and horace cooper, a fellow at the public policy research center.you think that this country has the will to move sfad forward and enable to live. >> i don't know that the country has the will. i know a discussion is happening. there seems to be movement with the states adopting paid family leave, and the conversation really turning to making the business case. it's happening. >> so california now have had the law on the books for a number of years, looking to expand the benefits, the conversation is starting, hillary clinton brought it up on the campaign trial. we are not hearing anything from the republican candidates. should we talk about this issue? >> we should talk ing about if, but not in the context of this is something we need to do. we should talk about what are we doing to encourage growth and job creation. in the state of texas we see migration from companies league california to go to texas. people talk about protections, there's a difference between the protections an employee earns and has. >> that is the concern that is raised when t