some of our communities racing towards bankruptcy because they haven t been able to control costs. as we get to a balanced budget and set ohio into a situation where we can have growth. ohio has lost more jobs than every other state in america over the last 10 years, except for california and michigan. we ve got to control our costs. reform our programs. make them more efficient and more effective. and create a growth environment so people will create jobs here that will lift everybody. sean: let s talk about this. if you look at unions and these democratic groups, they are pouring a fortune into wisconsin to recall the republicans that were being fiscally responsible. in your state of ohio, this bill that you signed into law will not take effect for 90 days. in the interim, as i understand it your 0 opponents would neat 231,000 signatures. what are the odds that is going to happen?
we need a straight up vote on extending or the continuation of the current taxing environment. that s how we get a pro growth environment that leads to more jobs for the american people. sean: blame lies with the democrats. absolutely. sean: they did not have the courage before the election which is when they should have done this so the american people would know where they stan. here in this final hours, days from this thing expiring, congressman elect scott, are you content with the idea to let these expire? when you come in on january 5th, then retroactively go back and pass the tax cuts? i think it is in the american people s interests for us to continue the bush tax cuts. we should do it not just two more years but permanently. if these tax cuts are not extended before january 5th, one of the first things we should do is take it back up and say to the american people, we are listening.
we need a straight up vote on extending or the continuation of the current taxing environment. that s how we get a pro growth environment that leads to more jobs for the american people. sean: blame lies with the democrats. absolutely. sean: they did not have the courage before the election which is when they should have done this so the american people would know where they stan. here in this final hours, days from this thing expiring, congressman elect scott, are you content with the idea to let these expire? when you come in on january 5th, then retroactively go back and pass the tax cuts? i think it is in the american people s interests for us to continue the bush tax cuts. we should do it not just two more years but permanently. if these tax cuts are not extended before january 5th, one of the first things we should do is take it back up and say to the american people, we are listening.
we want to extend the entire bush tax cuts permanently nor all income brackets. we understand the top brackets is how you create jobs. we have to have a pro growth environment for this economy to recover. if we are going to deal with the deficit long term we have to have growth in the private sector. the government cannot create jobs. sean: great point. one bit of emphasis to that. i thought jim demint said it well, how do businesses make decisions with a temporary economy? exactly. we can t work in a temporary economy. this is the problem: our small businesses have to have all of these uncertainties removed. until we do that, we are not going to see the growth we need to see. the private sector jobs are created in the private sector. we ve got to remove all uncertainty, including the possibility of tax increase,
we want to extend the entire bush tax cuts permanently nor all income brackets. we understand the top brackets is how you create jobs. we have to have a pro growth environment for this economy to recover. if we are going to deal with the deficit long term we have to have growth in the private sector. the government cannot create jobs. sean: great point. one bit of emphasis to that. i thought jim demint said it well, how do businesses make decisions with a temporary economy? exactly. we can t work in a temporary economy. this is the problem: our small businesses have to have all of these uncertainties removed. until we do that, we are not going to see the growth we need to see. the private sector jobs are created in the private sector. we ve got to remove all uncertainty, including the possibility of tax increase, obama care, we to repeal that.