED SOLUTIONS. ALL THIS WEEK IN "THE STATE OF |
00:01:07 | OHIO". >> ONCE AGAIN, OHIO WAS THE |
00:01:12 | CENTER OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN THIS WEEK. |
00:01:13 | PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS IN CINCINNATI ON MONDAY, AND MITT |
00:01:16 | ROMNEY WAS IN BOWLING GREEN ON WEDNESDAY. |
00:01:18 | PRESIDENT OBAMA'S RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN JOINED OHIO DEMOCRATS |
00:01:23 | IN A FEDERAL LAWSUIT TO TRY TO REINSTATE THE THREE DAYS OF |
00:01:26 | EARLY IN PERSON VOTING BEFORE ELECTION DAY. |
00:01:29 | THE DEMOCRATS ARGUE THE REPUBLICAN-PASSED CHANGES THAT |
00:01:33 | SHORTENED THE EARLY VOTING WINDOW UNFAIRLY ENDS VOTING FOR |
00:01:36 | MOST OHIOANS ON THE FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION, |
00:01:38 | WHILE ALLOWING MILITARY AND OVERSEAS VOTERS TO CAST A BALLOT |
00:01:42 | IN PERSON UNTIL MONDAY. MEANWHILE, SECRETARY OF STATE |
00:01:46 | JON HUSTED SAYS THE GROUP THAT WANTS TO TAKE THE PROCESS OF |
00:01:49 | DRAWING MAPS FOR LAWMAKERS' DISTRICTS OUT OF ELECTED |
00:01:53 | OFFICIALS' HANDS HAS FAILED A FIRST STEP TO GET ITS PROPOSAL |
00:01:56 | TO THE BALLOT. HUSTED SAYS VOTERS FIRST IS MORE |
00:01:59 | THAN 130,000 SIGNATURES SHY OF THE ROUGHLY 385,000 VALID |
00:02:04 | SIGNATURES NEEDED TO GET THE PLAN BEFORE VOTERS IN NOVEMBER. |
00:02:07 | THE GROUP, WHICH WANTS TO CREATE A 12-MEMBER CITIZENS |
00:02:10 | COMMISSION TO DRAW THE MAPS, HAS UNTIL JULY 28, AND A |
00:02:14 | SPOKESPERSON SAYS THE GROUP NEVER STOPPED COLLECTING |
00:02:19 | SIGNATURES AFTER FILING, SO IT DOES HAVE MORE TO SUBMIT. |
00:02:22 | BY THE WAY, THE ELECTION IS FOUR MONTHS AWAY, AND ALREADY |
00:02:25 | THE US SENATE RACE IN OHIO IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE ONE IN STATE |
00:02:28 | HISTORY, ADDING UP TO $25 MILLION. |
00:02:30 | DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENT SHERROD BROWN BROUGHT IN $3 MILLION |
00:02:34 | BETWEEN APRIL 1 AND THE END OF JUNE TO A TOTAL OF $15.4 |
00:02:38 | MILLION. REPUBLICAN STATE TREASURER JOSH |
00:02:41 | MANDEL HAS RAISED $9.9 MILLION, A LITTLE OVER $2.5 MILLION OF |
00:02:45 | THAT FROM APRIL THROUGH JUNE. THE STATE'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE |
00:02:49 | HAS BEEN STEADILY DROPPING OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, FROM ITS |
00:02:53 | RECENT HIGH OF 11.2 IN JULY 2009 TO 7.2 PERCENT IN JUNE, A |
00:02:56 | FULL PERCENTAGE POINT BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE AND THE |
00:03:02 | STATE'S LOWEST RATE SINCE SEPTEMBER 2008. |
00:03:04 | BUT 15 PERCENT OF OHIOANS, MORE THAN 1.8 MILLION, ARE ON FOOD |
00:03:10 | STAMPS. AND NEARLY 2.2 MILLION LIVE IN |
00:03:14 | POVERTY, BOTH OF THOSE FIGURES ARE ACCORDING TO THE KAISER |
00:03:16 | FAMILY FOUNDATION. AND RECENT EVENTS ARE JUST |
00:03:19 | ADDING TO THE MISERY. HERE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S FACING |
00:03:22 | LOW-INCOME OHIOANS THIS SUMMER AND FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR |
00:03:24 | ARE LISA HAMLER FUGITT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OHIO |
00:03:27 | ASSOCIATION OF SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANKS, MARY JO MACE |
00:03:29 | WOODBURN WITH THE OHIO BENEFIT BANK, AND BEN JOHNSON, WHO'S |
00:03:32 | WITH THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF JOB AND FAMILY SERVICES. |
00:03:34 | >> THERE IS A LOT OF OF EVENTS TO TALK ABOUT THAT HAPPENING. |
00:03:44 | START WITH THE RECENT STORMS. WE HAD STORMS THAT KNOCKED OUT |
00:03:48 | POWER FOR MANY, MANY DAYS. WHAT ARE SOME STORIES YOU HEARD? |
00:03:53 | >> IT WAS A CATASTROPHE. WHAT WE HAD WAS NEARLY HALF OF |
00:03:57 | THE STATE WAS WITHOUT POWER. SOME 1 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS LOST |
00:04:03 | POWER. NOT JUST FOR A FEW DAYS. |
00:04:06 | MANY WERE OUT FOR A WEEK OR MORE. |
00:04:09 | WE HAD FOOD BANKS THAT WERE LOSING POWER, FOOD THAT WAS IN |
00:04:16 | COLD STORAGE. WHILE WE HAD WERE INDIVIDUAL |
00:04:20 | VOLUNTEERS FREEZING THEIR OWN ECONOMIC CRISIS WITH THE POWER |
00:04:25 | OUTAGE. THE FOOD AT ALL SPOILED. |
00:04:30 | BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT WE'RE SEEING OUR FAMILIES STRUGGLING |
00:04:36 | TO KEEP OUR ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS, WITH NOT MUCH |
00:04:43 | DISCRETIONARY INCOME. WHEN THEY LOST THEIR FOOD, THAT |
00:04:46 | CREATED A HUGE, HUGE PROBLEM FOR THEM. |
00:04:49 | MORE IMPORTANTLY, A LOT OF FAMILIES WORKED FOR WORKERS WHO |
00:04:54 | ALSO LOST THEIR POWER. WITHOUT POWER, THEY DON'T GET A |
00:04:59 | PAYCHECK. >> NOW, THEN, THE STATE DID JUMP |
00:05:09 | IN TO HELP SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE. A LOT OF PEOPLE LOST FOOD. |
00:05:14 | >> WE DID. WE MOVED AS QUICKLY AS WE COULD |
00:05:17 | TO HELP FAMILIES WERE LYING ON FOOD ASSISTANCE. |
00:05:21 | WE ASKED THE GOVERNMENT FOR A WAIVER THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO |
00:05:24 | GIVE A PRO RATED AMOUNT OF BENEFITS TO PEOPLE WHO HAD GONE |
00:05:28 | SHOPPING, LOST POWER, AND LOST THE FOOD. |
00:05:31 | WE PROVIDED $10 MILLION TO 180,000 FAMILIES. |
00:05:37 | >> THIS IS PRETTY MUCH ACROSS THE BOARD. |
00:05:39 | THIS WAS TARGETED RIGHT FOR THOSE COUNTIES, JUST TO TAKE |
00:05:44 | CARE OF PEOPLE AS IT WAS HAPPENING? |
00:05:45 | >> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. EVERY FAMILY IN THOSE 34 |
00:05:49 | COUNTIES GOT THAT ASSISTANCE. HOPEFULLY, THEY HAD ENOUGH |
00:05:55 | ASSISTANCE COMING IN WAS THE POWER CAME BACK ON TO GO OUT AND |
00:05:58 | SHOP. >> WHAT ABOUT TRYING TO KEEP |
00:06:03 | EVERYONE IN THE NETWORK AND BRING PEOPLE BACK ON TO DEAL |
00:06:06 | WITH ALL THIS? >> WE HAVE A SELF SERVICE |
00:06:16 | MODULE. WE HAD A NUMBER OF CLIENTS |
00:06:21 | CALLING IN, TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE THE TO GET EMERGENCY FOOD. |
00:06:26 | TRY TO FIND OUT WHERE THEY COULD APPLY FOR FOOD STAMPS. |
00:06:29 | THEIR WORK A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE LYING ON THAT PAYCHECK FOR THAT |
00:06:36 | MONTH THAT WERE REALLY FALLING BEHIND. |
00:06:39 | >> WE ARE FACING WHAT COULD BE THE WORST DROUGHT SINCE THE |
00:06:45 | 1920'S PERHAPS. THAT HAS AN IMPACT NOT ONLY ON |
00:06:48 | THE ABILITY TO BUY FOOD, BUT ON THE FOOD BANK'S ABILITY TO |
00:06:52 | PROVIDE FOOD. >> YES, ABSOLUTELY. |
00:06:56 | TO LAST YEAR, WE MOVED 3 MILLION POUNDS. |
00:07:01 | WE WOULD BE ON PACE, IF THIS WERE A NON-DROUGHT YEAR, TO BE |
00:07:14 | AROUND 2 MILLION POUNDS, UP 1.5 MILLION POUNDS PER WEEK. |
00:07:19 | AND IT IS NOT THEIR. ARE FARMERS -- AGAIN, THESE ARE |
00:07:25 | FARMERS WHO HAVE WORKED THESE FARMS ALL THEIR LIVES. |
00:07:29 | THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. |
00:07:31 | THERE ARE AGRICULTURAL ECONOMISTS SAYING THIS IS THE |
00:07:35 | THIRD WORST DROUGHT OF THE CENTURY. |
00:07:37 | WILL WE ARE SEEING IS -- WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS NEARLY 55% OF |
00:07:47 | ALLSTATE ARE A MODERATE TO SEVERE DROUGHT. |
00:07:51 | AND AGAIN, CORN IS NOT JUST FOOD SOURCES, BUT IT IS ALSO |
00:08:00 | LIVESTOCK AND FUEL SOURCES. WE HAVE FOOD MANUFACTURERS WHO |
00:08:07 | WILL NOT PUT THEIR PRICES FOR MORE THAN 60 DAYS BECAUSE OF THE |
00:08:13 | UNCERTAINTY OF THE MARKET. >> IS THEIR SAFETY IF PRICES GO |
00:08:17 | UP? >> NO. |
00:08:20 | WE RECEIVED THE CURRENT -- THE CURRENT FARM BILL'S BONUS MONEY. |
00:08:29 | THAT IS ABOUT $5 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL HELP. |
00:08:32 | BUT NO, THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR THIS KIND OF DROP. |
00:08:36 | WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT NOT REALIZE IS WHAT WE PARTNER WITH |
00:08:41 | THE FOOD BANKS ON IS THE AGRICULTURAL CLEARANCE PROGRAM. |
00:08:44 | WE NEGOTIATE FOR THEM TO BUY AT A VERY LOW-COST SURPLUS CROPS. |
00:08:49 | BUT THERE MAY NOT BE SURPLUS CROPS. |
00:08:53 | >> ARE THEY COMING TO YOU TO FIND OUT WHAT OTHER ASSISTANCE |
00:08:59 | THEY CAN GET? CAN THEY GET ASSISTANCE FOR |
00:09:01 | OTHER THINGS TO TRY TO SPREAD BENEFITS AND THE MONEY THAT I |
00:09:06 | HAVE AROUND? >> WHEN YOU APPLY FOR ONE |
00:09:10 | PROGRAM, YOUR INFORMATION GOES TO 20 OTHER APPLICATIONS SO YOU |
00:09:17 | CAN SUBMIT THOSE AND FIND OUT IF THERE ARE OTHER BENEFITS THAT |
00:09:19 | WILL HELP YOU BUDGETING. JUST THINK ABOUT ANY HOUSEHOLD. |
00:09:24 | WITH KIDS, I'M SURE THEY HAVE APPLESAUCE IN THE FRIDGE. |
00:09:29 | I'M SURE THEY HAVE APPLES SITTING OUT. |
00:09:32 | THINK OF A NICE, CHEAP, FRUIT, AND WE HAVE LOST 70% OF THE |
00:09:39 | APPLE CROP. >> THE FARM BILL THAT YOU |
00:09:42 | MENTIONED THERE -- WHEN THERE ARE CHANGES IN THE FARM BILL |
00:09:47 | THAT ARE NOT GOING TO GO VERY WELL FOR YOU, LISA? |
00:09:49 | >> IT HAS TO BE REAUTHORIZE. THE SENATE HAS PASSED A VERSION |
00:09:57 | OF THE FARM BILL WITH $4 BILLION OF CUTS TO THE PROGRAM. |
00:10:02 | THE HOUSE AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEE HAD PROPOSALS TO CUT. |
00:10:09 | SOME $16 BILLION CUT OUT OF THE FARM BILL. |
00:10:13 | IF THAT VERSION IS ENACTED, THE LOSS OF THE FOOD STAMPS BENEFITS |
00:10:19 | FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS WOULD BE NEARLY $879 MILLION. |
00:10:27 | THE FAMILIES WHO RELY ON THIS CRITICAL NUTRITIONAL LIFE LINE |
00:10:33 | WILL HAVE FEWER BENEFITS. NO FARM BILL IN THE PAST 75 |
00:10:40 | YEARS HAVE BEEN -- HAS BEEN AS PARTISAN AS THIS ONE. |
00:10:45 | >> ALL THESE THINGS TOGETHER. >> IT IS A PERFECT STORM. |
00:10:52 | IT IS VERY, VERY SCARY. WE HEAR IT EVERY DAY, THAT OUR |
00:11:02 | ECONOMY IS SPUTTERING ALONG. THAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE ABLE |
00:11:08 | TO PROVIDE AND GET PEOPLE BACK TO WORK. |
00:11:11 | WE HAVE GOT A LOT OF GROUND TO MAKE UP. |
00:11:17 | WHAT THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE APPEARS TO BE FINE, WE HAVE AN |
00:11:23 | INCREASE IN POLICY RATES. >> I WANT TO ASK YOU. |
00:11:28 | THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HAS BEEN DROPPING. |
00:11:31 | ARE YOU SEEING THE EFFECT OF THAT IN JOBS AND FAMILY |
00:11:35 | SERVICES? >> YOU KNOW, IT HASN'T HAD A |
00:11:40 | SIGNIFICANT EFFECT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF UNEMPLOYMENT |
00:11:46 | COMPENSATION. I ALWAYS CAVEAT THE GOOD |
00:11:53 | UNEMPLOYMENT NEWS. AND IT IS GOOD UNEMPLOYMENT |
00:11:55 | NEWS. THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER. |
00:11:56 | BUT THERE ARE STILL AN AWFUL LOT OF PEOPLE LOOKING FOR WORK. |
00:12:01 | THERE ARE AN AWFUL LOT OF PEOPLE GOING TO FAMILY SERVICES FOR |
00:12:06 | HELP. >> THEY FELL OFF THE |
00:12:09 | UNEMPLOYMENT ROLLS, SO TO SPEAK? >> THAT'S A GREAT POINT. |
00:12:14 | OR MAYBE THEY HAD SAVINGS OR SEVERANCE PACKAGE. |
00:12:18 | >> I WANT TO ASK YOU A FINAL QUESTION HERE -- ARE YOU SEEING |
00:12:23 | ANY CHANGES AT THE BENEFITS BANK? |
00:12:29 | ARE THEY COMING IN IN THE SAME AMOUNT? |
00:12:30 | >> ABSOLUTELY. WE CONTINUE TO GROW WITH THE |
00:12:34 | NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. WE'RE SEEING PEOPLE WHO WERE |
00:12:39 | ALWAYS HIT THE HARDEST IN ECONOMIC CHANGE. |
00:12:43 | WHEN THIS RECESSION CAME ON, THEY JUST GOT HIT ALL THE MORE. |
00:12:50 | THEY HAD NO RESOURCES, NO SAVINGS TO FALL BACK ON. |
00:12:54 | NOTES 41 K -- NO 401K'S. >> IT SOUNDS LIKE THE IMPACTS |
00:13:06 | WILL BE FELT FOR VERY LONG TIME. IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS GOING TO |
00:13:11 | BE LIKE THAT FOR A VERY LONG TIME. |
00:13:14 | >> UNFORTUNATELY. AND AGAIN, IT IS THE |
00:13:19 | UNCERTAINTY. IT IS PRETTY WELL THE LAST OF |
00:13:25 | THE FISCAL YEAR AND THE RAINY DAY FUND. |
00:13:27 | CONGRESS NEEDS TO MAKE SOME DIFFICULT CHOICES. |
00:13:34 | UNFORTUNATELY, CUTTING THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE COME UP WITH 46 |
00:13:42 | MILLION PEOPLE RELYING ON THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM, IS NOT THE |
00:13:46 | RIGHT MOVE. >> WOULD YOU ENCOURAGE PEOPLE |
00:13:50 | WHO DO QUALIFY FOR FOOD STAMPS TO APPLY FOR THEM? |
00:13:52 | YOU HAVE SOME BACKLASH COMING FROM THAT. |
00:13:55 | WILL THAT HURT THE PROGRAM IN THE LONG RUN? |
00:14:00 | BUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS TALK ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF THE |
00:14:03 | PROGRAM -- >> WILL NEED TO DO IS TALK ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF THE |
00:14:07 | PROGRAM. WE HAVE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE. |
00:14:10 | WE HAVE THIS NUTRITIONAL SAFETY NET. |
00:14:14 | YOU KNOW, WE BELIEVE IT IS CONGRESS'S MOST HEAVILY- |
00:14:21 | REGULATED PROGRAM. WE ARE GOING TO MAINTAIN THE |
00:14:25 | HIGHEST INTEGRITY. I WANT TO APPLAUD THE OHIO |
00:14:30 | DEPARTMENT OF JOBS AND FAMILY SERVICES. |
00:14:32 | WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THESE PROGRAMS, ARE |
00:14:37 | ABLE TO APPLY -- >> IT IS A TOUGH MESSAGE THOUGH. |
00:14:47 | APPLY IF YOU NEED IT. BUT THEN YOU DO NOT WANT PEOPLE |
00:14:49 | TO BE ON FOOD STAMPS. >> I THINK THE KEY IS, IT IS |
00:14:53 | DESIGNED TO BE TEMPORARY. THE PROGRAM WORKS BEST WHEN IT |
00:14:57 | IS TEMPORARY. WHEN WE MAKE IT TEMPORARY BY |
00:15:01 | FOCUSING ON THE UNEMPLOYMENT SERVICES, TRYING TO GET PEOPLE |
00:15:03 | BACK TO WORK. THAT BEING SAID, THE PROGRAM IS |
00:15:07 | THERE FOR A REASON. FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING, |
00:15:09 | WE WANT THEM TO APPLY. >> YES, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THOSE |
00:15:16 | FOLKS WHO APPLY, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FAMILIES THAT WOULD MUCH |
00:15:21 | RATHER BE LIVING ABOVE 130% OF POVERTY, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THEY |
00:15:28 | ARE NOT ABLE TO MAKE THAT KIND OF MONEY RIGHT NOW. |
00:15:29 | WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE COMMENTS, IT HAS BEEN REALLY BRUTAL FOR |
00:15:39 | FOLKS WHO REALLY FEEL THAT STIGMA. |
00:15:41 | I'M GLAD THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THE FOOD BANK IS ABLE TO |
00:15:47 | OFFER IS SO THEY CAN APPLY ONLINE SAID THEY DO NOT HAVE TO |
00:15:52 | GO TO ANOTHER AGENCY, BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE TO SHARE |
00:15:55 | INFORMATION. >> ANOTHER ORGANIZATION THAT YOU |
00:16:00 | WORK WITH TALKS ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED OF IT? |
00:16:06 | >> THEY DO NOT KNOW WHERE THEIR NEXT MEAL IS COMING FROM. |
00:16:11 | THERE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. |
00:16:15 | THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, WE HAVE GOT SUMMER |
00:16:21 | FOOD SERVICE PROGRAMS OPERATING. THEY HAVE IMPLEMENTED A |
00:16:25 | WONDERFUL TAKEN GROCERY PROGRAM FOR KIDS WHO ARE ABLE TO TAKE |
00:16:30 | HOME FAMILY FOOD, SO THEY CAN HAVE FOOD OVER THE WEEKEND. |
00:16:35 | THEY ARE ALL WORKING TOGETHER. PUBLIC AND PRIVATE. |
00:16:40 | >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. |
00:16:47 | >> WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK. >> FOR YEARS, MY NEXT GUEST HAS |
00:16:59 | BEEN ON THE SHOW OFFERING A ISSUES IN OHIO, FROM PENSION |
00:17:02 | REFORM TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING TO GOVERNMENT SPENDING, AS |
00:17:04 | PRESIDENT OF THE BUCKEYE INSTITUTE, A SELF-DESCRIBED |
00:17:06 | FREE MARKET THINK TANK. MATT MAYER, WHO LEFT THE |
00:17:10 | BUCKEYE INSTITUTE LAST YEAR, HAS NOW WRITTEN DOWN THOSE VIEWS |
00:17:12 | INTO A BOOK WITH AN ATTENTION GETTING TITLE -- "TAXPAYERS |
00:17:16 | DON'T STAND A CHANCE: WHY BATTLEGROUND OHIO LOSES NO |
00:17:19 | MATTER WHO WINS (AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT)". |
00:17:21 | MAYER IS NOW A VISITING FELLOW AT THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION AND |
00:17:27 | RUNS A CONSULTING FIRM BASED IN DUBLIN OUTSIDE COLUMBUS. |
00:17:30 | AND HE'S HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE BOOK. |
00:17:31 | FIRST OF ALL, I NEED TO STATE NORMALLY WHEN YOU ARE ON THE |
00:17:38 | SHOW, YOU ARE HERE SOMEWHERE -- BUT SOMEONE ELSE WITH A |
00:17:42 | DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW. THIS DOES NOT MEAN I AGREE OR |
00:17:46 | DISAGREE WITH YOU -- >> REALLY? |
00:17:49 | >> WE KNOW THAT. SO, LET'S LOOK AT THE OVERALL |
00:17:55 | POINT THAT YOU MAKE IN THE BOOK -- THAT IS THE STATE AND LOCAL |
00:17:59 | GOVERNMENTS SPEND TOO MUCH MONEY IN THE ECONOMY AND OHIO IS |
00:18:05 | MIRED IN FISCAL ISSUES. ARE YOU IMPLYING THAT LAWMAKERS |
00:18:12 | AND POLITICIANS AND UNIONS ARE CONTRIBUTING TO A BROKEN SYSTEM? |
00:18:15 | AND VOTERS HAVE ALLOWED THE SPECS ARE JOURNALISTS LAZY? |
00:18:20 | WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? >> THE FIRST AND LAST FOR. |
00:18:26 | NOT THE VOTERS ARE STUPID PART. THE VOTERS DO NOT HAVE THE |
00:18:29 | INFORMATION THEY NEED. IF YOU LOOK AT THE ECONOMIC |
00:18:35 | RECORD OF OHIO, AT THE TAX RECORD OF OHIO, AND STATE WHAT |
00:18:41 | YOU HAVE IS A SYSTEM THAT BENEFITS TAXPAYERS? |
00:18:44 | >> YOU TAKE ON GOVERNOR'S -- GOVERNORS, REPUBLICANS AND |
00:18:54 | DEMOCRATS, AND SAY EFFECTIVELY THEY ARE ALL GETTING IT WRONG. |
00:18:58 | HOW ARE THEY ALL GETTING IT WRONG? |
00:19:00 | >> GOVERNMENT SPENDING IS GOING UP YEAR ON YEAR. |
00:19:05 | FOR THAT TO NOT BE THE CASE, WE WOULD HAVE NEEDED GOVERNORS AND |
00:19:12 | LEGISLATURES TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS IN THE 1980'S AND |
00:19:16 | 1990'S, AND THE RESULT WOULD BE WE WOULD BE A LEADER, NOT A |
00:19:19 | LACQUER -- LAGGER. >> BUT WITH THE BREADTH OF |
00:19:27 | POLICY CHANGES OVER 40 YEARS -- TO SAY NONE OF THEM WORK? |
00:19:32 | >> NONE OF THEM WORK. A GOOD EXAMPLE. |
00:19:36 | 1983, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. THAT WAS A HUGE COST ON |
00:19:44 | TAXPAYERS. YOU SEE THAT IN THE DATA NOW. |
00:19:46 | SO, THAT WAS A BAD DECISION FOR OHIOANS. |
00:19:53 | LET'S FOCUS ON THE BIG ISSUES THAT WILL REALLY HELP OHIOANS. |
00:20:00 | FOR EXAMPLE, A SEVERANCE TAX. WE'RE GOING TO SPEND ALL THIS |
00:20:06 | POLITICAL CAPITAL ON A SEVERANCE TAX? |
00:20:09 | WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH BROAD- BASED STATE AND LOCAL TAX |
00:20:19 | REFORM. OHIOANS STILL PAID FOR. |
00:20:25 | WE HAVE TO FIX THE SYSTEM. IT IS THAT KIND OF THING ON THE |
00:20:29 | MARGINS THAT HAS HAPPENED TOO OFTEN. |
00:20:31 | WE NEED TO STOP THAT AND GET REAL CHANGES IN PLACE. |
00:20:34 | SO OHIO CAN BE THE LEADER IT WAS YEARS AGO, NOT THE LAGGER THAT |
00:20:43 | IT IS. >> YOU START BY SAYING THE |
00:20:46 | GOVERNMENT SPENDS TOO MUCH MONEY. |
00:20:48 | YOU SAY "THE IDEA THAT THE GOVERNMENT MUST PAY TOP DOLLAR |
00:20:57 | OUR IDEAS PROMOTED BY A LIBERAL THINK TAKES AND POLITICIANS." |
00:21:01 | HOW DOES THAT WORK? DO WE DO MERIT PAY? |
00:21:11 | THE PEOPLE WANT THE BEST TEACHERS FOR THEIR KIDS? |
00:21:14 | >> SURE, SURE. >> HOW DO YOU GET THE BEST |
00:21:23 | PUBLIC SERVANTS IF YOU DON'T WANT TO PAY? |
00:21:25 | >> BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SERVE THE PUBLIC. |
00:21:28 | THERE IS A LARGER CALLING FOR THE TEACHERS I KNOW. |
00:21:32 | THERE'S A LARGER CALLING THEIR. -- THERE. |
00:21:38 | THERE IS UP HIGHER CALLING. AND THAT IS WHAT GOVERNMENTS |
00:21:45 | USED TO BE ABOUT. FROM POLITICAL APPOINTEES DOWN |
00:21:50 | TO YOUR LOWEST PAID WORKERS, THAT SYSTEM HAS BEEN VERY |
00:21:56 | INCONSISTENT. WE CAN AFFORD THESE PACKAGES, |
00:22:00 | ESPECIALLY AT THESE LEVELS WHERE THEY ARE A HUGE AMOUNT IN THE |
00:22:04 | BUDGET AND THE ONLY ANSWER TO THAT IS HIGHER TAXES. |
00:22:06 | IN CALIFORNIA, THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF THE CURVE ON US. |
00:22:12 | OHIO -- WE ARE NOT THERE YET, BUT WE ARE APPROACHING THE. |
00:22:18 | >> BUT YOU TALK ABOUT MERIT PAY. >> NO, NOT AT ALL. |
00:22:25 | WE WILL REWARD A TEACHER WHO GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND. |
00:22:29 | A TEACHER WHO DOES NOT WILL NOT GET REWARDED. |
00:22:32 | NO MATTER WHAT THEY DO. IT IS ALL ABOUT BASE PAY |
00:22:38 | INCREASES. NEED A SYSTEM WHERE IF YOU DO A |
00:22:41 | FANTASTIC JOB, YOU GET A ONE PLANT -- $1,000 BONUS. |
00:22:46 | WE REWARD THEM FOR THE WORK THAT WAS DONE, AND WE DON'T DO IT FOR |
00:22:52 | THESE TEACHERS THAT JUST COME IN, CHECK THE BOX, WORK THE 105 |
00:22:57 | DAYS. IS TREATING THEM DIFFERENT. |
00:23:01 | THAT IS MERIT PAY. IT MEANS REWARDING GOOD WORK. |
00:23:06 | >> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PAY, YOU SIGNED A LOT -- HE CITED A LOT |
00:23:13 | OF STATISTICS. YOU CLAIM THAT UNITED WORKERS OF |
00:23:18 | COMPENSATIONS -- >> 25%. |
00:23:20 | >> SOME SAY THAT IS NOT THE CASE IF YOU FACTOR IN OTHER THINGS |
00:23:26 | LIKE EDUCATION. >> RIGHT. |
00:23:29 | >> WHO DO YOU BELIEVE? >> WHO DO WE BELIEVE? |
00:23:33 | ARE YOU KIDDING ME? THE DUELING STATISTICS. |
00:23:39 | RIGHT? LET THEM MAKE THE DECISION ON |
00:23:44 | WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE. WHAT OFTEN HAPPENS, THE ALL HEAR |
00:23:49 | ABOUT THE RUTGERS STUDY, AND THAT IS A HUGE PROBLEM BECAUSE |
00:23:56 | THAT IS ONE SIDE OF THE DISCUSSION, ONE SIDE OF THE |
00:24:00 | DEBATE AND NEVER SEE THE OTHER SIDE. |
00:24:02 | UP AND MAKE AN INFORMER -- AN INFORMED DECISION IF IT IS A |
00:24:06 | ONE-SIDED DEBATE? >> I AM NOT ONE TO SPEND A LOT |
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00:24:13 | >> I DON'T MEAN YOU. >> IN ALL FAIRNESS TO YOUR |
00:24:19 | COLLEAGUES IN MOSTLY CURRENT JOURNALISM -- WHO YOU ARE |
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00:24:45 | YES, MONTH AFTER MONTH, NOT A SINGULAR -- SINGLE BUG BITE |
00:24:54 | REPORT. AT THE SAME TIME, AND I AM NOT |
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00:25:25 | YOU WOULD NEVER FIND TIME IN TWO AND A HALF YEARS? |
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