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All the way into the united states into canada. >> it doesnt seem like the border fence and beefed up border patrol and national guard inhibited drug smuggling all that much. it seems all these narcotics are still getting in here. am i wrong? >> thats right. because product for them is not the cost driver. they can lose product and they dont care. so they will run a shipment of a ton of marijuana through and then they will actually call and give themselves -- say hey, we are running this shipmen...

All the way into the united states into canada. >> it doesnt seem like the border fence and beefed up border patrol and national guard inhibited drug smuggling all that much. it seems all these narcotics are still getting in here. am i wrong? >> thats right. because product for them is not the cost driver. they can lose product and they dont care. so they will run a shipment of a ton of marijuana through and then they will actually call and give themselves -- say hey, we are running this shipmen...

Join together to bargain in order to ask for less. you join together to bargain, you collectively bargain to ask for more. collective bargaining is a huge cost driver. in addition to the 5.8% pension contribution and 12.6% health care contribution, we need that k piece to make our fiscal puzzle work. >> greta: he said hes going to collective bargain as to salary. are there other aspects which drive the costs up? >> absolutely. for example, through collective bargaining, there are a lot of teache...

Join together to bargain in order to ask for less. you join together to bargain, you collectively bargain to ask for more. collective bargaining is a huge cost driver. in addition to the 5.8% pension contribution and 12.6% health care contribution, we need that k piece to make our fiscal puzzle work. >> greta: he said hes going to collective bargain as to salary. are there other aspects which drive the costs up? >> absolutely. for example, through collective bargaining, there are a lot of teache...

>> that is a big part of the discussion from their perspective. but from those of us who are representing the taxpayers, we know that at the end of the day, once again, this is really about those pension and benefits. remember, that the unions walked away from the table in september. >> bill: mr. vos, they are going to give them back. they already said they are going to give them back. you are going to get what you want there. so lets just put that aside for a second. is the republican party in ...

Thats the crux of the matter. >> that is a big part of the discussion from their perspective. but from those of us who are representing the taxpayers, we know that at the end of the day, once again, this is really about those pension and benefits. remember, that the unions walked away from the table in september. >> bill: mr. vos, they are going to give them back. they already said they are going to give them back. you are going to get what you want there. so lets just put that aside for a secon...

>> that is a big part of the discussion from their perspective. but from those of us who are representing the taxpayers, we know that at the end of the day, once again, this is really about those pension and benefits. remember, that the unions walked away from the table in september. >> bill: mr. vos, they are going to give them back. they already said they are going to give them back. you are going to get what you want there. so lets just put that aside for a second. is the republican party in ...

Chemicals are going into their food and give them the option then of making healthier options. its not forcing them to choose it, educating them. im all for education on any kind of process at all, whether its voting or school systems or anything. an educated populous makes better decisions. and obesity, diabetes, all these illnesses that have come from a lack of knowledge and wrong eating habits in our country are costing the country a fortune too and people are dying younger all the time. >> s...

Nothing away from government workers, i have many friends that are government workers but theyre doing better than private workers. what do you make of that? >> its been going on for some time. its the only part of the economy that held itself harmless from the recession. it needs to be dealt with to get spending under control. the plan were talking about iscism. team people retire every year from the federal government, for ene every one, only hire one person to fill it back and thats how you l...

Certainly isnt going to happen before the election and may not happen before the presidential election. the ray of hope in massachusetts where they also passed a, used a mandate to cover 97% of all the people, which is impressive, no cost controls, now theyre talking about eliminating fee for service medicine. thats a huge cost-driver. its a cost-driver that doesnt have to be there. and in fact, it would be better for a lot of doctors if it werent there. most people, most primary care physicians...