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Said all along, we're willing to work out the kinks in this. but we're not going to throw out the central idea, which as you know was the same idea that republicans but forward in the 1990s and is the basis for romney care in massachusetts. they didn't throw it out in massachusetts. it's working in massachusetts. >> let me bring in the congressman from georgia because he has been very patient here. treasury department through the president, i guess, affirmed congressman pryce on friday that the unions would not be getting subsidies for employer based health care plans. are you concerned that t...

Willing to work out the kinks in this. but we're not going to throw out the central idea, which as you know was the same idea that republicans but forward in the 1990s and is the basis for romney care in massachusetts. they didn't throw it out in massachusetts. it's working in massachusetts. >> let me bring in the congressman from georgia because he has been very patient here. treasury department through the president, i guess, affirmed congressman pryce on friday that the unions would not be getting subsidies for employer based health care plans. are you concerned that the white house because...

A flcio who supported obama care said all sorts of companies are now moving to part- time employment. >> sure, just to be clear on the cost side that those numbers we saw in the study are substantially lower than projected by the cbo. market forces and competition are working to drive down the premium costs for the folks who are going to be buying in the exchanges next year. and inflation is the lowest it has been in 50 years. pieces of obama care are working already. and the issue of part- time work. the study that we reviewed showed that less than 10,000 people based on that study potentiall...

They could get a couple hours of high pay, but i don't think she would be better off. can i say, what a sad commentary that in the obama economy we're sitting around the table talking about people begging for minimum wage increases. if the economy were strong, mcdonald's would be paying higher pages, they wouldn't be able to find people to do the jobs. they would have better jobs. >> the unions saturday, the head of aflcio said there would be a push, that the unions have new power. i think business in america, you can expect they're coming next to you. the answer is economic growth. mcdonald's...

They could get a couple hours of high pay, but i don't think she would be better off. can i say, what a sad commentary that in the obama economy we're sitting around the table talking about people begging for minimum wage increases. if the economy were strong, mcdonald's would be paying higher pages, they wouldn't be able to find people to do the jobs. they would have better jobs. >> the unions saturday, the head of aflcio said there would be a push, that the unions have new power. i think business in america, you can expect they're coming next to you. the answer is economic growth. mcdonald's...