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Care debate with emergency rooms and so forth. >> in other words, you didnt put any money in, youre getting the higher wage and the benefits the guys who paid the money are receiving, youre still getting them, but you didnt pay for them. its a free rider system. >> i mean, there are closed shops, there are open shops, right? that decision can be made there, correct? >> yeah. i think. >> if im a union guy or woman, id say, okay, well, lets negotiate for union members. >> yeah. >> and union member...

And you and i and everybody else ends up picking up for them. i dont think having a free rider system in health is any more appropriate than having a free rider system in any other part of our society. >> let me ask you about the u.s. role in the world. were still digesting the intelligence thats coming out of the raid in pakistan that killed osama bin laden. you said in february, an honest assessment on 9/11 this year, ten years after the attack, would have to lead to the conclusion that we are...

>> but that is the individual mandate, is it not? >> its a variation on it. >> so you wont use that issue against mitt romney? >> no, but its a system that allows people to have a range of choices designed by the economy, but i think setting the precedent -- there are an amazing number of people who think they ought to be given health care, so a large number of the uninsured or earn under $75,000 a year dont buy any health insurance because they want to buy a second house or a better car or go o...