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Is there a corner about to be turned? >> i think so. i think the more americans who are participating in these exchanges, the more persons who have insurance and realize they no longer have lifetime caps and are realizing some of the benefits they have in their insurance, i think it will become more popular. but, look, the challenge has always been that the focus has been on the uninsured. 85% of americans had insurance, so it was viewed by those 85%, even though they were the recipients of enor...

Become more popular. but, look, the challenge has always been that the focus has been on the uninsured. 85% of americans had insurance, so it was viewed by those 85%, even though they were the recipients of enormously valuable new benefits under the affordable care act, their view is this was a program for someone else. and you know, that is what has held down the popularity of this program. it was more like a social welfare program for someone else. when, in fact, it gives greater security to e...

Politics. is there a corner about to be turned? >> i think so. i think the more americans who are participating in these exchanges, the more persons who have insurance and realize they no longer have lifetime caps and are realizing some of the benefits they have in their insurance, i think it will become more popular. but, look, the challenge has always been that the focus has been on the uninsured. 85% of americans had insurance, so it was viewed by those 85%, even though they were the recipien...

Let all the churches take care of the poor people. i grew up poor from trenton, new jersey, raised by a single mom. i benefitted from every single social welfare program that existed and was able to go on from there to stanford university and then to t"the ne york times". these programs dont exist anymore. i started working when i was 14 through a summer jobs program for poor kids. that doesnt exist anymore. >> thats the cultural problem. the conservatives are rolling back the social programs th...

And all these other terms that they throw around so lightly. this is entirely too problematic, particularly when entitles and entitlement reform is just fine when it goes to big corporations. >> and can i say on that, reverend, the slavery thing is really atrocious because theyre saying government helping folks out, in many cases giving them benefits that they paid for is the same as slavery, suggesting that slaves were well treated by their masters as if this was a social welfare program? i mea...

Congress and elected leaders to honor their word. we dont have a union representing us. we have our faith in government to honor the promises they have made to those who served. lets also point out that the $7 billion in savings this plan will generate doesnt even cover the interest -- the interest -- in the additional expenses that this same bill authorizes. >> paul ryan said, well, a lot of the retirees have a second job. so they are not living and eating off of this pension. your thoughts? >>...

Congress and elected leaders to honor their word. we dont have a union representing us. we have our faith in government to honor the promises they have made to those who served. lets also point out that the $7 billion in savings this plan will generate doesnt even cover the interest -- the interest -- in the additional expenses that this same bill authorizes. >> paul ryan said, well, a lot of the retirees have a second job. so they are not living and eating off of this pension. your thoughts? >>...

In terms of bill kristols memo, you still hear shades of that today. when you begin any kind of social welfare program, it is hard once it is in effect to bring it back, to get people off of it. anyone will make that point. this is part of what the concern is about starting it. these are real concerns. nobody is 100% certain how this will go, even people who support this bill will say this is not a perfect bill but it does more good than harm. >> these programs are hard to reverse whether they w...

Not just a few people that workers get good wages but also taxpayers benefit as well. >> steve, i talked about this on the radio today and i heard from a number of callers who said, as merchants, its impossible to compete as main street entrepreneur with walmart when they come to town because theyve got an assortment of products and willing to undercut anybody else at any level. how do you compete with them when they come to town? >> its very difficult. theres no question. walmart has -- what do...

Merchants, its compete as main street entrepreneur with walmart when they come to town because theyve got an assortment of products and willing to undercut at any level. >> no question, walmart has, what do they say, everyday low prices. go into walmart today, you get dam near, you want by 99 cents. every government intervention program and social welfare program to abate program, there is no better program than walmart because walmart raised living standards of poor people making everything fro...