| 00:00:44 |
Witherspoon, Constance Sayers - Vice President
I WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE TO WELCOME OUR VIEWERS DOING THIS ON NATIONALJOURNAL.COM . I WOULD LIKE YOU TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES. OUR...
|
| 00:01:56 |
Millar, William - President
MUCH. THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE AMERICAN ROAD AND TRANSPORTATION BUILDERS ASSOCIATION. WE WANT TO THANK GOVERNOR RENDELL AND MR. NORQUIST FOR BEING WITH...
|
| 00:05:45 |
Witherspoon, Constance Sayers - Vice President
THANK YOU, BILL. I WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK RUN DOWN. MAJOR GARRETT IS THE CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT FOR NATIONAL JOURNAL. HE REPORTED FROM FOX NEWS...
|
| 00:06:31 |
Garrett, Major - Correspondent
GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. IT IS A TREMENDOUS AUDIENCE. WELCOME TO OUR C-SPAN AUDIENCE. WELCOME TO OUR LIVE STREAMING AUDIENCE. WE WILL HAVE WHAT I HOPE...
|
| 00:08:48 |
Rendell, Edward "Ed" G. - Governor
LET ME BEGIN BY THANKING THE NATIONAL JOURNAL FOR BEING HERE. I AM HONORED AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN TO BE HERE WITH SOMEONE I DESCRIBED AS THE MOST POWERFUL...
|
| 00:13:02 |
Norquist, Grover - President
WHAT HAPPENS WITH ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND WHY I THINK THE FOLKS WHO ADVOCATE OTHER KINDS OF GOVERNMENT SPENDING HAVE MISUSED THE ROAD BUILDING INDUSTRY...
|
| 00:21:05 |
Rendell, Edward "Ed" G. - Governor
WAS NOT A HUNDRED DOLLARS BILLION IN SPENDING. 40% WAS TAX CUTS. LET'S BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT. >> A REFUNDABLE TAX CUT IS SPENDING. >> THE PENNSYLVANIA CORPORATE...
|
| 00:22:53 |
Norquist, Grover - President
TAX CODE TO CREATE A REFUNDABLE TAX CREDITS, WHICH MEANS HE WRITES A CHECK TO PEOPLE. I WANT TO BE CLEAR. CONSERVATIVES TALK ABOUT TAX EXPENDITURES. TEDDY...
|
| 00:26:05 |
Garrett, Major - Correspondent
BACK IN 1982, PRESIDENT REAGAN PROPOSED TO RAISE THE GAS TAX BY 5%. PRESIDENT REAGAN SAID IT WOULD CREATE 320,000 JOBS. WE WERE IN THE MIDST OF A RECESSION....
|
| 00:27:28 |
Norquist, Grover - President
GEORGE WASHINGTON LOST THE BATTLE OF NEW YORK. HE WAS NOT IN FAVOR OF LOSING BATTLES. YOU DON'T ALWAYS WIN. REAGAN GOT JAMMED AND WAS WORKING WITH THE...
|
| 00:29:53 |
Rendell, Edward "Ed" G. - Governor
HE -- HE SAID THE TAX INCREASE WAS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE HE MADE. HE RAISED TAXES 11 TIMES IN HIS PRESIDENCY. LOOK IT UP. NUMBER TWO. HE SAYS NO ONE...
|
| 00:34:03 |
Norquist, Grover - President
MONEY ON GOVERNMENT PROJECTS, INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN PARTICULAR OR SOMETHING ELSE. YOU HAD ME DOWN AS A DEFICIT REDUCER, WHICH IS NOT EXACTLY MY ARGUMENT....
|
| 00:37:09 |
Rendell, Edward "Ed" G. - Governor
EIS'S TAKE FOREVER. IF WE ARE GOING TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY BY INFRASTRUCTURE, WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO SHORTEN THOSE STUDIES WITHOUT HURTING THE...
|
| 00:40:25 |
Norquist, Grover - President
RATE WAS 35%. >> BUT THAT IS WHAT THEY PAY. THEY DO NOT PAY 35%. >BE HONEST. THEY DO NOT PAY 35%. IF THEY DO, THEY SHOULD FIND THEIR ACCOUNTANT. >>...
|
| 00:43:11 |
Garrett, Major - Correspondent
BRIDGES -- >> >>
|
| 00:43:23 |
Norquist, Grover - President
I RUN A TAXPAYER GROUP. YOU ARE ANTI-GOVERNMENT LIKE CANCER DOCTORS ARE A ANTI-CELL. WE NEED THE GOVERNMENT TO KEEP THE CANADIANS ON THEIR SIDE OF THE...
|
| 00:46:31 |
Rendell, Edward "Ed" G. - Governor
VOTERS WITH YOUR JOB ON THE LINE. >> WE CUT BECAUSE THE OPERATION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GOVERNMENT BY OVER $2 BILLION PER YEAR. I BELIEVE HE IS RIGHT. THE...
|
| 00:50:56 |
Garrett, Major - Correspondent
FROM THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ON TWITTER. IF YOU WANT TO PRACTICE A BIT THAT WAY, THE-- PARTICIPATE THAT WAY, THE HASTAG IS #NJDEBATE. >> IT IS FAIRLY OBVIOUS...
|
| 00:51:29 |
Norquist, Grover - President
CHANGE IN THE TAX CODE TO GET THE GOVERNMENT MORE MONEY, IS A TAX INCREASE. IT IS A CHANGE IN THE TAX CODE TO RAISE CASH FOR THE GOVERNMENT, IT IS A...
|
| 00:53:58 |
Rendell, Edward "Ed" G. - Governor
THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO RAISE THE GAS TAX. THE U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS ENDORSED INCREASING THE GAS TAX. THE AFL-CIO HAS ENDORSED RAISING THE GAS...
|
| 00:56:25 |
Norquist, Grover - President
IF YOU ARE STRUCTURING YOUR PLAN ON STRUCTURING A GASOLINE TAX, THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN. YOU COULD WORK IN COALITION WITH US TO WANT TO REDUCE TAXES TO...
|
| 00:57:31 |
Garrett, Major - Correspondent
ONLY FOR A SEPARATE MASS TRANSIT FUND? WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE MODEL IN INDIANA, LEASING A STATE HIGHWAY, AND FOR BOTH OF YOU, DO YOU THINK HIRED...
|
| 00:57:55 |
Norquist, Grover - President
FROM PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS AN IMPORTANT FIRST AND GETTING MORE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCURACY AND HONESTY IN BUDGETING. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING, THAT IS...
|
| 01:00:41 |
Rendell, Edward "Ed" G. - Governor
LEASING, STATE ASSETS, WHETHER TRANSPORTATION OR OTHER FORMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE. WE TRIED TO DO IT IN THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE. WE GOT I HIGH BID OF...
|
| 01:04:24 |
Norquist, Grover - President
WE NEED ROADS, MORE ROADS, GOOD ROADS, BRIDGES, AND LET ME SUGGEST THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH TAX PAYERS, YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH FREE RIDERS....
|
| 01:04:56 |
Rendell, Edward "Ed" G. - Governor
YOU NEED TO MAKE A PROFIT. THERE IS NO PROFIT IN MISSISSIPPI TO RUN A TRAIN SYSTEM. >> THE CHALLENGE YOU HAVE IS THAT PEOPLE IN THE PAST HAVE GONE TO...
|
| 01:05:11 |
Norquist, Grover - President
RAISE TAXES, IF YOU GIVE US THIS, WE WILL BUILD ROADS, AND THEN ROADS WERE NOT APPEARED SOMETIMES BECAUSE OF THE ENVIRONMENTALISTS HELD THINGS UP. THE...
|
| 01:07:22 |
Garrett, Major - Correspondent
MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, AUDIENCE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTIONS. PLEASE STAY HERE FOR OUR SECOND PANEL, WHICH WILL CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION....
|
NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.