Rep. Greg Landsman
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first heard May 2025
last heard May 2025
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Correct. Yes, it was like – I mean, one of the things I did before I left City Hall was establish an office of good government because this is – you've got to be constantly improving. You have to make it better every day.
Every day, you've got to make it better and easier for people to use because you want people to use it and to get the help they need so they can be successful, so they can participate in an economy and they're contributing in a way where our economy is growing. That's what you want. And that's, yeah, that's what we did. And we can get back to it.
And I think there is something to the fact that, like, for those of us who grew up in the 90s and, I mean, we literally, you know, our parents kicked us out of the house during the summer. My kids started their summer break Thursday. And it's rainy today, and they're like, what are we going to do?
And they're just, you know, when I was leaving, they were trying to come up with a plan, but they don't really have many options and blah, blah, blah. I said to Sarah, my wife, on the way out, I mean, you could do what we do. my parents did or your parent, which is like locked, just kicking, we got locked out.
And I remember coming back to the house and being like, I wonder if she's kept the door locked, my mom. And I would, I would, and it was locked. And I was like, well, I guess I got to go play. I literally said to my son today, I was like, go in the creek. It's been raining. We used to make these little boats out of stuff we found and have races. And he was like, what are you talking about?
I was like, eh, never mind.
The tax code. It's so frustrating to me. I mean, you got all these people working their tails off and right now the tax code favors wealth, not hard work. And so what needs to happen moving forward to fix what's fundamentally broken about the economy and the world in which we're living or the country is you got to fix the tax code so that it rewards hard work, not wealth.
And then what do I need to calm down about? I don't know.
Wait, hold on.
What do I get too worked up about?
I mean, I do... Yeah, since it's sports-related, I get way too worked up about the Bengals. Yeah. I'm getting nods here. Like, I...
Let's go back to me being a 90s kid. In 1989, the Bengals went to the Super Bowl, and it became my identity. There's a picture of me in the local paper, because I grew up in Butler County, and we had a little teeny local paper. That's also where J.D. Vance grew up, by the way. But very different experiences, or at least after. We probably have very similar experiences. Doesn't matter.
Not the point of the story. Point of the story is... In 1989, Bengals go to the Super Bowl, becomes my entire identity. I'm on the front page of our paper with a bunch of other kids from sixth grade, right? Because I was in sixth grade at the time and we're all in Bengals gear. And that, I like cut it out and I framed it and I was so excited.
But then they go to the world, they go to the Super Bowl and they lose in the last minute. And it is the most unhealthy relationship I have. And no matter what I do to try to manage my emotions and to try to stay calm, Everything about it makes me worked up and to the point where I can't go to the stadium anymore.
I had to watch the last Super Bowl in 2023 because my son wouldn't watch with me because usually I watch with him and I fold laundry or I make beds. I have to be doing something other than watch the game. Otherwise, I'm too emotionally, I feel like I'm going to have a heart attack. I went to go watch at a friend's house. They put me in a room with a sound machine and a dog.
So that I could sit there and pet the dog to get through the game. And the door stayed shut. And it was still very difficult.
I have healthy relationships in my life. That is the most unhealthy thing that I have. And I can't. It's not fixable. And it is what it is.
You too. Thanks.
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