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Money. thats why you hear people say, well, he was only in it for the money. you cant go in, i often tell clients this when they come in. what do you want me to do? i cant go in and arrest somebody. im not a prosecutor. im a civil prosecutor when i have your case, but instead of putting somebody in jail, you take away their money. thats what the tort system is. so, in this case, also in collective bargaining agreements, generally, this is not just something that is unique to the nfl. in other ty...

Defined employer as anyone engaged in business affecting commerce who has employees. where in the text of the law did congress exempt employers of animal trainers? >> thank you for the question, senator. the first point i want to make is that was not a case that involved potential compensation of the family. that was handled through the state tort system or through insurance or through a settlement with the -- sea world and the family. the case had nothing to do with compensation. it had to do w...

Defined employer as anyone engaged in business effecting commerce who has employees. where in the text of the law did congress exempt employers of animal trainers? >> thank you for the question, senator. the first point i want to make is that was not a case that involves potential compensation to the family. that was handled through the state tort system or through insurance or through a settlement with the seaworld and the family. so the case before us had nothing to do with compensation of the...

Governor of new york, governor cuomo tweeted this delta, if georgia politicians against your stand gun violence we invite to you move your headquarters to new york. are you scared? >> well, first of all, let me be very clear. new york is not as competitive as georgia is we are the number one state to do business in. when you look at our tax rate, our cost of living. along with our tort system, our regulatory environment and our workforce we are second to none. so, i dont think new york has anyth...

System and our tort system and most particularly how do we compensate for these types of tragedies. you had people here who had absolutely nothing to do with the tragedy. we have a system that recognizes that someone is just trying to get from a to b, trying to get home to their family after a hard days work or something like that and something happened accidental or otherwise, deliberate in this case which compels a remedy. behind that you have insurance that provides the remedy. our system jus...

Anxiety about obama care but it hasnt started yet. it starts october 1st. >> but the policy -- to tuckers point the policy debate should unfold on its own merits. being coupled with this extension of government spending programs. now, republicans end up looking like the bad guys and that was bill oreillys point last night here. decouple it vote on its own. now you have instead soldiers going off to work. under this -- when the money runs out, soldiers will go off the to work, he they have to rep...

What do republicans do next? a lot of people, even though 49% of the country wanted out, 39% wanted to stay, you still -- they were still going to look to republicans to replace it. >> sure. first of all, we put individuals back in charge on health care. and i think you restore state leadership in this area. not federal government. what you wont see from republicans is the 2700 page bill. 12,000 new pages of rules and regulations. you really see basically a step-by-step approach, taking a look a...

Companies and it could do harm to the ability to make profits and stay in business. theres a pattern, when you think about the various industries that have been taxed or proposed to be taxed under this administration, banks, oil companies, natural gas, the health insurance company, the drug industry and chemical companies, and with he asked today, is there any industry today that barack obama doesnt want to tax? >> brian: government. tax talk in d.c. do you believe there should be some kind of c...