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The budget includes tax cuts for oil companies. a tax cut for the rich. and a repeal of the estate tax. we can't let that one get away. but ohio must be broke, that's why they have to do this wrong. governor kasich, his own policy director told the columbus dispatch newspaper, even if there weren't an $8 billion deficit, we'd probably be proposing many of the same things. so i guess it is ideology. so we've got ohio and michigan, new jersey and wisconsin, they're in the game, making it harder for the middle class, and a hell of lot easier for the rich folk. and that's not really only the begin...

Really a continuation of senate bill 5, which is an attack on our working class, men and women. and what republican governors across the country are doing, which is to take us from the united states of america to the corporate states of america, really in governor kasich's budget is all about creating a low wage work force. so in my mind, you know, you have the have mores, the have somes and the have nots. and when the governor is done in the state of ohio you'll have the have nots. it is absolutely devastating. >> how are you going to deal with these cuts? >> well, we've got to work hard, as ...

We have to continue to fight. we have to take this message to the people and they should understand very clearly that everybody is impacted by this. >> this isn't, as i see it, looking at all the different states, really a left-right, republican or democrat issue. look at the poll numbers of mr. kasich. he just recently got elected to the governor's chair. his approval rating done by a university of cincinnati poll. he's at 40%. 47% disapproval. now, it's not left or right. it's a priority list. and it seems that the priority list by those in power just don't believe in shared sacrifice. do yo...

Salaries. governor nikki hayley, she wants to end income tax in south carolina and cut physical education from schools, along with medicaid reductions. and if this isn't happening in a state near you, just stick around. it will. go ahead and let the republicans take control of the legislative session of the governor's mansion and this is the kind of government you're going to get. let me know if you see any difference. joining me now from ohio is ohio state senator nina turner. senator turner, good to have you with us tonight. >> thank you, ed. >> it is amazing when you look at the plan that's...

Great depression. so they had to act. but the criticism that's coming from the kasich administration about living within our means, he's proposing to sell prisons at pennies on the dollar. it's almost laughable. it's almost a giveaway. >> he wants to privatize the penal system? privatize the prisons in that state. obviously people would come in and cut a fat hog on that. but what better product would you get? >> absolutely, about five prisons, for about $200 million. don't even know if you can build a prison for $200 million. and again, any money that the state would get would be one time -- w...