and as gary b. points out so well, very few government programs come in under budget. >> bernard, do you agree with that? >> absolutely not. in fact, 94% of employers have said they absolutely will continue to give health care to their employees. so i think that while you have a small field of evidence, widespread, absolutely not. it will be a huge boon to business because americans will have confidence that their health care problems will be covered. they'll be able to get access to preventative care, like 100 million people already have. in states like new york where i am, costs are expected to go down by 50%. and so the fact that people can take their health care with them, won't have pre-existing conditions preventing them from getting the care that they need, won't have annual caps on benefits, lifetime caps on benefits, it's going to be a huge boon to the economy. a cost saver and a driver of business. >> gary b., you've been holding yourself back during that talk. ahead. take him on. >> i wis

i'm surprised he didn't bring up teachers or firemen, you know, or the -- >> just the facts, gary b. because the debt ceiling -- >> hold on, david. let gary go. >> the argumen rang the same as when were talking about the sequester. oh, my gosh, it's going to be catastroic. we can't live without the government spending. meanwhile, here's the effect of the sequester. people forget about that. as far as not paying the debt limit, what would happen if we didn't pass it? the governmentthe treasury department would have to prioritize the debt and interest payments. they could do that. they could make that a top priority. d eswhat? they'd have to live within their means for the other parts of the spending. it can't be done, but the government won't do it. >> the last time we did that, the stock market within three weeks went down 17%. consumer cfidence went down. >> are you saying the government's responsibility is to the stock market? >> no. i'm saying that you give confidence to decision making -- i don't care about that. i care about the long-term future of my kids. >> guys, you're talkin

but gary b. says, this is more about trying to hike union members instead of worker paychecks, isn't it? >> exactly, brenda. the union is like the federal government in that they get their power from having the biggest base possible so they can issue these unfillble demands. look, here the choice is clear here. would you rather have a mcdonald's 25 jobs at minimum wage or zero jobs at $15 an hour. union doesn't care about what the workers -- if the workers have jobs. they don't present something viable. they just want to have, hey, we're powerful, we got this one mcdonald's out there to give you $15 a wage. everyone join us, pay our dues, pay our -- pay our executives an astronomical amount of money, we'll have clout in washington to get our ways. unions are not helping these workers. >> mark, do you buy that, this is all about union membership? >> of course not. if there are no -- if mcdonald's has zero people working for them, how is that going to help the unions? unions get their strength thro

it's not going poof. >> gary b. smirk. you were smirking throughout that whole lecture by jonas. >> i was smiling because i like jonas. sometimes you wantders onto a good point. here he didn't, though, unfortunately. the premiums are not going to double, maybe up 90%. 17 states only have exchanges. the states that have reported, on average i will say in defense of t left, on average they'll go up. some states it will go down. but look, the bottom line is, i was to get back to jonas' point. i pay premiums. i don't have a big company. my premium in maryland will go up 30%. i'm not going to see a doctor any more than i have to. all i know is at the end of the year i'll have less money in my paycheck. what that is, it's essentially a tax. what have we seen in all the studies that have shown s there a coelation between higher taxes and higher unemployment? yes. when taxes go up, unemployment goes up. in fact, i think some of these numbers are low balling. i think john is wrong. they're going to double, go up more than 100%, so

. >> gary b.? >> here's the irony. david mentioned that all these iterations we've strengthened the law, we've strengthened it so much that every group i can see wants out of it now except for the big health care -- congress doesn't want to be under the umbrella of this. the unions don't want to be -- it's such a great law, so strong, we rushed it through, that we need to make these changes and it's even a better law now. so everyone should join up. you know, i'm sore se, jonas mentioned that we can't have all these things breaking. look, we wouldn't have all these things breaking if this was well thought out. it wasn't well thought out. >> the health care system was broken to begin with. >> hold on, david. >> sure. >> it was so well thought out that everyone wants out of it justike every other big government program. >> i've got to get tracy in here. >> this is a problem with our political system these days is that we hand out favors, and to john's point, the tax code is a book of favors as a result of it. nothing wil

the gary b. r. t. is an opportunity to explore this seriously. again i don't want to suggest i want to slow this project do you but be smart how we're making them work for the city as a whole. what that means i think it's a great idea to put as many have our transportation our muni buses or i think as many have them as we can put underground. potentially using this underpass in a more fiscal ways to move quickly into other parts of the area is great but how do we bring the community together? and how do we make it survivor for people to cross. how does it relate to golf and all the way to i think it starts to close in on scott street. so how do we begin to think of innovative ways from that particular corridor including the fill to somehow make s it a lot savors for pedestrians who are trying to cross into other areas. it's a barrier for people to walk we have a lot of folks walking and biking in the city. how do we change how we're thinking about this project to think of something created that parcels could be sold and used. i'm looking forward

my understanding of the b r t whatever it's at its sometimes much more simple than the gary boulevard b r t with the tunldz. i know that a lot of the planning into the environmental analysis is much more complex. i think it's my understanding that this funding for the engineering group and the xhauch design is in and out out of the budget it's only being phased in itself a phased approach so it's not an additional amount of money but it's important for the complexity like the project gary boulevard the tunlz that are divided differently. i urge the colleagues to think about this. that is a phased funding system. there's great things going on i'm happy we're discussing that. but i think detailing this would be harmful and we need the environmental report done and the approach that the transportation staff and i thank the gentleman foreig here this will help to engage the neighborhoods to be a part of the process and i'm for that process as well >> i think the idea to join mta and ta meeting to get the projects moving more quickly and i'll be very brief. i think that the issues that are

i'm aggressively pushing a new deadline with the support of president chiu for the gary b r t not for 20/20 as planned as discussed in the past but to open in 2018. so moving those issues and items forward without dlie is critical for that 94 now a aggressive deadline. so those projects will provide a new spine or backbone to the city with the

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gary boulevard had always been a major thoroughfare. >> it used to have streetcars on it. they are thinking of bringing them back. the b line and the a line where there until the mid-1950's. we are taking the street cars away, but bart will come out here and everything will be fine. >> downtown, gary ave. >> when you get past it, it becomes gary boulevard. >> they wanted streets to be large, they should have vegetation and trees, they should be ornamental. gary strieker was the main road from the 1850's. -- gary street was the main road from the 18th of the's. >> it was planned as a major thoroughfare. >> it was a toll road originally. we make people pay to get on the road and we make them pay when they get to the clubhouse. it was a toll road. >> i think that does it for today. thank you for coming and sharing your information and great knowledge. we wivisit us at sfgovtv.org and click on buzz, thanks for watching. >> hey there, san francisco, here with the weekly buzz, it is september, and you know what that means? it is summer time in san francisco. you want to burn some calories while enjoying the great views enjoy

fathering and this was a grandfather project from propose b passed from voters in 89 which i was involved with. the bus transit project on gary boulevard was one of those projects before you put forth money for the bicycle projects in this item you've got to remember that the bus rapid transit on gary boulevard it supposed to be light rallied ready and it's the only project that was not covered in propose k. if you're going to used money use it for the gary light project because there's a spur at the union square station there's a spur for gary and the spur is for a light rail system which is what the voters wanted in 1989 so take that into consideration before you take a long time the bike plans >> thank you very much. any other member of the public want to commit. seeing none, public comment is closed autopsy colleagues i don't think the room has changed same house, same call >> item 7. >> appointment to the action committee. >> public comment. seeing none, no one come forward. same house, same call colleagues? the item passes >> next item. >> reappointments to the gary corridor advisory committee this is an action item. >>

i said this in july i think that the gary brt is a real opportunity to do further organizing. you need projects that have money behind them. inow that b r it is very controversial but if it's going to happen there can be real physical changes that can be made to the link of transportation to japan town that can keep people coming to the neighborhood >> commissioner borden. >> yeah. i wasn't at the earlier meeting but i want to support the process. it's exciting to see a group of people come together over something that matters over the framework. this is something that we struggle with we're not creating a now a community like japan town. there's so many exciting opportunities. and heeding the words of reverend townsend this is the kind of things that don't happen in the fillmore. and some things shut down recently and that you don't take things seriously that's exactly what happened. sometimes initially it comes up organicly but we have to have the support. it's abatement to know that one of the largest tenant didn't participate and obviously japan mall meet the street in a more friendly environment s as this project comes forward bu

gary and rk. welcome to everybody. so energy prices heating up with the tension over syria. john layfield, how b? >> look, i think there's a potential this could get near $4

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