Better than Fox's Conaty and Placko w/John Kass: Berkowitz w/ Dan Proft on School Choice, lower taxes, original sin and much more; Cable and Streaming
Dan Proft[Republican Primary candidate for Governor]: I was born with original sin as a Catholic and I’ve added to it considerably over my 37 years. [Watch show w/Proft here]
Jeff Berkowitz: But, any personal blemishes that are comparable to …
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Jeff Berkowitz: [The State] is in the business of defining marriage. But, why shouldn’t it define it in a way that is consistent with your libertarian philosophy.
Dan Proft: Well, it is not consistent with social mores. It is not consistent with the traditional definition of marriage, which is a building block institution in our civilization.
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Dan Proft: I’m not saying that gambling should be illegal.
Jeff Berkowitz: [you’re saying] the state shouldn’t do it?
Dan Proft: I’m saying the state should not be in the business of it because—
Jeff Berkowitz: Even if it’s a way of keeping taxes lower?
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Republican Primary gubernatorial candidate Dan Proft debates and discusses tonight a broad range of state leadership, legislative and cultural public policy issues with show host and Executive Legal Recruiter Jeff Berkowitz on a show taped on August 16, 2009. Topics range from cutting the state income tax rates by 50% to ultimately abolishing the state income tax to capping state spending growth to Milton Friedman to Lord Keynes to Jack Ryan to school choice to the Chicago 9 to "Fixed systems," in Illinois Government to the importance of good ideas to Original Sin to guns and much, much more.
You can watch the show with Dan Proft on your computer. For another detailed partial transcript and more about the show with Dan Proft, please go here
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Chicago and Aurora:
The "Public Affairs," show featuring Republican Primary gubernatorial candidate Dan Proft airs throughout the City of Chicago tonight at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21(CANTV, aka Chicago Access Network TV) and also on on cable in Aurora and surrounding areas at 7:30 pm on ACTV-10. The Aurora station, ACTV-10, aka Aurora Community Television, Comcast Cable Ch. 10, reaches all of Aurora, Bristol, Big Rock and parts of Oswego, Sandwich, Sugar Grove and Montgomery.
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Non-traditional coalitions around School Choice, the second time is the charm?
Dan Proft [Republican Primary Candidate for Governor]: You have to build non-traditional coalitions. I announced my school choice program at a black Baptist church on the south side of Chicago. That is not exactly a normal coalition partner for the Republican Party.
Jeff Berkowitz: That’s where Jack Ryan announced—Hales Franciscan, south side school, African-American—
Dan Proft: And, I’ll be in East Hazel Crest—
Jeff Berkowitz: How did it work for Jack?
Dan Proft: We’ll never know.
Jeff Berkowitz: He won the primary but not the general.
Dan Proft: We’ll never know, but it had nothing to do with school choice.
Jeff Berkowitz: Because?
Dan Proft: I’m not interested—
Impact of personal blemishes
Jeff Berkowitz: Because he had a personal blemish, right?
Dan Proft: I’m not interested in rehashing 2004.
Jeff Berkowitz: Dan Proft, you got any personal blemishes?
Dan Proft: I was born with original sin as a Catholic and I’ve added to it considerably over my 37 years.
Jeff Berkowitz: But, any personal blemishes that are comparable to ….
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Jeff Berkowitz: You are 37 years old?
Dan Proft [Republican Primary Candidate for Governor]: I am.
Jeff Berkowitz: You are single?
Dan Proft: I am.
Jeff Berkowitz: You live in Chicago?
Dan Proft: I do.
The no skeletons oath
Jeff Berkowitz: You take the oath, no skeletons?
Dan Proft: [Hearty laughter] I am not here to present myself as a person without flaw, what I am here to do is say—
Jeff Berkowitz: But, not so many flaws that your message would be overridden?
Dan Proft: No, I don’t believe so, no
Jeff Berkowitz: And, this is not to make a bad example of …
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Jeff Berkowitz: Let me ask you this, you’re a Libertarian, right?
Dan Proft [Republican Primary Candidate for Governor]: Um-um.
Jeff Berkowitz: Basically?
Dan Proft: Um-um.
Live and let live
Jeff Berkowitz: Live and let live, right?
Dan Proft: Okay.
Jeff Berkowitz: Yeah. On gay rights-
Dan Proft: Within boundaries.
Jeff Berkowitz: On gay rights, you don’t want to allow individuals of the same gender to marry, why not? I mean, why should the state prohibit that? They’re not hurting anybody, are they?
Dan Proft: It’s not about hurting anybody. It’s about changing the definition of marriage. Marriage is—
Jeff Berkowitz: No, you can have a religious definition. I am talking about the state definition. Why is it that the state should intervene and say “You folks of the same gender can’t get married.” If the Catholic religion wants to say that, they can say what they want.
Dan Proft: Well, of course they can but my point is the state should not get in the business of re-defining marriage—
The State, Gays and the definition of marriage
Jeff Berkowitz: It is in the business of defining marriage. But, why shouldn’t it define it in a way that is consistent with your libertarian philosophy.
Dan Proft: Well, it is not consistent with social mores. It is not consistent with the traditional definition of marriage, which is a building block institution in our civilization.
Jeff Berkowitz: Same with gaming. You are libertarian. Why do you care about gaming? You’re upset—
Dan Proft: What do you mean why do I care about gaming?
Jeff Berkowitz: …if people want to …gamble, even though it is maybe a bad calculation—they’re likely to lose
Dan Proft: uh-uh.
The State, gaming and video poker
Jeff Berkowitz: Why should you say it’s a problem.
Dan Proft: I’m not saying that gambling should be illegal.
Jeff Berkowitz: [you’re saying] the state shouldn’t do it?
Dan Proft: I’m saying the state should not be in the business of it because—
Jeff Berkowitz: Even if it’s a way of keeping taxes lower?
Dan Proft: Look
Jeff Berkowitz: If you have the alternatives to finance a capital project-- raise taxes or have video poker gaming?
Dan Proft: It is irresponsible for the state to rely on the lottery to fund schools, on video poker to fund our infrastructure. These are big ticket systems that require sensible public policy and to talk on the one hand about gambling and how we don’t want to exploit the poor and then to say the Illinois lottery is how we fund schools…
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Jeff Berkowitz, Show Host/Producer of "Public Affairs," and Executive Legal Recruiter doing legal search can be reached at JBCG@aol.com. *************************************************************
"Public Affairs," is a weekly political interview show airing in Chicago on CANTV, in the Chicago metro area, Aurora and Rockford on Comcast and also often on the Illinois Channel. You can watch the shows, including archived shows going back to 2005, here.
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More than 100 of our shows from the last two years are posted on the Public Affairs YouTube page , including very recent shows with 7th CD Democratic Primary candidates State Rep. Collins, State Rep. Ford and Chief Deputy Recorder of Deeds Williams-Burnett; 10th CD Dem. Primary Candidate State Rep. Hamos; and Republican Gubernatorial Primary Candidate Dan Proft.
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Jeff Berkowitz: But, any personal blemishes that are comparable to …
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Jeff Berkowitz: [The State] is in the business of defining marriage. But, why shouldn’t it define it in a way that is consistent with your libertarian philosophy.
Dan Proft: Well, it is not consistent with social mores. It is not consistent with the traditional definition of marriage, which is a building block institution in our civilization.
***************************************
Dan Proft: I’m not saying that gambling should be illegal.
Jeff Berkowitz: [you’re saying] the state shouldn’t do it?
Dan Proft: I’m saying the state should not be in the business of it because—
Jeff Berkowitz: Even if it’s a way of keeping taxes lower?
**********************************
Republican Primary gubernatorial candidate Dan Proft debates and discusses tonight a broad range of state leadership, legislative and cultural public policy issues with show host and Executive Legal Recruiter Jeff Berkowitz on a show taped on August 16, 2009. Topics range from cutting the state income tax rates by 50% to ultimately abolishing the state income tax to capping state spending growth to Milton Friedman to Lord Keynes to Jack Ryan to school choice to the Chicago 9 to "Fixed systems," in Illinois Government to the importance of good ideas to Original Sin to guns and much, much more.
You can watch the show with Dan Proft on your computer. For another detailed partial transcript and more about the show with Dan Proft, please go here
***********************************************
Chicago and Aurora:
The "Public Affairs," show featuring Republican Primary gubernatorial candidate Dan Proft airs throughout the City of Chicago tonight at 8:30 pm on Cable Ch. 21(CANTV, aka Chicago Access Network TV) and also on on cable in Aurora and surrounding areas at 7:30 pm on ACTV-10. The Aurora station, ACTV-10, aka Aurora Community Television, Comcast Cable Ch. 10, reaches all of Aurora, Bristol, Big Rock and parts of Oswego, Sandwich, Sugar Grove and Montgomery.
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Non-traditional coalitions around School Choice, the second time is the charm?
Dan Proft [Republican Primary Candidate for Governor]: You have to build non-traditional coalitions. I announced my school choice program at a black Baptist church on the south side of Chicago. That is not exactly a normal coalition partner for the Republican Party.
Jeff Berkowitz: That’s where Jack Ryan announced—Hales Franciscan, south side school, African-American—
Dan Proft: And, I’ll be in East Hazel Crest—
Jeff Berkowitz: How did it work for Jack?
Dan Proft: We’ll never know.
Jeff Berkowitz: He won the primary but not the general.
Dan Proft: We’ll never know, but it had nothing to do with school choice.
Jeff Berkowitz: Because?
Dan Proft: I’m not interested—
Impact of personal blemishes
Jeff Berkowitz: Because he had a personal blemish, right?
Dan Proft: I’m not interested in rehashing 2004.
Jeff Berkowitz: Dan Proft, you got any personal blemishes?
Dan Proft: I was born with original sin as a Catholic and I’ve added to it considerably over my 37 years.
Jeff Berkowitz: But, any personal blemishes that are comparable to ….
*************************************************************
Jeff Berkowitz: You are 37 years old?
Dan Proft [Republican Primary Candidate for Governor]: I am.
Jeff Berkowitz: You are single?
Dan Proft: I am.
Jeff Berkowitz: You live in Chicago?
Dan Proft: I do.
The no skeletons oath
Jeff Berkowitz: You take the oath, no skeletons?
Dan Proft: [Hearty laughter] I am not here to present myself as a person without flaw, what I am here to do is say—
Jeff Berkowitz: But, not so many flaws that your message would be overridden?
Dan Proft: No, I don’t believe so, no
Jeff Berkowitz: And, this is not to make a bad example of …
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Jeff Berkowitz: Let me ask you this, you’re a Libertarian, right?
Dan Proft [Republican Primary Candidate for Governor]: Um-um.
Jeff Berkowitz: Basically?
Dan Proft: Um-um.
Live and let live
Jeff Berkowitz: Live and let live, right?
Dan Proft: Okay.
Jeff Berkowitz: Yeah. On gay rights-
Dan Proft: Within boundaries.
Jeff Berkowitz: On gay rights, you don’t want to allow individuals of the same gender to marry, why not? I mean, why should the state prohibit that? They’re not hurting anybody, are they?
Dan Proft: It’s not about hurting anybody. It’s about changing the definition of marriage. Marriage is—
Jeff Berkowitz: No, you can have a religious definition. I am talking about the state definition. Why is it that the state should intervene and say “You folks of the same gender can’t get married.” If the Catholic religion wants to say that, they can say what they want.
Dan Proft: Well, of course they can but my point is the state should not get in the business of re-defining marriage—
The State, Gays and the definition of marriage
Jeff Berkowitz: It is in the business of defining marriage. But, why shouldn’t it define it in a way that is consistent with your libertarian philosophy.
Dan Proft: Well, it is not consistent with social mores. It is not consistent with the traditional definition of marriage, which is a building block institution in our civilization.
Jeff Berkowitz: Same with gaming. You are libertarian. Why do you care about gaming? You’re upset—
Dan Proft: What do you mean why do I care about gaming?
Jeff Berkowitz: …if people want to …gamble, even though it is maybe a bad calculation—they’re likely to lose
Dan Proft: uh-uh.
The State, gaming and video poker
Jeff Berkowitz: Why should you say it’s a problem.
Dan Proft: I’m not saying that gambling should be illegal.
Jeff Berkowitz: [you’re saying] the state shouldn’t do it?
Dan Proft: I’m saying the state should not be in the business of it because—
Jeff Berkowitz: Even if it’s a way of keeping taxes lower?
Dan Proft: Look
Jeff Berkowitz: If you have the alternatives to finance a capital project-- raise taxes or have video poker gaming?
Dan Proft: It is irresponsible for the state to rely on the lottery to fund schools, on video poker to fund our infrastructure. These are big ticket systems that require sensible public policy and to talk on the one hand about gambling and how we don’t want to exploit the poor and then to say the Illinois lottery is how we fund schools…
***************************************
Jeff Berkowitz, Show Host/Producer of "Public Affairs," and Executive Legal Recruiter doing legal search can be reached at JBCG@aol.com. *************************************************************
"Public Affairs," is a weekly political interview show airing in Chicago on CANTV, in the Chicago metro area, Aurora and Rockford on Comcast and also often on the Illinois Channel. You can watch the shows, including archived shows going back to 2005, here.
**************************************************************
More than 100 of our shows from the last two years are posted on the Public Affairs YouTube page , including very recent shows with 7th CD Democratic Primary candidates State Rep. Collins, State Rep. Ford and Chief Deputy Recorder of Deeds Williams-Burnett; 10th CD Dem. Primary Candidate State Rep. Hamos; and Republican Gubernatorial Primary Candidate Dan Proft.
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