Subject: FW: TrackerBASE Report: PRES John Kasich Town Hall in Medford 4/28/2016
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Subject: TrackerBASE Report: PRES John Kasich Town Hall in Medford 4/28/2016

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FROM: Eddie Meads

Location:  Central Medford High School - Gymnasium

Date: 04/28/16

RE: John Kasich Town Hall in Medford

Summary of Event:

Kasich gave his positive i’m not going to be a spectacle stump then took question on blue color job’s - he replied with let's talk about small business. Asked about student debt, federal lands - he doesn't think any more federal lands need to be added. Talked about welfare and over regulation of healthcare. At the end, It sounded like there might have been protests off camera.

Key Points:

Kasich introed.

Im curious, even as great as a basketball player as i am i can't dunk. Why Is that so high? Who is gonna talk first? This isn't a Trump rally. I thought it was the original medford school,

Asks audience member to explain school.

Does everyone walk around with money sticking out of money in their pocket in medford.

This isn't starting very well. What's your story kiddo, should you be home studying. Oh you're home schooled? Who is homeschooling you?

I'm gonna tell you a bit about myself. Grew up small town outside of pittsburgh. Joe have they not had any entertainment here? Whats going on?

Talks to audience member about rival school, broke every window in bus. See we are tough.

Very ethnic, very democrat, kinda like eugene. My father delivered mail, his father was miner. Thought he would get a good haul, got ripped off, they told him it was peet. He had no one to complain to. My mother's mother could barely speak english, grew up poor. She was radio talk show pioneer. She would shout at radio. Smart but under educated. Learned a lot about them after they died.

If wind blew wrong way you were out of work, probably similar to medford. A lot of economic insecurity but it's where i got my values. I decided to leave when i graduated high school.

Went to ohio state university. Had 15 college roommates.

Talks to audience member about texting roommates.

I got there and things got frustrating. Uncle told me to start at top. University wouldnt let me in. eventually saw president.

Tells story about university president explaining his job. Asked to take letter to nixon.

Go to white house and told would get 5min with president. Spent 20min.

I've had lifetime of lightning strikes, i would call grace. Lord has been good to me. I remember to represent grandfather, guy that lives next to us. Those are kinds of people i've thought about. Rich people take care of themselves. Don't want to pull them down. They have power. A lot of people don't have voice. I've been independant voice. Rep. party's vehicle not master.

Been an independent person all my life.

I was state senator. Elected at 26. Went to congress at age 30. Worked with reagan. It was like something out of a movie. Served until 48. Balanced budget, chief architect of it. Pentagon reform. Left for 10 years. Ran for governor. Trying to help everyone rise.

Election night was great, won like everything. Said great things i never have to do it again, didn't think id run for president. It's like climbing everest. I've refused to take people into ditch. People worry about him, what's his life going to be like. Have a better america than his parents. Never felt i should feed off of anxiety to feed myself. I could make you feel angry and storming out of here. I have choice to tell you i get it. I understand that one day you got home and had to tell you family you are out of work. I believe these things can be fixed. I've chosen not to feed the negative and that's what's working today.

I have to tell you we can fix these things. Make america what you want it to be again. As refult of positive message moct in oregon don't know who i am. Chose not to make spectacle of myself. To raise the bar. Say we can deal with problems.

It's important for me to keep raising the bar, sometimes on way to victory or defeat, if trump doesn't have delegates best day will be when he walks in, his people won't pick him.

I'm not going to lower bar or disappoint friends and family. Some things more important than winning election. Over time positive works. In general election in every single survey i beat clinton everytime and my opponents lose every time.

Conservative democrats and everyone want healing. No matter how good it feels to be angry have to fix county

17:45 Questions from audience

Q - we don't hear anything about blue collar workers. What about us. Would you come be our governor.

Kasich - let me explain a few things. Hate to give you economics lesson but i should. Need three things for growing economy. Debt clock, favorite thing i take with me. 19t in debt. When we talk about free stuff. When those numbers go up opportunity for jobs goes down. Because people that create jobs get scared when numbers go up. Don't invest, sit on wallets. When numbers go down they gain confidence. Hillary and bernie talk about free stuff. You can have all the free stuff you want, but that number will be 30t and no work. Most know you can't have free stuff but most want it in short term.

Small business creates most jobs. If you overregulate they die. First thing have to do is have common sense regulation. how's it working with your paperwork. The fact is you get regulations and it beats you down.

Asks audience member about regulations and their small business.

Second thing is taxes. I don't know much about your state and your tax burden. CT is taxing everything that flies, and everyone is leaving. A lot going to NV, no income tax. In NH people from MA move there.

Third thing is you have to balance budget. Have to deal with pension problems.

We have 1 half percent growth. We should be at three or 4. We get sick when we do the wrong things. We need common sense regulations. Reduce taxes on business and individuals. And balance budget. For towns like medford, not expert on medford, need to find out what you do well. Its beauty place, not new york city but its nice. Need to do what other don't do other places. Be prepared to take 21st century jobs.

Everything now is computerized, have to be educated. If we get president to fix national stuff like me, that will work.

Learned this as boy, has to be true in town like this. You want things fixed? You think they will come and fix it? Who is coming? Nobody is coming. Who is going to fix it? We are. Can't lose confidence in our ability.

You want to stop problem of drugs, just go fix it. How do you fix it? Did they make announcements about staying off drugs? In schools, houses of worship, civic organizations.

You want to fix education, tell school board what you want. Don't wait for someone else.

No one expects us to change world, just change our part.

Anybody want to argue? Raise their hand.

Q - what are you going to do to help kids pay for college

Kasich - how about free college?

Are you taking free courses in high school. You can take up to a year. Hows your math and english. So you don't have to take remedial courses.

Do you know what it cost to go to community college?

You could probably go to community college for 4000 a year. (corrected by audience it's 5000)

3 times 1300, about 4500. Let say you go 2 years 9000.

If you go to UofO what does it cost. 80,000 vs 9000. Which do you think you should pick.

Trying in our state for 3 years, save enough to go on spring break.

My daughters are going to a 4 year, good ole dad.

Let's talk cost, part of problem is universities aren't fixated on how to lower costs. If you want to change costs everyone fights you. At ohio state had president who wanted to lease parking garages. Why does university even own parking garages, dorms, dining facility. There job is to educate. Univeristy got half a billion for leasing parking garages.

Asks audience about food and dining center.

If we don't get costs under control people will stop going to these school. Will go to online schools. Mark my words, building are not going to mean much. I was on plane flying to portland, talked to guy who raises money for start up churches. Churches are not about buildings anymore. It's about community. That's what's going to happen to higher education.

The other things we can think about is - we have young people saddled with debt, in past didn't have it and could be more entrepreneurial. As president i would get smartest people to study cost drivers and force universities to cut costs. Community service for loan forgiveness, interest rate cuts. Answer is not free. They will keep raising price. That was a good question but where did he go?

Q - president's proposal for 2.5m acres for monument. People opposed. Would you allow congressman to have input

Kasich - whole issue of federal land is important. Have so much land do not need to add more. I have work i need to do on this issue. I don't know what they are trying to preserve, some things need to be but not all things need to be preserved. Mike levitt is great guy, understand western lands issue. If i'm president we will have reivew. My gut reaction is i wouldn't add.

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Q - Taxes on every pay check and then again in april. What are we going to do about it. Feels like america wants middle class but makes it hard to be middle class.

Kasich - april is meant to square things up. In ohio economy growing.

What's been happening, look at debt. Why does this happen. I want to change farm subsidies. You aren't for it in medford. Rebuild military? Does money grow on tree. Dont want base closing but communities say cant do that. See what im trying to you. Everything you are trying to do is opposed by people who say not me. So taxes go up. We met enemy, it's us.

Takes cell phone - this is 21st century. We make calls, when my kids were young asked what phone box was.

We buy on this, enter data one time on amazon. Used to use egg timer for long distance calls, now you can call all day. Have uber. Flying cars I chitty bang bang so i know it's going to happen.

Quality has gone up and price has gone down. Takes innovation and courage.

We have to have leaders who are willing to change status quo. I inherited state we were in such a mess. Most unpopular gov. Won because things got better. Difference with me is i didn't care, i knew we had to do these things, didn't care if they threw me out.

How many people will go to work and tell boss they are wrong? You expect politicians to tell you what you want to hear? We have to get economy moving again. So you can say it's finally starting to work. If we start drifting, put someone in that doesn't know how to do these things we will keep drifting. In my state people feel things are better, nationally we don't.

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Q - food stamps, state assistance.

Kasich - my mother used to say it's a sin to not help someone who needs help but it's also a sin to help those who can help themselves.

In ohio cash assistance you can only be on three years. My feeling is, 11m in mystate. 125,000 on assistance, that not a lot. You guys probably have same numbers. We have been told everyone is on welfare. It's not true.

We have work requirement. Food stamps - wrote law that said you have to work 20hrs a week. Unless you have high unemployment, then you waive it. I've waived it a few times.

Who goes to food banks? Families. Are there people that cheat? Off course but your on food stamps you need help. Working poor. Not trying to rip us off. Unemployment down because people dropped out of workforce. Turn welfare back to states.

You should have employers in welfare dept. Key is give training for job that exists. Cant have generational dependency. If you cant function give it to you for ever, we dont care.

Drug testing - its practical. Rehab will cost a lot of money. Cut off benefits? Then we meet them breaking in our homes. Cant believe this state legalized drugs.

In my state if you dont get trained we cut you off. Its called tough love.

You need to get employers into welfare office. Problem is 19t. Not having growth to create jobs.

We balanced budget 4yrs in a row. Economy grew like crazy. Who was in business in 2000. Things were great then they blew surplus.

How do we get gov to provide services at lower price.

Took on nursing home lobby. Spent money against me. Now they get less reimbursement. Why put someone in nursing home where they can stay in their own home.

We have to uberize government at all levels.

I gotta go to california( audience boos) i gotta go campaign

Q - fix broken healthcare and rid from regulation?

Kasich - lets talk about changing world. Who is that with you? How many times did your shift end where you spent 20 more min with family. Why?

When she was spending extra time with families was she changing world? Use gifts you are given.

Rural areas are more difficult, but many places. We have more heart hospitals than hearts. Easier to interpret dead sea scrolls than hospital bill. Tell me what it costs so it's like car insurance. For those that charge less and give quality - give reward. Allows us to shop.

Same operations could be 5000-10,000 different. We dont know how it all works. If we get prices and quality we get consumer involvement. We put it together in mystate. Next year we will make payment to physicians. Working with cleveland clinic. Need to clean up clutter of paperwork.

Part of it is just because you add tech onto to teck, need to rationalize it. Need electronic records. Drives us all crazy, its lack of common sense. We don't know complication rates, infection rates.

Im very optimistic about future. Here is theting. Can you all just vote for me please? If you don't like me you don't have to tell anyone. I will do my best. Not gonna play games, take polls, focus groups.

Sounds of protests off camera.

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