harris faulkner. hope you had a great weekend. enjoy the week ahead. see you back here at 5:00 a.m. eastern for "fox and friends" first. have a great week. "huckabee" starts now. >> tonight on huckabee, another delay in the affordab tonight on "huckabee," another delay in the affordable care act. >> we keep delaying things. why don't we just delay the whole bill permanently, come up with a real solution. >> unaffordable, unpopular. is obama care unstoppable? >> what you're not reading about is the government actually abusing these programs. and listening in on people's phone calls, inappropriately reading people's e-mails. >> a new report says the nsa broke thousands of privacy rules over and over again. can anything be done to stop the abuse of power in washington?

plus, political correctness gone mad. california let's transgender students use whatever bathroom they want in school. what about the privacy of their peers? and now, mike huckabee. welcome to "huckabee" from fox studios in new york city. it looks as though the voters of new york have come to their senses on the possible election of anthony weiner to be mayor. he now languishes far back in the polls. he's actually set a record for the highest unfavorable rating of any candidate ever polled in new york. a stunning 80% unfavorable. [ applause ] only 11% see him favorably and

they must be either porn og rafs, late night comedians, or people that work for cell phone providers and need his business. add to that embarrassing spectacle the case of eliot spitzer who is vying for the job of new york city comptroller, the job that oversees finance and spending. the married governor spitzer certainly proved to be a big spender on call girls, so it is hard to see why new yorkers would trust him with their money. despite the entertainment value of having these and other politicians find it impossible to leave the spotlight, no matter how humiliating it must be for their families and what friends they have left. an issue emerges. what's happened to the simple virtue of shame? have we lost completely and forever the red faced head hanging tear shedding sense of

shame? i mean, when is the last time you heard a politician associated with words like humility, con triteness, honesty. we blur the lines between shame and fame. in fact, it is as if we have equated, elevated both characterizations as if they were character qualities, in a culture that worships celebrity, we shouldn't be surprised that those in political institutions play by the same rules as those that lead the entertainment industry or sports. embarrassing, immoral behavior no longer keep you from public service but validates humanity. saying i'm sorry wipes the slate clean with the added bonus of 100% name id. ego, narcissism, raw ambition

replaced the notion of selfless servanthood. elected offices go to brazen, driven, self fueled megalow maniacs. george washington had to be begged into service as president and refused to make it a lifetime career. washington would never make the first cut of a modern day primary that requires one to have what i call elijah syndrome, saying i'm the only one god has left. what we don't see enough of is the jesus model, the let this cup pass from me, but not my will but yours be done. today's political figures are often just that. figures. as in action figures, artificial miniatures of the real thing. shame and capacity to display the shame that we have is not a bad thing, in fact it is like humility. it is a good thing. it reveals that we in fact know the difference between right and wrong and we're utterly

disgusted with ourselves when we fail. where there is no shame, all that's left is fame, and that is a sorry substitute for character. [ applause ] this week we found out that the obama care provision that puts a cap on annual out of pocket costs like co-pays and deductibles will be delayed another year until 2015. it is just the latest in obama care delays which also include the mandate on employers to provide health care for workers who work more than 30 hours per week. irs employees asked to be exe t exempt exempted, members of congress and staff get a break. not a break for you, just them. even if congressional workers that get federal contributions towards health care don't want obama care, who does? joining me now, austan goolsbee, economic adviser to president

obama when obama care was passed. thank you for joining me. good to have you. >> an honor. thank you for having me. >> we have seen so many delays, people that say we don't want obama care. interestingly, it is mostly people that are the most invested, irs workers that will administer it, members of congress and their staffs who wrote it, the unions who pushed for it. are you still one of those folks that say i love this stuff? >> well, i think the bill is going to do a lot f very good things, bring 30, 40 million to get insurance so they don't fear going bankrupt because they get sick. i would disagree slightly, governor, on the so-called exemption for congress, that's not exactly what happened. what happened is in the bill, large employers currently pay three-quarters of health care costs for their employees. you pay health insurance but

your employer pays about three-quarters. there's no provision in the exchanges because large employers don't participate in the exchanges, there's no way for employers to share the cost. when they move congressional workers into exchanges, there was no provision for how congress would keep paying its share of health care costs. they are not exempted from the requirement that they get health insurance at all. all that happened with this exemption, it didn't exempt them from the law, it said that congress as their employer can pay the share of their health care costs that a normal employer would pay. there was no exemption at all, and everybody is still participating. >> doesn't that prove that the bill wasn't read, researched. members of congress and their staffs who were directly responsible for putting it into 2300 pages didn't even know how

it would impact them, much less the rest of the country. what you just said is to me a validation of the criticism that's come to obama care. >> well, i do understand that point. this provision was stuck in at the last minute by republicans, if you recall, senator grassley. >> it was stuck in there, they felt like if the rest of america had to live under obama care, surely the sauce for the goose is good for the gander. that was the whole point. >> yes, it was. and i do understand that logic. and i personally don't like circumstances where congress literally exempts itself from laws they apply to the rest of the country, which they do. you may have seen the congressional power plant violates all sorts of clean air act rules that apply to everyone else. that sort of thing does drive me a little nuts. in this case i don't think that's fair because that's not exactly what happened here. they added this provision if you

want to call it what's good for the goose provision, but did so in a way that was totally different than the law applies to everyone else in the country. >> that's the point. they rushed it through. that's why you're seeing even the president come out and delay certain pieces of it. some suggested maybe before this cake is brought out of the oven, we ought to check the recipe and at least let it fully bake, postpone the whole thing. my question next is this. can you name me any democrat in the country who is running on his or her support for obama care as the primary platform to much they would like to be reelected? personally, i can't think of anybody running with it, they're running from it. >> fair point. i am a policy guy. i am not watching all of the races. i know there are many places where there are millions of people who have been sick in the past or have a family member who's been sick who are denied

insurance coverage or seeing their employer, their insurer drop them when they change employers. those people are going to be quite happy under the new system when insurers can't do that and when they're able to get health care they couldn't before. >> you're going to spend an enormous amount of money, $2.3 trillion possibly, but still can't name one democrat who wants to make this the centerpiece of their re-election. >> i am not the political guy. i can't name one that's not doing it either. >> i appreciate your being here. if you come up with any, because i can't, let me know. great to have you. >> i will. i will mail it to you. >> okay. thank you. >> thank you for having me. >> this week, california passed a law that mandates that students no matter their age, k through 12, and who believe that they'd rather identify with a

gender other than their biological gender, they can use whatever bathroom they feel comfortable in. i'm not kidding. but what about the kids that have to share a bathroom with students of the opposite sex? did anybody ask how awkward they'll feel? we will talk about it when we ould like to hear from you. go to my website, mikehuckabee.com. tell me what you think on the leave feedback section. follow me on twitter. find a link to that and more at mikehuckabee.com. [ male announcer ] research suggests cell health

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>> on monday, california governor jerry brown signed a law that allows transgender students in grades k-12 to be able to use any school bathroom, boys or girls, that they feel most comfortable in. the law let's them choose whether they want to play on boys or girls sports teams and share locker rooms with athletes of the opposite sex.

supporters of the law say it will help reduce bullying and discrimination against transgenders in school. karen england is executive director of capital resource institute, a public policy organization in california. they led the successful effort to stop mandatory hpv vaccinations and more. pleasure to have you here today. >> thank you for having me, governor. >> the basis upon which this law was passed and signed by the governor was that it would help to stem the tide of bullying. i am having a hard time thinking back on my school days that a biological boy going into the girls restroom would be less subject to being ridiculed and bullied than not. so what is really the basis of this? >> well, absolutely. what they really want to do is blur the genders together. we currently have law that does

take care of those very rare exceptions of those students who are struggling with their gender identity. so current law is sufficient. this is very extreme, very radical that they're going to let boys wake up one day, decide they're girls, let them have access to our restrooms and locker rooms in all our public schools in california. this is for kindergarten and high schools. >> the one thing the law doesn't provide for the student to have to provide a note from a doctor, a psychologist, even a parent. so if the child says you know what, today i am -- a boy says i feel the girl side, gets to shower with the girls when he is 14. i'm thinking if all the 14 boys i went to school with, how many of them would have awakened with that revelation. >> well, governor, i often say that boys have always wanted to get into the girls locker room, now we legalized it in california.

so it is just absolutely crazy. there's no process they have to go through to show their gender identity, like you said, they wake up one day, decide what their identity is, and then the sports team, locker rooms, pe classes, they have access to that without any sort of backup that this is an issue they're taking seriously. >> karen i don't want to be insensitive to some child that may be confused, has some issues going on, but this blanket kind of law in california is frankly the most irrational approach to this that i've ever heard and my question, what can you do about it. are you doing anything about it. >> we are, we're not going to -- most people that ran for office, i don't know any that campaigned on letting boys into girls locker rooms and restrooms, so what we have done is filed a referendum in california to stop this law from taking place and let the people vote on this. california parents do not want

this kind of craziness going in and it creates a very unsafe environment for all students. so we've started an organization. viewers can go to privacyforallstudents.com. they can get involved in the referendum process. we have a short period of time to collect a large amount of signatures, we're going to need everyone to partner with us to get this done. >> karen, i really appreciate you giving us perspective firsthand from california. thank you very much for joining us. >> thanks for having me, governor. the abuse of power in washington is going beyond control. can anything be done to stop it before it is too late? we'll discuss that when we return. stay with us. [ male announcer ] house rule number 14.

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>> we hear a lot of how the [ applause ] we hear a lot about how the government is trampling the constitution and overextending powers. the framers figured the country would one day find that it woke up with an overbearing federal government. so they put in a provision and this is the subject of mark levin's number one book called the liberty amendments. >> they left us a legacy. they left us the second amendment process under the constitution, which bypasses the government and gives the states the power collectively invention, not a constitutional convention, a convention the constitution says for proposing amendments to the rest of the states. >> that's very different though. >> very different. the constitution is not up for grabs any more than when congress, two-thirds of both houses recommends amendments to the constitution. >> so the states have the power to bypass congress, propose

amendments. constitutional attorney michael ferris launched a project on the same idea, outlined in his booklet, the convention of states. it is a plan how to go forward with the idea. good to have you here. >> great to see you. >> mark levin is really igniting a fire within a lot of conservatives and libertarians across the country, the idea of convention of the states. what is it, how does it happen? >> well, every 34 states call for convention, it happens. congress names the city and time when the convention begins. but that is ministerial in nature. congress cannot say no. the states have the power to say we're going to reign in the federal government and that's what needs to be done to stop washington, d.c. from abusing itself, abusing us through it's abuse of power. >> you've put together a plan to take mark's idea that he's getting so much attention for which is again, i mean, exciting

people. but now take it to the point of here is how we track it, here is how we do it. so talk about the plan itself, how do you make it work. >> we need 3,000 legislative districts where we have people are volunteering. there are 34 states that are necessary in order to call the convention. so we want to work in about 40 states, 42 states, try to get this to happen right away. i spoke to american legislative exchange council last week, we are getting legislative sponsors. we need citizen volunteers. when citizens stand up, speak up, say we want the states to reign in washington, d.c., it is going to happen. it is up to our state legislators and up to the people. if they join with conventionofstates.com, that's the website, we hired staff, have the mechanisms in place, we have the legal documents drafted for the state legislators, but we need the people to tell the state legislators call a convention of the states. that's the process. >> what are some of the kinds of

topics the states would be asked to put before a convention of states. >> well, anything that limits washington, d.c.'s power would be germane. a balanced budget amendment, tax limitations, spending limitations, term limits on congress. mark levin proposed curtailing power of the supreme court by giving the states a method of overriding it. all those things, abuse of the executive order power of the president, the abuse of regulatory power. all of that is up for grabs. anything that washington, d.c. does is up for grabs. the rights of the people would not be germane in the convention, nor the power of the states would be germane in the convention because all we're doing is saying it is time to reign in washington, d.c. just like george mason, who was the delegate at the constitutional convention that insisted this provision be put in article 5. >> this is mark levin talking to neil cavuto the other day about how would we deal with obama

care in such a way. >> the american people really don't know what this law is all about. i tried to figure it out, you know, you've tried to figure it out, you work on this every day, and it is clear the president, too, so what do they do? they change the law on the run, which is utterly unconstitutional. >> a convention of states would actually be able to address obama care and other things that people feel are out of control? >> the abuse of the general welfare clause and abuse of the commerce clause are the two biggest problems in washington, d.c. obama care came through the general welfare clause. the environmental protection agency comes through the commerce clause. if we can reign in those two particular clauses, it would be simple to do it, by saying if the states can regulate it, the feds can't. if states can spend money on it, feds can't. that rule of exclusive jurisdiction is at the center piece of what needs to be done invention of the states. obama care would be gone. >> we have 15 seconds. is this realistic, something

that's doable? great idea, but can it be done? >> it can be done if we have 300,000 people that will help us. it will get done within a year or two. >> i hope you go to the website and find out about it. >> thank you so much. >> michael, thank you. up next, we're talking about chaos in egypt, how it effects the u.s. to get an idea of how bad things are, there's a shocking scene of some graphic video. let me warn you, you're about to see a man being shot, an unarmed protester, standing in front of a tank as gunfire erupts in a city in northeast egypt during friday's day of rage uprising. he stands with his hands up in the air when gunfire sends him down to the ground. you see him rolling around in pain. according to reports, more than 90 people were killed just on friday.

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live from america's news headquarters. the death toll from days of violence is climbing across cairo. at least 36 people were killed. it happened when a group of muslim brotherhood detainees tried to escape a prison convoy. in washington, congress is split over whether the u.s. should cut aid to egypt. 900 have been killed in clashes with police. firefighters in idaho are tonight more hopeful about chances of controlling the beaver creek fire. it only grew 12 square miles this weekend, is now 9% contained. more than 1200 firefighters are battling flames that so far scorched an area larger than the city of denver. 2300 residents have been

evacuated. i am marianne rafr tee. back to "huckabee." before the break, we showed you graphic images of an unarmed man shot trying to stop a tank in egypt. we're going to show it to you again to show you how out of control the violence in egypt has become. eric was in egypt when morsi was removed from power last month, frequently returns to the country to interview leaders in egypt's government, talks to them in military, political parties, including muslim brotherhood. a fellow at the washington institute. eric joins me now. thank you very much for being here. >> good to be with you. >> i know you had conversations even today with sources in egypt. i would like to hear what you're getting from them as they're

right there in the middle of all of this. >> what you have in egypt, persistent strife in the streets, many egyptians not leaving their homes in part due to curfew, in part due to violence. you've tax on journalists, including some of whom are friends of mine. there's a very deep anti-western sentiment in egypt right now. so it is just a very hostile and frankly deadly environment. >> eric, the president said the united states is not taking sides, but haven't we really taken a side when we demanded that mubarak step down and then by suggesting that the current government invite muslim brotherhood to come and sit down, make nice, have talks? that's not realistic. >> calling for negotiations between the military and the group removed from power is completely unrealistic and waste of u.s. influence. our influence should have

focused squarely on trying to get the military to let the brotherhood protesters, that was the least of it, and otherwise move the rest of the country forward. these attacks and brotherhood protests will inflame things, we can expect things to get worse because of the military decision here. >> eric, one reason it appears the brotherhood was thrown from power along with morsi was their brutal handling of the secularists, of women, and especially of christians in egypt. we're not hearing a lot about that. how come? >> i don't know why, and i think you raise an important point. over 50 churches attacked in the past few days. i think it is important to emphasize they have been attacked, but churches are also not protected by the police and state. that also raises some question marks. you're correct, this uprising against morsi and the coup was response to muslim brotherhood's attempt to consolidate total power for itself. >> a lot of americans are

wondering why does this matter to me. egypt is halfway around the world, i don't have any interest in what's going on in egypt. explain. there is a connection. >> egypt is the most populous country. as we have seen elsewhere in the middle east, if any country becomes a power vacuum, that provides fertile ground for terrorists. one other thing worth remembering, egypt has a special place in americans' imagination. it is in the bible, they studied ancient egyptians. it resonates more than a place like berma when you talk about events post mubarak. >> if you had advice for this crisis, what counsel would you suggest. >> i would say keep the powder dry. bottom line, right now the conflict between the brotherhood

and military is existential. that scenario, it is hard to influence their behavior. i emphasize, influence them now. there may be a time we will again have leverage. that's why i think we don't want to play the card of the military aid right now. >> eric, thank you for joining us. great to have you and great insight in what's going on in egypt. >> thanks for having me. >> i want to talk more about violence against christians and not just in egypt. coming up, we talk to two iranian women that survive the horrors christians face under islamic regimes next. the most preferred and the most studied. so when it comes to getting the most out of your multivitamin, the choice is clear. centrum. starts with freshly-made pasta, and 100% real cheddar cheese. but what makes stouffer's mac n' cheese best of all. that moment you enjoy it at home. stouffer's. made with care for you or your family.

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. the headlines focus on growing violence between the new egyptian government and the muslim brotherhood in egypt, but mainstream media is not talking about persecution of christians in the country. muslim brotherhood torched nearly two dozen coptic churches in egypt, set fire to a christian youth center friday. last week, a ten-year-old christian girl was shot and killed in the street simply walking home. my next guests know all too well what it is like being a persecuted christian in a predominantly muslim country. they're both born to muslim families but converted to christianity. they were both arrested in 2009

and jailed in tehran's notorious prison. sentenced to death, after witnessing horrors of the prison, they were freed after continued international pressure and given asylum in the u.s. their story told in a remarkable, compelling book, "captive in iran." it is nice to have you both here. [ applause ] when i think of the fact both of you were jailed and given death sentences, that you are even here is nothing short of a miracle. why were you put in prison? i'll let you start, why were you put in prison, given a death sentence? >> well, you know, we had a mission in iran and we were distributing in tehran, and ee

advantage he willizing, shopping, doing our chores, we were talking to people, handing them a bible as a gift. as you know in iran, there's a distorted version of bible, and they don't have access to the real bible. that's why we had this passion in our hearts to put their real bible in people's hand. and also had two house churches, one for prostitutes and the other for young people in our own apartment. as you know, all these activities are illegal in iran because no one is allowed to promote any religion except islam. some people had report about us and the iranian government found out about our activity and arrested us in 2009. >> you must have been totally frighten frightened, not like you murdered anyone, not like you committed an act of violence. you have given bibles and for that you are given death sentence? >> yes.

the first day we were so afraid, we were two human beings. it was like a big shock for us. when they transferred us to the security police, they threatened physical torture. we were so scared. we just prayed for each other. the only thing that helped us survive that situation was the presence of holy spirit with us. >> if you had renounced your christian faith, said you apologize, would the death sentence have been removed from you? >> yes. and sometimes they told us that even you can write one sentence, you convert from christianity to islam and we will release you immediately. >> but you didn't do that. under the sheer knowledge that you would be put to death, you did not renounce your christian faith. why not? >> yes, because you know we both have many experience with jesus and we are not just converted to christian religion, and we are

both -- we had so many miracles. because of all our personal relationship with him, we couldn't deny jesus because denying came. it was like denying ourselves. and also jesus in bible says if you wish to follow me, you must pick up your own cross and follow me. as follower of jesus, it was important for us to pass through these tests with victory and also an honor for us to suffer for our faith. >> i think of all of the american christians i know that the least little bit of trouble, someone says something that's unpleasant to them, they all but renounce jesus. you guys are willing to diane you're not going to renounce him, and it is such i think a powerful weakup call to those of us that live with this illusion that everybody in the world can worship like they want to. the koran is given to people in the country of iran, but they

can't read it because they speak a differently language. there's a wide opening for the christian faith? >> we have this problem from our childhood because we couldn't read the koran, it was in arabic. most people in iran don't know about islam or the koran because it is in arabic and they're tired of the wrong rules of islam and want to hear the message of jesus, his message is grace and love, completely different from the teaching of the koran. >> there's a lot of pressure from the international community to help you. you feel god intervened in your lives to get you out, so as you come to the u.s. for asylum, you can get the message out, tell people of your experience and opportunities that are there. >> yes, because of all these international pressure on iranian government, they had to release us, and also many

christians. they were supporting us either by praying and sent letters to prison which made a huge difference and their behavior completely changed. and also we heard even pope from vatican sent letters to iranian government, because of all of these activities and pressure, the iranian government had to release us. >> i hope people get the book and read it. it is a remarkable story. under a death sentence in iranian prison, you still would not renounce your faith, it does bring a real conviction to all of us who have it awfully easy. [ applause ] >> thank you. what famous person do you know said this. capitalism takes more people out of poverty than aid. donald trump, maybe bill gates?

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on monday, attorney general eric holder delivered a speech to the american bar association in san francisco regarding criminal justice reform. here is what he said about sentencing nonviolent drug offenders. >> we need to ensure that incarceration is used to punish, deter, and rehabilitate, but not merely to warehouse and to f forget. i asked for modification of the charging policy so certain low level, nonviolate offenders with no ties to gangs or cartels will no longer be charged with

offenses that impose draconian mandatory minimum sentences. >> you're going to hear something pretty rare, buckle up. i actually agree with what eric holder is attempting to get done. i don't necessarily agree with the way he is doing it, i don't think it should be done apart from legislation. i think the representatives of the people should have a role. but we have created a system where we put a whole lot of people in prison who really didn't belong in prison. they belonged in drug rehab. as a governor who administered a state prison system for ten and a half years, i recall what the prison director told me many times. we lock up a lot of people that we're mad at rather than the people we're really afraid of. we need our prisons to be a place you keep people locked up that could hurt us, not just people that were stupid and got into drugs, didn't know how to handle it or get off it. the cost of putting people in prison, in every state in this country it costs more money to put a person in prison one year

than to send them to four year college or university, pay all their expenses, tuition, room, board, books, expense money. it is not sensible. so on that, you'll be surprised. the attorney general and i actually agree on something. mark it down. this week, u2 singer bono spoke about ending poverty. that might not seem unusual since many celebrities talk about it but don't do anything. he offered a solution that might surprise you. >> commerce is real. that's what you're about here, it is real. commerce, entrepreneurial capitalism takes more people out of poverty than aid, we know that. rock star preaches capitalism. wow. sometimes i hear myself, i can't believe it. >> well, actually i can believe it. i have been working with bono the past seven years on a project called the one campaign. he is one of those rare people

in the celebrity world who doesn't just do something for the photo op, he actually rolls up his sleeves and gets involved in trying to help alleviate poverty across the world. he has had a remarkable impact on hunger and on disease and yet i appreciate the fact that he recognizes that ultimately it is about bringing people up into an economy in which they can be self sustaining that makes it all work. and for that i give him my huck's hero of the week. bono is not just a rock star, he's just a star. in the first day of his digital youtube page, russell simmons released a parody sex tape, starring harriet tubman, the woman that escaped slavery and rescued many. outrage of the tape caused simmons to remove it from his youtube page. our own fox news contributor

says the hip-hop mogul ought to be punished. he tweeted this. i quote. russell simmons' net worth is north of 300 million. numerous advertisers send money to his side. he needs to be paula deen shou paula deen for something she ou said 30 years ago that was not intended to be hurtful and for which she apologized. i am glad russell simmons pulled it but i am gls lad to see he calls it straight and calls out people regardless of what their point of view parolecally may be. thank you jehmu for being a good, fair player in the game. there was a lot of outrage to the rodeo clown who wore an obama mask this week. >> president obama. hey, i know i am a clown. he goes around acting like one.

this bull is going to get you obama. he is going to get you. >> well, after that video went viral many were angered that someone would say such things about our president calling it racist. the naacp called for a full review by the secret service and the justice department. remember the movie "point break" the scene where they put on masks of president reagan, nixon, carter and johnson they grab guns and hold up a bank? no one was ever outraged over that. let's take a look at something harry reid was quoted saying in the book "gang chain in 2008. he, read, was wowed by obama's gifts and they were ready to embrace a black presidential president especially one such as obama who he called a quote light skinned african american with no negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one as he later put it privately, end quote.

could you image if i had said something like that? it would not have been very pretty. i can assure you. racism is real in this country and it is ugly and it is wrong. bigotry has no place among those of us who believe that no one is better and no one is worse. who believe that all of us have been created equal by our creator and we are endowed with inalienable lights, life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. no reason to think we are bert or worse but sometimes we get this idea racism is something that becomes a political weapon rather than the reality. let's get real. i hope we all will reject racism but that we can take even bad humor for what it is, bad humor. by the way, i hope you will join me next week for a special edition of huckabee. i have had my own solutions to obama care and i am going to tell you what they are.

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