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Speaker 1 (00:02):
John and I and First Warning Weather forecast tells us
today is going to be a high on twenty three
with mostly sunny skies. Overnight low nine clouds rolled back in.
We get snow lucky tomorrow after ten am, anywhere between
two and five inches depending on where you are. Twenty
eight degrees for the high, slick roads overnight dropping down
to twenty degrees Friday and on Saturday, partly cloudish. Guys
in a high thirty It's five degrees right now. It's
(00:24):
get an update on traffic.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
From the UCUT Traffic Center.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
You see health Weight Loss Center offers comprehensive obesity care
and advanced surts of co expertise called five one three
nine three nine two two sixty three.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
That's nine three nine twenty two sixty three.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
There is an accident or a report of a new
wreck northbound seventy five before you get to Ezer Charles,
So I'm not seen slow traffic out of downtown yet.
Southbound seventy five slows out of Lockland. So does inbound
seventy four between col rain of the seventy five Ram
Chu Kingbram Month fifty five KRC, the talk station.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Fifty five KRCIT de Talk Station.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
There's another website for you, Buckeye Blueprint dot com. It's
Americans for Prosperity. Donovan and Neil returns for another county
year and another happy New Year. It's good to have
you back on the fifty five Caressey Morning Show.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Donald Brian's great to be back with you.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
Love what I'm reading in the Buckeye Blueprint, my friend.
Let's start off with economic freedom. We're just kind of
a middle and middle of the pack kind of state.
When it comes to the rest of the stage. We
do need to have some taxation reform, but it apparently
it transcends that and something that Congressman Thomas Massey just
brought up the other day, the Rains Act.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Yeah, well we've got we've got a good track record, Brian.
I don't want to. I don't want to, you know,
shortstyle the work that's been done over the last couple
of decades. But what we're really challenging folks to do,
and that's at the heart of our Buckeye Blueprint, is
take some of the big bold leaps forward. So when
it comes to taxes, we're on the right trajectory, but
more to be done. RAINS though, is really exciting. How
(01:58):
familiar are you, Brian, with the Rains Act and what
that's all about.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Well, as Congress from Massi explained to it, if any
regulation done by the regulatory administrative state that exists behind
the scenes are and behind the scenes are unelected officials
has a financial impact beyond a certain threshold, then the
legislative branch must actually approve the regulation and the action.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Correct. This is a big This is a big leap, Brian,
because usually when we talk about regulatory reform, we're talking
about like clearing out the dust and cobwebs, how much
it's going to cost, or how much PaperWorks involved in
complying with the regulatory rules and rule makers. What RAINS does, though,
is really exciting, is that actually requires the regulators, right
(02:46):
the deep state, to go in and actually explain how
much it's going to cost economically. So if they put
these rules into place, you think about what the EPA
does to energy production, right, So what's the economic impact
of these rules that they're putting into place? And it
really upends the ways we think about regulatory regulations and
(03:09):
puts the onus on the regulators, not the businesses, to
make their argument for why the benefits of the regulation
outweigh the economic burdening costs. It's impactful, it's big, and
it has a multi generational impact on how we undo
(03:29):
the big government.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
With that question. And then once they make their argument
justifying the regulation and explaining how much it's going to
cost the taxpayers, then the legislator, the elected officials has
to actually approve it. They have to pass it into
law and say Okay, that's the hurdle that they'll never overcome.
And that's why we need the reins Act in place.
And there's anything I can do or my listeners can
(03:53):
do to help you accomplish that goal. We need to
know what that information is because everyone should get on
board with this one.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Well one hundred percent. It exists in four states right
now nationally. We plan to bring it to a lot more.
In Ohio is a big priority. We can get this
done in Ohio. We'll have some action items for your
listeners in the coming weeks for sure.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Fantastic. Well, we will continue. We're gonna bring Donovan Neil
back because we've only hit one facet of again. It's
Buckeye Blueprint. You can find it online Buckeye blueprint dot
org and check all the info out. We're going to
talk more about this in just a moment. I must
mention QC kinetics because you know, you don't want to
live with pains. You know, if you've been dealing with
(04:33):
steroids and you've been dealing with pain medication. You know,
the hip pay, knee pain, joint pain. And remember my
dad's struggling through that and he of course ultimately went
under the knife. I wish he had QC kinetics around
the time because maybe they could have provided him relief.
You don't have to go to surgery as an option.
Tens of thousands of people with this continuing pain discovered
(04:55):
these advanced cellular treatments. What QC kinetics does, and it's
in an in office procedure. They concentrate your body's natural
healing properties and place those concentrated properties at the point
of pain. The future of medicine advanced ortho biologic treatments
a QC Kinetics the nation's leader in regenera of medicine
(05:16):
and joint preservation. They're here and sensing now, and it's
a free consultation, so why not talk to them about it?
It's what's the worst thing can happen? Right it say
it's not gonna work. Hey, QC knex is right there,
make an appoyment. Five one three eight four seven zero
zero one nine five one three eight four seven zero
zero one nine. That's five one three eight four seven
zero zero one nine.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Fifty five KRC. There are two types of pain in
the world.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
The sunny sky's down to nine degrees overnight, more clouds
roll in. We have snow tomorrow. They say about about
ten or ten am, getting between two and maybe five
inches twenty eighth to high overnight low at twenty and
on Saturday it'll be dry going up to thirty degrees,
partly cloudy six degrees right now, traffic times, you.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
See how Traffic Center.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
You see how weight Loss Center offers comprehensive obcity care
and advanced SERTs. A co expertise called five P one
three nine three nine two two sixty three. That's nine
grade nine twenty two sixty three. There's an accident or
a report of a new wreck northbound seventy five before
you get to Ezer Charles, So I'm not seen slow
traffic out of downtown yet. Southbound seventy five slows out
(06:22):
of Blackland. So does in Bound seventy four between col
Rain of the seventy five rant Chuck King Ramont fifty five,
krc the talk station.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
Seven forty.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
If you give up KRCD talk station, check it out
for yourself, detail by detail, Buckeye Blueprint dot Com with
the Americans for Prosperities rolling out for the count of
your twenty twenty five. And we can only pray that
all of the items in this list couet accomplished before
we move away from the broader topic economic freedom, which
of course includes passing the Rains Act reducing personal income
(06:54):
tax down to zero. How are the elected officials in
Ohio going to deal with less money? Do we have
a spending problem here on Ohio?
Speaker 2 (07:02):
Dave, We do? I mean, that's the that's the problem.
We don't have a I've said before, we don't have
a revenue generation problem. We've got a spending problem in
Washington and Columbus despite you know, multiple years, since two thousand,
twenty twenty eleven. Since twenty eleven, Brian Republicans have had
(07:22):
a red what they call a Red state trifecta the House,
the Senate, and the governor's office held by Republicans, typically
the Conservative Party. Yet in that period of time, we've
seen our budget grow by billions, yea billions, Brian we We.
I think we've got an opportunity here to stop the
spending spree, prioritize necessary services that the government can provide
(07:44):
right with our roads, police, fire, education, by empowering families,
and stop the spending spree that's been going on in Columbus.
It's what the voters asked for this past November.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
Well, you know, I always joke about Columbus. It's like
hurting cats. You think, as you point out, well, having
the House, the Senate, and the governor all Republican, that
this would be just sort of logical and reasonable. They
would grab onto these proposals and run with them. But
they're just people. Call them rhanas Republicans a name only.
(08:16):
I think Republican Party has moved away from It's one
of its core principles, and that's fiscal responsibility. They want
to buy stuff and things to get there get re elected,
just like Democrats were always a blame for doing. Now
everybody's doing it. That's why they call it the uniparty.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
Now, well, I mean, that's that's that's the crazy thing,
right is, once you find folks are in the minority,
and once they get into the majority right where they
control the levers of power, some of those corrupting forces
find their way in. We're all human at the end
of the day, despite our party affiliations, right, and so
that's our job, that's the work our activists do do, right, right,
that's right. Keep these folks on us. We remind them
(08:52):
of the principles that they campaigned on during election year,
and we hold them accountable to following through all those
promises when the time comes to legend.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
It just pains me to see that the public pension
is so underfunded. I mean, you'd think that they'd be
at least responsible enough to take care of people who
are counting on the Ohio Public Pension for their retirement
only seventy six percent of assets, to fulfill the promises
that are made to these people. And that's a simple
question of accountability and responsibility to the election those that
are the elected officials and the constituents who are going
(09:25):
to be relying on that down the road. How about
energy and innovation? What can we deal do to improve
the energy situation here.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
Yeah, I think this is an area where we're going
to see a quarter turn, if you will. Since the
house Bold six scandal, there hasn't been a lot of
energy policy movement. And the energy policy that has moved,
and I've been on your show to talk about it
several times. Last year has really at a core been
Cronius programs. Right. It's having great payers Ohio and subsidize
(09:55):
energy utility companies and these energy efficiency schemes that they
cook up. In Columba. We're going to work to turn
the page. There's a number of folks coming together. We've
got to study at the Great Buckeye Institute. I know
you've probably had Great Loss and Ray Hetterman on your
show for I've been. They've been working up and we're
going to provide a primer to lawmakers. There's a over
(10:16):
I think forty new legislators, freshman legislators coming into Columbus
this year, so it's a huge opportunity to educate them
on what the free market principles for energy policy can be.
And at the core of it, it's abundance, right, we
just need to produce. We also be able to produce
more energy to solve our problems, not subsidize things like
wind and solar favorite industries, right, and that's what we're
(10:40):
going to be. That's what we're being driving forward, is
creating a free market approach to energy policy here in
the Buckeye State.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
I like that idea. Now moving forward to something I'm
always in favor of is providing families the opportunity for
school choice and getting them out of underperforming schools where
they're not even learning their basic skills but sitting in
doctrination camp in classes.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
That's right. We have to remain ever vigilant here. Forecasts
are into the good thing. Right to the fiscal stewardship piece,
the budget's going to be a lot tighter than it
was two years ago. The federal money isn't flowing like
it was post COVID, and they're going to have to
get a little tighter with the budget now. The challenge
there is making sure that the gains we made two
(11:24):
years ago expanding the EDE Choice Scholarship program to empower families,
making sure that program continues to be funded, as well
as addressing some of the challenges parents and private schools
encountered in working with the Department of educational workforce to
get access to those funds, and so I think there's
some opportunities to make some tweaks to streamline. We want
(11:44):
to make these things, this program easy to access, so
when that parent sees their kids report card and says, gosh,
there's got to be a better way, they can easily
move their kid quickly to the school that's going to
best meet that child's needs, and that's good for everybody.
Speaker 1 (11:57):
I guess the thing that always comes to mind when
we talk about this, you know, general concept, it sounds wonderful,
but then logistically speaking, if you know, everybody wants to
go to that one high performing, demonstrably better school, how
can that school absorb the additional children There seems going
to be there's obviously going to be some finite limits
(12:17):
to the flexibility that people are going to be going.
Speaker 2 (12:19):
To have well. And that's one of the areas that
we've been talking with legislators that we think they need
to help address, is what are the identifying what the
regulatory barriers are or the capacity barriers are, and making
sure that we've created an environment in state government through
the rules and regulations that govern in the schools to
enable these schools that are doing really good work and
(12:41):
are achieving extraordinary outcomes for students, to make sure they
have the ability to rapidly and quickly scale up and
grow to be able to provide that service to as
many students in the area as possible. It's certainly a challenge,
it's certainly a problem, but we think we can get
there if we, you know, just get the regulations right,
get the government's intervention out of the way, and make
(13:01):
these schools to able to grow and expand and serve
the student population that needs it well.
Speaker 1 (13:05):
And you know, honestly, as I contemplate this even further,
how is it that this one school district over here
ends up, you know, high on the list, you know,
excellent college admission raids, superior testing scores and all of that,
and the one, you know, five miles down the road
is at the bottom of the pack. Kids can't even
pass basic mathematic tests or reading tests in eighth grade.
(13:29):
What's the difference between those? Is it the curriculum, is
it the teachers, or I always like to point out,
maybe it's the family life, where we have parents that
just don't give a damn one way or another, don't
ensure that their children are doing the work, showing up
on time, attending class.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
I don't know. I mean.
Speaker 1 (13:45):
Just there's just some mystery out there as to why
some schools do really well and others do not.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
Well. Honestly, actually, bright, I think that's the I think
we need to move past looking at those at that
and we really need to be a thinking about how
do we unlock opportunity for every student. My niece brief story.
My niece had struggled through with her education in a
lot of places, public schools and private school She eventually
got into a school that was able to help address
(14:11):
her needs. She had some learning disabilities, and now she's flourishing.
She's vibrant, she's happy, she's engaged. She's getting a's. Not
because they lowered the standards, but because she was put
into a situation where the school was able to educate her.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
One sized point is one size doesn't fit all, right.
One form of education does not help all forms of children, right, And.
Speaker 2 (14:35):
So all the schools she went through were greade schools.
They were fine, right, average, above average, But for Anna,
it wasn't enough. And so I think what's important is
that it's important to understand these testing scores and graduation
rates and achievements. But what's more important is what do
we do to empower the parent to put the kid
where that where they are going to flourish. Where the
kid is going to flourish. That's the ultimate measure from
(14:57):
our perspective on success in the education, when the kid flourishes.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
All right, ed, that well explained, and that certainly does
provide me with us so the more than satisfactory explanation
as to any given situation, which you always do a
great job of, Donovan Neil, Americans for Prosperity. You can
check the whole Buckeye Blueprint right there at Buckeye Blueprint
dot com. Donovan, I know you're gonna be on down
the road the program to give my listeners some advice
(15:22):
and information on how they can help out Americans for
Prosperity achieve these goals on behalf of all Ohioans. Any
insight into how that's gonna happen, or we're just gonna
hold that for another day.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
Well, we're gonna have a lot of opportunities regressive programs
coming up. We want folks to be at the State
House with US Committee hearings. We need your testimony, and
so go to Buckeye blueprint dot com, sign up for
action alerts on the website, and just stay tuned. We'll
keep you posted on ways to get involved as things
get fired up in Columbus.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
Bookmarked website, folks and sign up Buckeye Blueprint dot com.
Donovan and nail to our next conversation. Thanks for everything
you're doing on behalf of all o'hiolands, and I'll look
forward to having you on the program regularly throughout the year.
Looking forward to it, Brian, take care brother, Happy New Year,
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John and I and First Warning Weather forecast tells us
today is going to be a high on twenty three
with mostly sunny skies. Overnight low nine clouds rolled back in.
We get snow lucky tomorrow after ten am, anywhere between
two and five inches depending on where you are. Twenty
eight degrees for the high, slick roads overnight dropping down
to twenty degrees Friday and on Saturday, partly cloudish. Guys
in a high thirty It's five degrees right now. It's
(00:24):
get an update on traffic.
Speaker 2 (00:25):
From the UCUT Traffic Center.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
You see health Weight Loss Center offers comprehensive obesity care
and advanced surts of co expertise called five one three
nine three nine two two sixty three.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
That's nine three nine twenty two sixty three.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
There is an accident or a report of a new
wreck northbound seventy five before you get to Ezer Charles,
So I'm not seen slow traffic out of downtown yet.
Southbound seventy five slows out of Lockland. So does inbound
seventy four between col rain of the seventy five Ram
Chu Kingbram Month fifty five KRC, the talk station.
Speaker 2 (00:58):
Fifty five KRCIT de Talk Station.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
There's another website for you, Buckeye Blueprint dot com. It's
Americans for Prosperity. Donovan and Neil returns for another county
year and another happy New Year. It's good to have
you back on the fifty five Caressey Morning Show.
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Donald Brian's great to be back with you.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
Love what I'm reading in the Buckeye Blueprint, my friend.
Let's start off with economic freedom. We're just kind of
a middle and middle of the pack kind of state.
When it comes to the rest of the stage. We
do need to have some taxation reform, but it apparently
it transcends that and something that Congressman Thomas Massey just
brought up the other day, the Rains Act.
Speaker 2 (01:36):
Yeah, well we've got we've got a good track record, Brian.
I don't want to. I don't want to, you know,
shortstyle the work that's been done over the last couple
of decades. But what we're really challenging folks to do,
and that's at the heart of our Buckeye Blueprint, is
take some of the big bold leaps forward. So when
it comes to taxes, we're on the right trajectory, but
more to be done. RAINS though, is really exciting. How
(01:58):
familiar are you, Brian, with the Rains Act and what
that's all about.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
Well, as Congress from Massi explained to it, if any
regulation done by the regulatory administrative state that exists behind
the scenes are and behind the scenes are unelected officials
has a financial impact beyond a certain threshold, then the
legislative branch must actually approve the regulation and the action.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Correct. This is a big This is a big leap, Brian,
because usually when we talk about regulatory reform, we're talking
about like clearing out the dust and cobwebs, how much
it's going to cost, or how much PaperWorks involved in
complying with the regulatory rules and rule makers. What RAINS does, though,
is really exciting, is that actually requires the regulators, right
(02:46):
the deep state, to go in and actually explain how
much it's going to cost economically. So if they put
these rules into place, you think about what the EPA
does to energy production, right, So what's the economic impact
of these rules that they're putting into place? And it
really upends the ways we think about regulatory regulations and
(03:09):
puts the onus on the regulators, not the businesses, to
make their argument for why the benefits of the regulation
outweigh the economic burdening costs. It's impactful, it's big, and
it has a multi generational impact on how we undo
(03:29):
the big government.
Speaker 1 (03:31):
With that question. And then once they make their argument
justifying the regulation and explaining how much it's going to
cost the taxpayers, then the legislator, the elected officials has
to actually approve it. They have to pass it into
law and say Okay, that's the hurdle that they'll never overcome.
And that's why we need the reins Act in place.
And there's anything I can do or my listeners can
(03:53):
do to help you accomplish that goal. We need to
know what that information is because everyone should get on
board with this one.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Well one hundred percent. It exists in four states right
now nationally. We plan to bring it to a lot more.
In Ohio is a big priority. We can get this
done in Ohio. We'll have some action items for your
listeners in the coming weeks for sure.
Speaker 1 (04:12):
Fantastic. Well, we will continue. We're gonna bring Donovan Neil
back because we've only hit one facet of again. It's
Buckeye Blueprint. You can find it online Buckeye blueprint dot
org and check all the info out. We're going to
talk more about this in just a moment. I must
mention QC kinetics because you know, you don't want to
live with pains. You know, if you've been dealing with
(04:33):
steroids and you've been dealing with pain medication. You know,
the hip pay, knee pain, joint pain. And remember my
dad's struggling through that and he of course ultimately went
under the knife. I wish he had QC kinetics around
the time because maybe they could have provided him relief.
You don't have to go to surgery as an option.
Tens of thousands of people with this continuing pain discovered
(04:55):
these advanced cellular treatments. What QC kinetics does, and it's
in an in office procedure. They concentrate your body's natural
healing properties and place those concentrated properties at the point
of pain. The future of medicine advanced ortho biologic treatments
a QC Kinetics the nation's leader in regenera of medicine
(05:16):
and joint preservation. They're here and sensing now, and it's
a free consultation, so why not talk to them about it?
It's what's the worst thing can happen? Right it say
it's not gonna work. Hey, QC knex is right there,
make an appoyment. Five one three eight four seven zero
zero one nine five one three eight four seven zero
zero one nine. That's five one three eight four seven
zero zero one nine.
Speaker 2 (05:37):
Fifty five KRC. There are two types of pain in
the world.
Speaker 1 (05:41):
The sunny sky's down to nine degrees overnight, more clouds
roll in. We have snow tomorrow. They say about about
ten or ten am, getting between two and maybe five
inches twenty eighth to high overnight low at twenty and
on Saturday it'll be dry going up to thirty degrees,
partly cloudy six degrees right now, traffic times, you.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
See how Traffic Center.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
You see how weight Loss Center offers comprehensive obcity care
and advanced SERTs. A co expertise called five P one
three nine three nine two two sixty three. That's nine
grade nine twenty two sixty three. There's an accident or
a report of a new wreck northbound seventy five before
you get to Ezer Charles, So I'm not seen slow
traffic out of downtown yet. Southbound seventy five slows out
(06:22):
of Blackland. So does in Bound seventy four between col
Rain of the seventy five rant Chuck King Ramont fifty five,
krc the talk station.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
Seven forty.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
If you give up KRCD talk station, check it out
for yourself, detail by detail, Buckeye Blueprint dot Com with
the Americans for Prosperities rolling out for the count of
your twenty twenty five. And we can only pray that
all of the items in this list couet accomplished before
we move away from the broader topic economic freedom, which
of course includes passing the Rains Act reducing personal income
(06:54):
tax down to zero. How are the elected officials in
Ohio going to deal with less money? Do we have
a spending problem here on Ohio?
Speaker 2 (07:02):
Dave, We do? I mean, that's the that's the problem.
We don't have a I've said before, we don't have
a revenue generation problem. We've got a spending problem in
Washington and Columbus despite you know, multiple years, since two thousand,
twenty twenty eleven. Since twenty eleven, Brian Republicans have had
(07:22):
a red what they call a Red state trifecta the House,
the Senate, and the governor's office held by Republicans, typically
the Conservative Party. Yet in that period of time, we've
seen our budget grow by billions, yea billions, Brian we We.
I think we've got an opportunity here to stop the
spending spree, prioritize necessary services that the government can provide
(07:44):
right with our roads, police, fire, education, by empowering families,
and stop the spending spree that's been going on in Columbus.
It's what the voters asked for this past November.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
Well, you know, I always joke about Columbus. It's like
hurting cats. You think, as you point out, well, having
the House, the Senate, and the governor all Republican, that
this would be just sort of logical and reasonable. They
would grab onto these proposals and run with them. But
they're just people. Call them rhanas Republicans a name only.
(08:16):
I think Republican Party has moved away from It's one
of its core principles, and that's fiscal responsibility. They want
to buy stuff and things to get there get re elected,
just like Democrats were always a blame for doing. Now
everybody's doing it. That's why they call it the uniparty.
Speaker 2 (08:30):
Now, well, I mean, that's that's that's the crazy thing,
right is, once you find folks are in the minority,
and once they get into the majority right where they
control the levers of power, some of those corrupting forces
find their way in. We're all human at the end
of the day, despite our party affiliations, right, and so
that's our job, that's the work our activists do do, right, right,
that's right. Keep these folks on us. We remind them
(08:52):
of the principles that they campaigned on during election year,
and we hold them accountable to following through all those
promises when the time comes to legend.
Speaker 1 (09:01):
It just pains me to see that the public pension
is so underfunded. I mean, you'd think that they'd be
at least responsible enough to take care of people who
are counting on the Ohio Public Pension for their retirement
only seventy six percent of assets, to fulfill the promises
that are made to these people. And that's a simple
question of accountability and responsibility to the election those that
are the elected officials and the constituents who are going
(09:25):
to be relying on that down the road. How about
energy and innovation? What can we deal do to improve
the energy situation here.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
Yeah, I think this is an area where we're going
to see a quarter turn, if you will. Since the
house Bold six scandal, there hasn't been a lot of
energy policy movement. And the energy policy that has moved,
and I've been on your show to talk about it
several times. Last year has really at a core been
Cronius programs. Right. It's having great payers Ohio and subsidize
(09:55):
energy utility companies and these energy efficiency schemes that they
cook up. In Columba. We're going to work to turn
the page. There's a number of folks coming together. We've
got to study at the Great Buckeye Institute. I know
you've probably had Great Loss and Ray Hetterman on your
show for I've been. They've been working up and we're
going to provide a primer to lawmakers. There's a over
(10:16):
I think forty new legislators, freshman legislators coming into Columbus
this year, so it's a huge opportunity to educate them
on what the free market principles for energy policy can be.
And at the core of it, it's abundance, right, we
just need to produce. We also be able to produce
more energy to solve our problems, not subsidize things like
wind and solar favorite industries, right, and that's what we're
(10:40):
going to be. That's what we're being driving forward, is
creating a free market approach to energy policy here in
the Buckeye State.
Speaker 1 (10:44):
I like that idea. Now moving forward to something I'm
always in favor of is providing families the opportunity for
school choice and getting them out of underperforming schools where
they're not even learning their basic skills but sitting in
doctrination camp in classes.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
That's right. We have to remain ever vigilant here. Forecasts
are into the good thing. Right to the fiscal stewardship piece,
the budget's going to be a lot tighter than it
was two years ago. The federal money isn't flowing like
it was post COVID, and they're going to have to
get a little tighter with the budget now. The challenge
there is making sure that the gains we made two
(11:24):
years ago expanding the EDE Choice Scholarship program to empower families,
making sure that program continues to be funded, as well
as addressing some of the challenges parents and private schools
encountered in working with the Department of educational workforce to
get access to those funds, and so I think there's
some opportunities to make some tweaks to streamline. We want
(11:44):
to make these things, this program easy to access, so
when that parent sees their kids report card and says, gosh,
there's got to be a better way, they can easily
move their kid quickly to the school that's going to
best meet that child's needs, and that's good for everybody.
Speaker 1 (11:57):
I guess the thing that always comes to mind when
we talk about this, you know, general concept, it sounds wonderful,
but then logistically speaking, if you know, everybody wants to
go to that one high performing, demonstrably better school, how
can that school absorb the additional children There seems going
to be there's obviously going to be some finite limits
(12:17):
to the flexibility that people are going to be going.
Speaker 2 (12:19):
To have well. And that's one of the areas that
we've been talking with legislators that we think they need
to help address, is what are the identifying what the
regulatory barriers are or the capacity barriers are, and making
sure that we've created an environment in state government through
the rules and regulations that govern in the schools to
enable these schools that are doing really good work and
(12:41):
are achieving extraordinary outcomes for students, to make sure they
have the ability to rapidly and quickly scale up and
grow to be able to provide that service to as
many students in the area as possible. It's certainly a challenge,
it's certainly a problem, but we think we can get
there if we, you know, just get the regulations right,
get the government's intervention out of the way, and make
(13:01):
these schools to able to grow and expand and serve
the student population that needs it well.
Speaker 1 (13:05):
And you know, honestly, as I contemplate this even further,
how is it that this one school district over here
ends up, you know, high on the list, you know,
excellent college admission raids, superior testing scores and all of that,
and the one, you know, five miles down the road
is at the bottom of the pack. Kids can't even
pass basic mathematic tests or reading tests in eighth grade.
(13:29):
What's the difference between those? Is it the curriculum, is
it the teachers, or I always like to point out,
maybe it's the family life, where we have parents that
just don't give a damn one way or another, don't
ensure that their children are doing the work, showing up
on time, attending class.
Speaker 2 (13:43):
I don't know. I mean.
Speaker 1 (13:45):
Just there's just some mystery out there as to why
some schools do really well and others do not.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
Well. Honestly, actually, bright, I think that's the I think
we need to move past looking at those at that
and we really need to be a thinking about how
do we unlock opportunity for every student. My niece brief story.
My niece had struggled through with her education in a
lot of places, public schools and private school She eventually
got into a school that was able to help address
(14:11):
her needs. She had some learning disabilities, and now she's flourishing.
She's vibrant, she's happy, she's engaged. She's getting a's. Not
because they lowered the standards, but because she was put
into a situation where the school was able to educate her.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
One sized point is one size doesn't fit all, right.
One form of education does not help all forms of children, right, And.
Speaker 2 (14:35):
So all the schools she went through were greade schools.
They were fine, right, average, above average, But for Anna,
it wasn't enough. And so I think what's important is
that it's important to understand these testing scores and graduation
rates and achievements. But what's more important is what do
we do to empower the parent to put the kid
where that where they are going to flourish. Where the
kid is going to flourish. That's the ultimate measure from
(14:57):
our perspective on success in the education, when the kid flourishes.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
All right, ed, that well explained, and that certainly does
provide me with us so the more than satisfactory explanation
as to any given situation, which you always do a
great job of, Donovan Neil, Americans for Prosperity. You can
check the whole Buckeye Blueprint right there at Buckeye Blueprint
dot com. Donovan, I know you're gonna be on down
the road the program to give my listeners some advice
(15:22):
and information on how they can help out Americans for
Prosperity achieve these goals on behalf of all Ohioans. Any
insight into how that's gonna happen, or we're just gonna
hold that for another day.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
Well, we're gonna have a lot of opportunities regressive programs
coming up. We want folks to be at the State
House with US Committee hearings. We need your testimony, and
so go to Buckeye blueprint dot com, sign up for
action alerts on the website, and just stay tuned. We'll
keep you posted on ways to get involved as things
get fired up in Columbus.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
Bookmarked website, folks and sign up Buckeye Blueprint dot com.
Donovan and nail to our next conversation. Thanks for everything
you're doing on behalf of all o'hiolands, and I'll look
forward to having you on the program regularly throughout the year.
Looking forward to it, Brian, take care brother, Happy New Year,
seven forty nine fifty five krc DE talk station. You know,
medical imaging can be really, really outrageously expensive. Go to
(16:10):
the hospital imaging department. You don't have to go there.
Your doctor's going to order an MRISCT scan and echo cartogram, ultrasound,
a long screen, or cardiac scoring at some point in
your life. I think we all get one eventually. I've
had multiple of these images in my life, and I
got my CT scan at affordable imaging services where it
would only cost six hundred dollars contrast CT scan. What
(16:31):
did my doctors say about that? Well, I got the
bad news and my cancer come back. But it wasn't
anything about the imaging. No, and the radiologist report was fine,
just the exact same thing that she would have gotten
from the hospital imaging department. Like, it's only six hundred
bucks go if I'd gone to the hospital, probably five
thousand dollars now it's low overheaded affordable imaging. I had
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no denying that. But they have the exact same equipment.
Medical professions have been doing this for decades. You get
great images, you get the board certified radiotis report included
in the low price for this image, and you don't
have that massive out of pocket responsibility. Hey it's a
new calendar, or what is your out of pocket liability
before the UH insurance actually kicks in? And if the
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insurance kicks in, are you still going to be responsible
for some form of copay? My suggestion is ask the
imaging department or somebody at the hospital what the total
bill is going to be and what the how much
the insurance you've got is going to pay for it,
and then go, holy cow, you mean I'm gonna have
to shell out three grand? And then say no, I'm
gonna go to affordable imaging services where I can get
that CT scan with a contrast for six hundred dollars
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low pricing across the board and can get all the
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You do have a choice. You can go where you
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