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Would get the both. >> you are against the idea of bobby gindale. >> i dont like sales tax. we saw the experiment in europe with that. they are onerous often than income tax . they are sneaky, too. it is vast and they are put in every element of sales and you dont know what the true tax rate and the cost. gin dales program is to replace one source of government to do with another. it doesnt reduce what john and i would like to reduce the flow of money to the government. >> milton freeman didnt l...

Homosexuality or the practice of it, does that disqualify the person from holding office? >> the fact is that you have to take each nomination, each. >> bill: it doesnt qualify him? is that what you are saying to me. >> we dont have a litmus test log cabin republicans. no we do not. >> bill: it seems he objected to this ambassador saying luck luxenberg is a catholic country 75%. sending openly gay man over who has yucked it up with these anti-catholic people in san francisco. this is the ambassa...

Homosexuality or the practice of it, does that disqualify the person from holding office? >> the fact is that you have to take each nomination, each. >> bill: it doesnt qualify him? is that what you are saying to me. >> we dont have a litmus test log cabin republicans. no we do not. >> bill: it seems he objected to this ambassador saying luck luxenberg is a catholic country 75%. sending openly gay man over who has yucked it up with these anti-catholic people in san francisco. this is the ambassa...

Object on a religious basis to homosexuality or the practice of it, does that disqualify the person from holding office? >> the fact is that you have to take each nomination, each. >> bill: it doesnt qualify him? is that what you are saying to me. >> we dont have a litmus test log cabin republicans. no we do not. >> bill: it seems he objected to this ambassador saying luck luxenberg is a catholic country 75%. sending openly gay man over who has yucked it up with these anti-catholic people in san...

Experimentation. well, let me talk briefly about where i dont want to cut because whats interesting as i listen to my republican friends, they have an interesting formulation. in the end they might be willing to tax the rich if we will help them attack the poor. its really quite an extraordinary equivalence. in particular they say they want to restrict the cost of living increase that goes to people on social security. there are women living not far from where im sitting now here in washington w...

Cansky you something? >> greg: no. >> dana: what is recreational use? >> greg: that kills me. >> dana: what does that mean? >> greg: experimentation. in college i experimented. what? you wore white lab coat? no. you did drugs. you do drugs. what tells me about this, i am for legalization, decriminalization. its not about taxation. i just think -- nothing could be worse -- dabs representation. >> greg: without drug recreation. now i lost my point. my point is this. you can smoke pot in a bar, but...

Level of coverage. some states are asking to get same funds for doing less. they said no. that will not work that way. weve got to stick to the law. what is also clear in the material that hhs put out yesterday, they said look, if you want to cover less people and do some experiments where we match a little bit, we give you full matching for certain targeted groups, were open to that. theyre open to experimentation. one thing that is critical i think throughout this whole discussion that states ...

Vermont may go single payer. so were going to see quite a bit of learning in the next few years as the states struggle with costs reduction. >> that is really interesting there is aot of room for experimentation at the state level to see what is going to get the costs down. >> i mean -- >> a ton, yes. >> the one nice thing about having by far the highest health care costs in the world is that it seems like there are a large number of9 options that you could pursue that would produce a now there ...

Pluralistic system. i think the good news in the aca is the pluralism of state-by-state approaches to cost were seeing around the country. its exciting, oregon with community care organizations, massachusetts is trying a global cap. arkansas is pushing bundled payment to the limit. its exciting to see what theyre going to do if their new state legislature lets them proceed. maryland has an all-payer system, theyre going to experiment more with. vermont may go single payer. were going to see quit...

Experimentation. romney care as a precursor. obama care. states believe in states racing to the top. one of the aspects in this, im complaining about california and alabama get ignored. the opposite are you are in a swing state, you are innovative. theres this hilarious thing in columbus ohio yesterday, live tweeting the ads. to wrap up in columbus ohio, 45 of 45 ads were political ads. at a certain point, the amount of media markets and voters is fixed and limited. the amount of money is unlimi...