go in focus with steve forbes, rich karlgaard, sabrina schaefer, john tandy and bruce jackson. welcome, bruce. thank you for coming on. steve, were the protesters right? >> absolutely right in terms of choice. government gives you very little choice. we are ending up as a people paying more for less. no reason a 60-year-old man should pay for maternity benefits. so the whole thing is collapsing. both in cost in terms of joyce and in terms of the roll-out. against the whole grain of american individualism and free markets that is turning caris city to abundance. this has gone the opposite direction of the soviet union. berlin wall fell in 1989 the last i checked. >> bruce, going back to listen to the protesters before obamacare was rolled out, you realize how right some of their concerns were, don't you? >> well, certainly there are people who are, whose costs will go up but it is because they get a better plan, they get essentially health benefits they haven't had before. for most part they will get more choices. we have to remember here, they were uninsured. they had no choice

let me turn and ask if we could have a mic up here for bruce jackson.lease identify yourself for our tv audience and keep your question brief. then i'll turn to mike, who i saw second to follow up. >> bruce jackson, project on transitional democracies. senator, in addition to the opposition and the administration, you also met with the business leaders on both sides of the issue in kiev, you and senator murphy probably met with more business leaders than any senior americans have ever done. is there is a future in russia? is there a future in europe? >> thank you, bruce. i probably should have mentioned that in my remarks. it sort of varies to the degree of which they have been affected by russia. now, one of the oligarchs whose empire was based originally on chocolate, and since that has been cut off, embargoed by putin and the russians, that has more of an effect. i got the impression that they're very smart men. i got the impression that they are watching carefully the flow of events. and there have been guarded remarks supporting the demonstrators b

do we have a mic up here for bruce jackson? please identify yourself and keep your question brief.ll be allowed to act a follow-up. qwest -- >> in addition to the opposition, you also met with business leaders on both sides of the issue. you probably met with more business leaders in any senior american had done. is there a future in europe, is there a future in russia? what was your impression of these men and their impact in ukrainian politics? >> i should've mentioned that in my remarks. it varies to the degree to which they have been affected by russia. one of the oligarchs had an empire that was originally based on chocolate. since then he has been cut off and embargoed by putin and the russians. that has had more of an effect. i get the impression that they are very smart man. i got the impression that they are watching carefully the flow of events. there have been guarded remarks supporting the demonstrators but not calling for a change in government or even specifically a change in government policy. i think they are going to primarily weathervane as to how the course of ev

do we have a mic up here for bruce jackson? please identify yourself and keep your question brief. will be allowed to act follow-up. >> in addition to the opposition, you also met with business leaders on both sides of the issue. you probably met with more business leaders in any senior american had done. , ishere a future in europe there a future in russia? what was your impression of these men and their impact in ukrainian politics? >> i should've mentioned that in my remarks. it varies to the degree to which they have been affected by russia. one of the oligarchs had an empire that was originally based on chocolate. since then he has been cut off and embargoed by putin and the russians. that has had more of an effect. i get the impression that they are very smart man. i got the impression that they are watching carefully the flow of events. there have been guarded remarks supporting the demonstrators but not calling for a change in government or even specifically a change in government policy. tohink they are going primarily weathervane as to how the course of events take place.

host: bruce jackson, florida, independent line. caller: yes, good morning gentlemen. i guess the best thing to do is start off, do you trust the government? and number two, would we know about n.s.a. if it wasn't for edward snowden, trusting the government. you know we go back to fast and furious, benghazi, the i.r.s. which leaked information to the obama administration. i just, you know, and if you're worried about you're information, just go on google and google your name and find out how much information you can find about yourself on google. guest: i think that's right. in the report of the presidents review group the president released this week, they say, you know, it's important to remember that we cannot just totally trust the government. at some level, if you're going to allow surveillance authorities at all, there have to be some trust that it will not be widely abused, but you should always sort of have in mind the possibility of abuse. if you look at the hearings on this subject, you sort of, again and again, people saying we know your heart is in the righ

host: bruce jackson, florida, independent line. caller: yes, good morning gentlemen.uess the best thing to do is start off, do you trust the government? and number two, would we know bout n.s.a. if it wasn't for edward snowden, trusting the government. you know we go back to fast and furious, benghazi, the i.r.s. which leaked information to the obama administration. i just, you know, and if you're worried about you're information, just go on google and google your name and find out how much information you can find about yourself on google. guest: i think that's right. in the report of the presidents review group the president released this week, they say, you know, it's important to remember that we cannot just totally trust the government. at some level, if you're going to allow surveillance authorities at all, there have to be some trust that it will not be widely abused, but you should always sort of have in mind the possibility of abuse. if you look at the hearings on this subject, you sort of, again and again, people saying we know your heart is in the right pla

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