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Speaker 1: Americans for Prosperity. Donovan and Neil returns for another county
Speaker 1: year and another happy New Year. It's good to have
Speaker 1: you back on the fifty five Caressey Morning Show.
Speaker 2: Donald Brian's great to be back with you.
Speaker 1: Love what I'm reading in the Buckeye Blueprint, my friend.
Speaker 1: Let's start off with economic freedom. We're just kind of
Speaker 1: a middle and middle of the pack kind of state.
Speaker 1: When it comes to the rest of the stage. We
Speaker 1: do need to have some taxation reform, but it apparently
Speaker 1: it transcends that and something that Congressman Thomas Massey just
Speaker 1: brought up the other day, the Rains Act.
Speaker 2: Yeah, well we've got we've got a good track record, Brian.
Speaker 2: I don't want to. I don't want to, you know,
Speaker 2: shortstyle the work that's been done over the last couple
Speaker 2: of decades. But what we're really challenging folks to do,
Speaker 2: and that's at the heart of our Buckeye Blueprint, is
Speaker 2: take some of the big bold leaps forward. So when
Speaker 2: it comes to taxes, we're on the right trajectory, but
Speaker 2: more to be done. RAINS though, is really exciting. How
Speaker 2: familiar are you, Brian, with the Rains Act and what
Speaker 2: that's all about.
Speaker 1: Well, as Congress from Massi explained to it, if any
Speaker 1: regulation done by the regulatory administrative state that exists behind
Speaker 1: the scenes are and behind the scenes are unelected officials
Speaker 1: has a financial impact beyond a certain threshold, then the
Speaker 1: legislative branch must actually approve the regulation and the action.
Speaker 2: Correct. This is a big This is a big leap, Brian,
Speaker 2: because usually when we talk about regulatory reform, we're talking
Speaker 2: about like clearing out the dust and cobwebs, how much
Speaker 2: it's going to cost, or how much PaperWorks involved in
Speaker 2: complying with the regulatory rules and rule makers. What RAINS does, though,
Speaker 2: is really exciting, is that actually requires the regulators, right
Speaker 2: the deep state, to go in and actually explain how
Speaker 2: much it's going to cost economically. So if they put
Speaker 2: these rules into place, you think about what the EPA
Speaker 2: does to energy production, right, So what's the economic impact
Speaker 2: of these rules that they're putting into place? And it
Speaker 2: really upends the ways we think about regulatory regulations and
Speaker 2: puts the onus on the regulators, not the businesses, to
Speaker 2: make their argument for why the benefits of the regulation
Speaker 2: outweigh the economic burdening costs. It's impactful, it's big, and
Speaker 2: it has a multi generational impact on how we undo
Speaker 2: the big government.
Speaker 1: With that question. And then once they make their argument
Speaker 1: justifying the regulation and explaining how much it's going to
Speaker 1: cost the taxpayers, then the legislator, the elected officials has
Speaker 1: to actually approve it. They have to pass it into
Speaker 1: law and say Okay, that's the hurdle that they'll never overcome.
Speaker 1: And that's why we need the reins Act in place.
Speaker 1: And there's anything I can do or my listeners can
Speaker 1: do to help you accomplish that goal. We need to
Speaker 1: know what that information is because everyone should get on
Speaker 1: board with this one.
Speaker 2: Well one hundred percent. It exists in four states right
Speaker 2: now nationally. We plan to bring it to a lot more.
Speaker 2: In Ohio is a big priority. We can get this
Speaker 2: done in Ohio. We'll have some action items for your
Speaker 2: listeners in the coming weeks for sure.
Speaker 1: Fantastic. Well, we will continue. We're gonna bring Donovan Neil
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Speaker 1: the Americans for Prosperities rolling out for the count of
Speaker 1: your twenty twenty five. And we can only pray that
Speaker 1: all of the items in this list couet accomplished before
Speaker 1: we move away from the broader topic economic freedom, which
Speaker 1: of course includes passing the Rains Act reducing personal income
Speaker 1: tax down to zero. How are the elected officials in
Speaker 1: Ohio going to deal with less money? Do we have
Speaker 1: a spending problem here on Ohio?
Speaker 2: Dave, We do? I mean, that's the that's the problem.
Speaker 2: We don't have a I've said before, we don't have
Speaker 2: a revenue generation problem. We've got a spending problem in
Speaker 2: Washington and Columbus despite you know, multiple years, since two thousand,
Speaker 2: twenty twenty eleven. Since twenty eleven, Brian Republicans have had
Speaker 2: a red what they call a Red state trifecta the House,
Speaker 2: the Senate, and the governor's office held by Republicans, typically
Speaker 2: the Conservative Party. Yet in that period of time, we've
Speaker 2: seen our budget grow by billions, yea billions, Brian we We.
Speaker 2: I think we've got an opportunity here to stop the
Speaker 2: spending spree, prioritize necessary services that the government can provide
Speaker 2: right with our roads, police, fire, education, by empowering families,
Speaker 2: and stop the spending spree that's been going on in Columbus.
Speaker 2: It's what the voters asked for this past November.
Speaker 1: Well, you know, I always joke about Columbus. It's like
Speaker 1: hurting cats. You think, as you point out, well, having
Speaker 1: the House, the Senate, and the governor all Republican, that
Speaker 1: this would be just sort of logical and reasonable. They
Speaker 1: would grab onto these proposals and run with them. But
Speaker 1: they're just people. Call them rhanas Republicans a name only.
Speaker 1: I think Republican Party has moved away from It's one
Speaker 1: of its core principles, and that's fiscal responsibility. They want
Speaker 1: to buy stuff and things to get there get re elected,
Speaker 1: just like Democrats were always a blame for doing. Now
Speaker 1: everybody's doing it. That's why they call it the uniparty.
Speaker 2: Now, well, I mean, that's that's that's the crazy thing,
Speaker 2: right is, once you find folks are in the minority,
Speaker 2: and once they get into the majority right where they
Speaker 2: control the levers of power, some of those corrupting forces
Speaker 2: find their way in. We're all human at the end
Speaker 2: of the day, despite our party affiliations, right, and so
Speaker 2: that's our job, that's the work our activists do do, right, right,
Speaker 2: that's right. Keep these folks on us. We remind them
Speaker 2: of the principles that they campaigned on during election year,
Speaker 2: and we hold them accountable to following through all those
Speaker 2: promises when the time comes to legend.
Speaker 1: It just pains me to see that the public pension
Speaker 1: is so underfunded. I mean, you'd think that they'd be
Speaker 1: at least responsible enough to take care of people who
Speaker 1: are counting on the Ohio Public Pension for their retirement
Speaker 1: only seventy six percent of assets, to fulfill the promises
Speaker 1: that are made to these people. And that's a simple
Speaker 1: question of accountability and responsibility to the election those that
Speaker 1: are the elected officials and the constituents who are going
Speaker 1: to be relying on that down the road. How about
Speaker 1: energy and innovation? What can we deal do to improve
Speaker 1: the energy situation here.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think this is an area where we're going
Speaker 2: to see a quarter turn, if you will. Since the
Speaker 2: house Bold six scandal, there hasn't been a lot of
Speaker 2: energy policy movement. And the energy policy that has moved,
Speaker 2: and I've been on your show to talk about it
Speaker 2: several times. Last year has really at a core been
Speaker 2: Cronius programs. Right. It's having great payers Ohio and subsidize
Speaker 2: energy utility companies and these energy efficiency schemes that they
Speaker 2: cook up. In Columba. We're going to work to turn
Speaker 2: the page. There's a number of folks coming together. We've
Speaker 2: got to study at the Great Buckeye Institute. I know
Speaker 2: you've probably had Great Loss and Ray Hetterman on your
Speaker 2: show for I've been. They've been working up and we're
Speaker 2: going to provide a primer to lawmakers. There's a over
Speaker 2: I think forty new legislators, freshman legislators coming into Columbus
Speaker 2: this year, so it's a huge opportunity to educate them
Speaker 2: on what the free market principles for energy policy can be.
Speaker 2: And at the core of it, it's abundance, right, we
Speaker 2: just need to produce. We also be able to produce
Speaker 2: more energy to solve our problems, not subsidize things like
Speaker 2: wind and solar favorite industries, right, and that's what we're
Speaker 2: going to be. That's what we're being driving forward, is
Speaker 2: creating a free market approach to energy policy here in
Speaker 2: the Buckeye State.
Speaker 1: I like that idea. Now moving forward to something I'm
Speaker 1: always in favor of is providing families the opportunity for
Speaker 1: school choice and getting them out of underperforming schools where
Speaker 1: they're not even learning their basic skills but sitting in
Speaker 1: doctrination camp in classes.
Speaker 2: That's right. We have to remain ever vigilant here. Forecasts
Speaker 2: are into the good thing. Right to the fiscal stewardship piece,
Speaker 2: the budget's going to be a lot tighter than it
Speaker 2: was two years ago. The federal money isn't flowing like
Speaker 2: it was post COVID, and they're going to have to
Speaker 2: get a little tighter with the budget now. The challenge
Speaker 2: there is making sure that the gains we made two
Speaker 2: years ago expanding the EDE Choice Scholarship program to empower families,
Speaker 2: making sure that program continues to be funded, as well
Speaker 2: as addressing some of the challenges parents and private schools
Speaker 2: encountered in working with the Department of educational workforce to
Speaker 2: get access to those funds, and so I think there's
Speaker 2: some opportunities to make some tweaks to streamline. We want
Speaker 2: to make these things, this program easy to access, so
Speaker 2: when that parent sees their kids report card and says, gosh,
Speaker 2: there's got to be a better way, they can easily
Speaker 2: move their kid quickly to the school that's going to
Speaker 2: best meet that child's needs, and that's good for everybody.
Speaker 1: I guess the thing that always comes to mind when
Speaker 1: we talk about this, you know, general concept, it sounds wonderful,
Speaker 1: but then logistically speaking, if you know, everybody wants to
Speaker 1: go to that one high performing, demonstrably better school, how
Speaker 1: can that school absorb the additional children There seems going
Speaker 1: to be there's obviously going to be some finite limits
Speaker 1: to the flexibility that people are going to be going.
Speaker 2: To have well. And that's one of the areas that
Speaker 2: we've been talking with legislators that we think they need
Speaker 2: to help address, is what are the identifying what the
Speaker 2: regulatory barriers are or the capacity barriers are, and making
Speaker 2: sure that we've created an environment in state government through
Speaker 2: the rules and regulations that govern in the schools to
Speaker 2: enable these schools that are doing really good work and
Speaker 2: are achieving extraordinary outcomes for students, to make sure they
Speaker 2: have the ability to rapidly and quickly scale up and
Speaker 2: grow to be able to provide that service to as
Speaker 2: many students in the area as possible. It's certainly a challenge,
Speaker 2: it's certainly a problem, but we think we can get
Speaker 2: there if we, you know, just get the regulations right,
Speaker 2: get the government's intervention out of the way, and make
Speaker 2: these schools to able to grow and expand and serve
Speaker 2: the student population that needs it well.
Speaker 1: And you know, honestly, as I contemplate this even further,
Speaker 1: how is it that this one school district over here
Speaker 1: ends up, you know, high on the list, you know,
Speaker 1: excellent college admission raids, superior testing scores and all of that,
Speaker 1: and the one, you know, five miles down the road
Speaker 1: is at the bottom of the pack. Kids can't even
Speaker 1: pass basic mathematic tests or reading tests in eighth grade.
Speaker 1: What's the difference between those? Is it the curriculum, is
Speaker 1: it the teachers, or I always like to point out,
Speaker 1: maybe it's the family life, where we have parents that
Speaker 1: just don't give a damn one way or another, don't
Speaker 1: ensure that their children are doing the work, showing up
Speaker 1: on time, attending class.
Speaker 2: I don't know. I mean.
Speaker 1: Just there's just some mystery out there as to why
Speaker 1: some schools do really well and others do not.
Speaker 2: Well. Honestly, actually, bright, I think that's the I think
Speaker 2: we need to move past looking at those at that
Speaker 2: and we really need to be a thinking about how
Speaker 2: do we unlock opportunity for every student. My niece brief story.
Speaker 2: My niece had struggled through with her education in a
Speaker 2: lot of places, public schools and private school She eventually
Speaker 2: got into a school that was able to help address
Speaker 2: her needs. She had some learning disabilities, and now she's flourishing.
Speaker 2: She's vibrant, she's happy, she's engaged. She's getting a's. Not
Speaker 2: because they lowered the standards, but because she was put
Speaker 2: into a situation where the school was able to educate her.
Speaker 1: One sized point is one size doesn't fit all, right.
Speaker 1: One form of education does not help all forms of children, right, And.
Speaker 2: So all the schools she went through were greade schools.
Speaker 2: They were fine, right, average, above average, But for Anna,
Speaker 2: it wasn't enough. And so I think what's important is
Speaker 2: that it's important to understand these testing scores and graduation
Speaker 2: rates and achievements. But what's more important is what do
Speaker 2: we do to empower the parent to put the kid
Speaker 2: where that where they are going to flourish. Where the
Speaker 2: kid is going to flourish. That's the ultimate measure from
Speaker 2: our perspective on success in the education, when the kid flourishes.
Speaker 1: All right, ed, that well explained, and that certainly does
Speaker 1: provide me with us so the more than satisfactory explanation
Speaker 1: as to any given situation, which you always do a
Speaker 1: great job of, Donovan Neil, Americans for Prosperity. You can
Speaker 1: check the whole Buckeye Blueprint right there at Buckeye Blueprint
Speaker 1: dot com. Donovan, I know you're gonna be on down
Speaker 1: the road the program to give my listeners some advice
Speaker 1: and information on how they can help out Americans for
Speaker 1: Prosperity achieve these goals on behalf of all Ohioans. Any
Speaker 1: insight into how that's gonna happen, or we're just gonna
Speaker 1: hold that for another day.
Speaker 2: Well, we're gonna have a lot of opportunities regressive programs
Speaker 2: coming up. We want folks to be at the State
Speaker 2: House with US Committee hearings. We need your testimony, and
Speaker 2: so go to Buckeye blueprint dot com, sign up for
Speaker 2: action alerts on the website, and just stay tuned. We'll
Speaker 2: keep you posted on ways to get involved as things
Speaker 2: get fired up in Columbus.
Speaker 1: Bookmarked website, folks and sign up Buckeye Blueprint dot com.
Speaker 1: Donovan and nail to our next conversation. Thanks for everything
Speaker 1: you're doing on behalf of all o'hiolands, and I'll look
Speaker 1: forward to having you on the program regularly throughout the year.
Speaker 1: Looking forward to it, Brian, take care brother, Happy New Year,
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