levin. mr. levin: i now yield two minutes to another gentleman who's worked on welfare reform over the years, mr. neal from massachusetts. the speaker pro tempore: how many minutes? mr. levin: two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. neal: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank mr. levin. well, we're at it again. there's no greater misuse of time than refighting the last election. the last election is just that, the last election. it's over. governor romney's posters said at the -- pollsters said at the time, we are not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers. after it was pointed out that there were so many mistakes and miscalculations in their proposal. well, they might not have cared about the facts, but today i do. i chair the democratic position defazio, woolsey, mr. and dick gephardt at the time. it was to move americans from welfare to work and it worked. the legislation has been very successful in meeting that goal. welfare reform

levin: mr. president, first i want to commend senator murray and the budget committee for the plan that they've presented to us. it really represents an enormous step forward on an issue of huge significance to american taxpayers. it's a step towards balanced deficit reduction. an important part of balanced deficit reduction is reducing the deficit without severely damaging important protections for and investments in american families and one way to do that is ending unjustified tax loopholes and ending the damage they have inflicted on our budget. senator murray's summary of the foundation for growth, the budget plan before us, refers to "the sheer magnitude of the revenues lost to offshore tax abuse, wasteful and inefficient loopholes, and other business tax breaks." now, many senators have focused on this issue over the months and the years, a number of them will i expect be joining me on the floor over the next few minutes. for many years as chairman of the permanent 13450e subcommittee on

i so admire senator levin. clearly, when he retires in two years, the united states senate will lose this powerful voice for military families and investigating things that need to be investigated by this body. michigan is a much better place because of carl levin. our country, the united states, is a much better place because of carl levin's service. >> when it comes to the secretary of state and the people around her, i think that what i, what i found striking is her ability to stay focused at all times as much as possible on what is happening. she doesn't get distracted by the details if they're not important. details often matter, but she has an ability to stay focused on the big picture. how is what is happening in afghanistan impacting what they might be doing in the middle east? how is what is happening in the middle east impacting what they're trying to do in asia? i think she had a good sense of what is the big picture, what is the strategy here? and, of course, she's surrounded by people who are helpi

the great one, mark levin.ou know, mark, if this is how democrats want to play, all right, we're big boys, we can take it. politics is a blood sport, but if that's the case, then every democrat that has signed onto obama's reckless 6 trillion dollars in debt and his spending that hasn't created a single job, didn't cut the deficit in half, i think it's time to just describe them for what they are, they are thieves breaking open our children's piggy bank and robbing future generations blind. how many republicans have taken offensive positions like that. time for them to get more aggressive? >> yeah, it would be nice if they got more aggressive and all they have to do is speak the truth and in complete sentences, but for some reason doesn't seem to work among the republicans. here, let me try it this way. let's take medicare, they're going to talk about paul ryan throwing old women off the cliff, right? who has destroyed medicare advantage. >> sean: obama. >> you're not going to have medicare advantage. obama did

levin, a democrat is michigan's longest serving senator. first elected in 1978. the senior democrat serves as chairman of the armed services committee. levin says he wants to serve without the distraction of campaigning. >>> now at the vatican a decision on whether to begin the conclave to elect a new pope is expected soon. the last voting cardinal arrived in rome yesterday, and the cardinals were briefed on vatican finances. randall pinkston is in vatican city. randall, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ann marie. it's another day of talks for the cardinals underway as we speak with the arrival of the 115th cardinal. they are a day closer to deciding the date of the conclave, but we will not know for sure whether they have made a decision until the day's meeting is over. >> reporter: cardinals from around the world are meeting for a fifth day of discussions that could produce a decision on when the papal election will begin. a vietnamese cardinal was the last elector to arrive in rome. 115 voting cardinals are now in place. >> they are men of faith. they

his lavish lifestyle was on monday ordered to pay a nominal court fee of just one pound nicholas levine forty eight was jailed for thirteen years max after admitting to orchestrating a lucrative ponzi scheme which raked in three hundred sixteen million pounds for him of course he's doing time thirteen years obviously because his ponzi scheme just like bernie made off targeted rich people not the sherlock's schmucks out there well you know i mean he should be walking the boris plug the boris playbook above the mayor's office i mean the the mayor or maybe david cameron or maybe mark carney the incoming but you know governor of the bank of england they should all get up there on the boards playing with this criminal here the guy who stole all this money and they should decide who should walk the plank should it be the politicians that only say one pound fine to this kind of wholesale financial fraud or the politicians themselves and then the people here on the job should get on a barge and vote like one of those shows where you vote on the star who go wins and who loses here there should v

senator mccain and levin giving harsh critics.ange mccain was talking about the fact that no one on the panel could seem to figure out who was directly responsible at the the individual level for communicating with the regulator of the occ. let's listen to a compelling exchange heard there. >> you don't know who the individual might have been. jp morgan is so big that you don't know who has a serious responsibility to make required reported to the occ. is that correct? >> that's correct. it could be one of the memorable sound bites. it forced him to acknowledge the size of jpmorgan. b . >> i just wonder if you thought the line of questioning, kate, they keep talking about egregious mistakes not being too big and people will be debating, have been debating if the two are exclusive. >> i think that's right and jpmorgan is a huge bank. i'm not surprised they wouldn't know the direct person involved for sending the e-mail ls off. then again, this was a huge problem and saying i was relying on my staff and they didn't show us the probl

i so admire senator levin. clearly when he retires in two years, the united states senate will lose his powerful voice for military families and investigating things that need to be investigated by this body. michigan is a much better place because of carl levin. our country, the united states, s a much >> on our next "washington journal" we'll get an update on the kigse creation of health care exchanges in states as part of the affordable care act. then we're joined by former fema director and the former head of the transportation security administration. the co-chair for protecting america. an organization focusing on national disaster preparedness. later, richard dieter will discuss attempts to abolish the death penalty on a state level. "washington journal" each morning at 7:00 eastern on c-span. >> i think what i found striking is her ability to stay focused. at all times as much as possible on what is happening. she doesn't get distracted by the details, if they are not important. she has an ability to st

which was weird. >> carl levin and nick d'aloisio, when we continue. funding for charlry rose was provided by the following: captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. . >> rose: carl levin is the longest serving senator in michigan's history. earlier this month he announced we not run for re-election. i want to talk to him today about his thoughts of being in the senate for as long as he has been in the senate. talk about the issues that he wants to focus on for the next two years and get a sense of the history that he has lived. senato, welcome. >> charlie, great to be with you. >> let me start with your remarks as you said. i can best serve my state and nation by concentrating on the challenging issues i'm in a position to help address in the next two years, by doing my job without the distraction of campaigning for re-election. tell me what you hope to accomplish in the next two years before we look back at what you have accomplished? >> i want to focus on what i think is the greatest challe

i so admire senator levin. clearly when he retires in two years, the united states senate will lose his powerful voice for military families and investigating things that need to be investigated by this body. michigan is a much better place because of carl levin. our country, the united states, is a much representative coming up, a conversation on women in politics. the transportation policy conference looks at funding priorities. later, a consumer protection summit hosted by the justice department. >> george washington enjoyed a long relationship in alexandria. and the time alexandra was founded in 1749 when he was 17, until he died at age of 67. he participated in the political life of the city. he was the trustee of alexandria and he was a justice of the piece of fairfax county. he represented alexandria in the virginia legislature. even when he was president, he made sure that when they chose this area to be the new site of the nation's capital that alexander was included in the original district of columbi

carl levin, first elected in 1978, will not run for re-election in 2014. he's the longest-serving senator in michigan's history. chairman of armed services, he ranks fifth on the overall seniority list. carl levin is 78 years old. >>> the white house is trying to defend the announcement that it will suspend white house tours due to budget cuts from that sequester. breaking down the numbers, the u.s. secret service says it has 37 officers on staff for tours at a weekly cost of $74,000. the white house is getting slammed for this, because it's such a public and visible cut, while other forms of government keep right on going, as if they're trying to prove a point. while other expenditures continue, house speaker john boehner has called cancelling the white house tours silly. >>> two items regarding weight making news tonight. a new study shows paying people is an incentive to work off a few pounds. a chance to win or lose 20 bucks a month was enough to convince some dieters in a year-long study to drop an average of nine pounds. we also learned today, more t

i so admire senator levin.clearly when he retires in two years, the united states senate will lose his powerful voice for military families and investigating things that need to be investigated by this body. michigan is a much better place because of carl levin. our country, the united states, is a much better place because of carl levin's service. would the chair announce the business for the day? the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, the senate will be in a period of morning business until 5:00 p.m. with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: mr. hatch: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. hatch: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. hatch: now, mr. president, there is no -- it's no secret that our tax code is in d

. >> [speaker not understood] levin, [speaker not understood]. i wanted to go through where we are with the expenditures and revenue. i wanted to talk about the positions we have hired. so, we continue to receive more revenue than we have in the prior years. we expect to finish the year with about $13 million in revenue and expense savings. that is $11 million in additional revenue in the budget, savings of $2 million in expenditures. $11 million is primarily chargeses for service which we had started last year, providing a graph in your package and a graph up here. and as you can tell, we are almost completely -- we have almost completely filled the little bucket, if you will, of revenues and we have only been four months of the fiscal year. we have more revenue this fiscal year than we had this time last year by about 24%. and we still have increases in valuation in the projects. in terms of expenditures, we continue to track less than the budget. this is primarily in the areas of personnel. we have -- since -- we've hired since the last time w

levin is 78 years old. a late-winter storm spun up the east coast today and caused new damage in places still recovering from hurricane sandy. coastal flooding was a big concern for new jersey and massachusetts. at the same time, up to eight inches of wet, heavy snow was expected across new england. this storm has proved unpredictable, sparing washington but dumping up to 20 inches in parts of virginia. in economic news, the federal reserve today reported household wealth is finally nearing pre- recession levels after more than five years. it topped $66 trillion the dow jones industrial average gained 33 points to close above 14,329, a new record high. the nasdaq rose more than nine points to close at 3,232. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: and we turn to the budget battles in washington, where president obama has embarked on a kind of charm offensive as he begins new rounds of fiscal negotiations with republicans. newshour congressional correspondent kwame holman b

, it's name to step down. >> stephanie: i love mark levin.popular and funny liberal radio hosts in the country -- >> stephanie: i love you mark levin. [♪ romantic music ♪] >> stephanie: and i love the sound of your voice. >> anyone who knows stephanie miller, and there aren't many know knows she has no audience -- >> stephanie: what it all started so well -- >> violence against women act. i'm going to punch the crap out of the bitch that came up with that one. >> stephanie: yeah, there was entirely too much protection in the violence against women act, you know, because it -- >> bitch. >> stephanie: -- covered bays and -- >> now it could be the violence against men act as well now that the gay marriage -- >> stephanie: yeah there might be entirely too many people protected from violence, and we can't have that -- >> i'm just imagining kissing mark levin. >> oh, god! why would do you that. >> stephanie: jim, tony perkins. [♪ "psycho" scary music ♪] >> my name is alford hitchcock and that's the wrong tony perkins. >> stephanie: you have to keep

as the longest serving senator in michigan history, levin's departure leafs a big opens for republicans in a state where they are looking to make gains. one gop official floated four possible names to politico including congressman mike rogers. democrats maintain an effective 55-45 majority over republicans in the last election cycle to keep the senate firmly in their control. jay rockefeller and tom harken are added to the mix. the senate becomes all more vulnerable for the democrats. wait and see. >>> later today, osama bin laden's son-in-law will appear in a new york city courtroom where he faces charges of conspiracy to kill americans as a member of al qaeda. abu ghaith who appeared alongside bin laden and claimed responsibility for the 9/11 terror attacks will stand trial in u.s. federal court instead of being detained in guantanamo bay. many gop lawmakers were quick to oppose the decision to keep ghaith in the u.s. for trial yesterday. senator lindsey graham criticized the obama administration for not utilizing the prison at gawn taun ga guantanamo bay. >> we're putting the admini

survive but britain is an island nation about to sink as they point out in this case with nicholas levine he was running a ponzi scheme a ponzi scheme pays returns to investors from other investors' money or their own until rather than legitimate profits no legitimate profits cut to. the ponzi economy that i said this man is like into the ponzi economy he appeared in my eyes is the economy of the u.k. here is what george osborne in his budget while we were in new york he tried to sneak it in he thought we wouldn't notice this but we're here to cover it budget twenty thirteen george osborne pins hopes on housing boom taxpayers will underwrite the mortgage of hundreds of thousands of home buyers and take stakes in a newly built houses in a fifteen point five billion pound attempt to stimulate the struggling economy george osborne has announced they call this an overtly political move with an eye fixed firmly on twenty fifteen general election so there you have it that's how ponzi schemes operate when that's how bernie made off operated everybody knew he was scamming somebody but he thought

>> so as long as we have got a democrat in there, i think good people of syria can depend on carl levin with them. >> it's interesting he has appeared with senator mccain who is a very vocal advocate of more strength being thrown toward the rebels of syria including eluding to putting ground troops into syria and now levin and mccain combined. >> the drum beat is growing louder. this report of a chemical weapons attack seems to be something we should step back and let the investigators investigate it. >> we would have been there a long time but the past decade of war, 70,000 dead in syria. we would have gotten together with the international community. we would have figured out a way to stop the killing. >> some people would consider that a game-changer. >> yeah, 70,000? >> that's what i'm saying. you know, not so long ago, we were talking about 20,000 dead there. now up to 70,000 dead. we went in to bosnia and kosovo for a lot more than 70,000 dead. >> preiraq war and goes to show you how much the game has changed. >> a bunch of stories to get to. >>> gun control now. majority leader h

and senator levin may have been responsible for not fixing too big to fail but he sees now with clarityhat it still exists. josh i want to go to you. first of all did jpmorgan try to cover stuff up. we heard the testimony of this guy before. second of all when did they know. that's what i want to know. >> they knew they had internal control problems across spectrum of businesses -- >> way before this broke. >> they had reason to believe there were problems in that unit in 2009 and 2010 specific to these expo thursday seems the ceo and chairman and cfo knew there were problems in january and february of 2012 and ignored the alerts. >> way before jamie dimon said 10%, is that fair? >> that's fair. what i think is the right way of framing it is the alarms went off, they were elevated to his office three times the alarms went off. he told someone else to go figure out whether there was a fire but never checked back into the see if the building was burning. >> go ahead, michelle. >> what's significant today. they knew there were problems. hats significant today we're now asking was there a c

carl levin, wonderful guy. great to work with. obviously tired of it all.ut not nasty or. >> get used and stay engaged. >> thank you. >> it's nice to see you again. even when you came to -- >> many years ago. layer my, wyoming. >> a long time ago on a cold bitter night. it's a pleasure. >> thank you. coming up next, bill clinton's evolution on gay marriage. what if women ruled the world? that's what we were asking on this international women's day. this is andrea mitchell reports only on msnbc. [ whistle blows ] hi victor! mom? i know you got to go in a minute but this is a real quick meal, that's perfect for two! campbell's chunky beef with country vegetables, poured over rice! [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. it fills you up right. but once a week i let her play sheriff so i can wash it. i use tide to get out those week old stains and downy to get it fresh and soft. you are free to go. [ dad ] tide and downy together. looking for a litterto go. with natural ingredients that helps neutralize odors. discover tidy cats pure nature. uniquely formula

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bronson. >> thank you, chairman levin, members of the committee. my name is doug baustein and i serve as vice chairman of jpmorgan chase. from 2010 to 2012 i served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of jpmorgan. thank you for the opportunity to participate in today's hearing. mr. cavanaugh has made a statement on behalf of the firm. i look forward to answering questions today. >> thank you very much. during our investigation we came across a number examples of the pink giving the occ examiners to hurt time. in 2010 according to the occ e-mail of 2012 been concluded and expand and told you, ms. drew, the cio idiots do a better job documenting risk and investment decisions, you sternly told the occ ever been over intrusive and there was little need because jamie diamond was aware of the investment activities. the record of your reaction to send exhibit 71 at-bats in may may 2012 e-mail when mr. waterhouse committee examiner in charge recounted the 2010 and then it. in the first paragraph, this is what he wrote. fyi come we didn'

as you know, dbi's role in that is we have a collection unit that pamela levin manages. and the planning commission is required to hold a hearing. and as i understand it, they will be holding a hearing sometime in april to look at how the deferral program has been working and whether or not it's going to be extended or not. so, we are monitoring that to see whether that is going to continue or if the board is going to change that in some way. one other new item that i just received yesterday was from supervisor tang. i probably remember last year when supervisor carmen chiu wanted to observe small business week during the month of may and asked that we waived any permit fees for owning replacement facade improvements. ~ chu we did that. a lot of statistics outreach by the supervisor's office, it still changed. we only had 8 or 10 of these types of permits even with the waving of those fees. supervisor tang has asked us to have this resubmitted. and if i understand it, she will resubmit that legislate at next tuesday's board. so, we may be asked as an incentive for small

representative levin. he talks about tax and spending cuts. jonas on sunday sunday at 10 a.m. on c-span. -- join us on sunday at 10 a.m. on c-span. >> next civil society and business from the dr. seuss book "the lorax." this event is about an hour. >> the final panel of the day is that society in t "the lorax"." let me introduce the panelists. we will discuss the lorax. let me introduce them. i will tell you about the book and some of the themes. instead of doing a presentation, we will probably do an interactive q&a afterwards with the audience. miguel is a project manager of a society program. at aspen, he manages separate lio.-- a portfo there are several initiatives. will talk little bit more later on about corporate values. ryan walsh, ryan oversees the corporate social engagement for global institution trading network. him a year ago. he has to become my friend. i have this feeling because he spoke about philanthropic ecosystems. i said, i have never heard that term, but i love it. someone who uses that term is a friend of mine. ryan is executive director and manages the

. >> reporter: eric levine is the director of dallas barbecue, which has ten restaurants.o stop using those 20-ounce glasses? >> we will when the law says we have to. right now we're in a limbo and we're allowed to hold off until about june. >> reporter: the city says it will not enforce violations for about three months as restaurants adjust. levine is waiting the see the result of a lawsuit filed by restaurants, beverage companies and others to try and stop the city from its ban on supersized drinks. he estimates all the changes will cost his business tens of thousands of dollars and plenty of head aches. >> a lot of aggravation. menu changes, sign changes, digital boards, facebook, websites, everything. >> reporter: another company holding off making kpangs right away is starbucks. it says there are some gray areas that it's sorting through and it's using the city's three-month evaluation period to take a look at what changes it needs to make to be in compliance. >> all right, thank you, mary snow. next hour, i'm going to talk with a panel of guests about whether this s

senator levin and joining senator john mccain there could be surgical astrikes.resident acknowledged emotionally and frankly that it eats at him, the fact he is struggling with the decision about what to do when, as he put it so many women and children are being slate erred. he also said when it comes to u.s. military intervention, you're damned if you do, damned if you don't. >> you question may be suggestings why haven't we simply gone in militarily. and i think it's fair to say that the united states often finds itself in a situation where, if it goes going n militarily. it's cries size it. and if it doesn't do something militarily, people say what why aren't you doing something militarily? >> the president brokered a phone call between the israeli prime minister and the turkish prime minister to patch things up. turkey is another pivotal u.s. ally in the region in trying to find some resolution to the crisis in syria. >> shepard: jordan has its own problems and the king of jordan is under a lot of pressure pause of the syrian refugees. >> absolutely. in fact,

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carl levin elected in '78. i was a mere two years old when carl levin was.osing a few years ago. it's a very different place now than it was even two years ago. >> we always say that. becoming more and more like the house where more and more your role is to speak loudly and be fiery. sort of what ted cruz is doing instead of passing bills. if you look at what these retiring senators are are saying, they're all but saying, i can't get a lot done here like they used to. and that's the thing, the partisanship makes it to the point where i can't get much done and that's why i want to go home. that's not a good thing for americans overall. >> sarah, go ahead. you now have lugar and the faces of the party are ted cruz and rand paul. >> and marco rubio. >> newly elected senators. is this a good thing for the republican party that you had the turnover that you had? >> i think it's good for the republican party in the sense that we have a lot of younger, more dynamic speakers. some of those folks need to mature and wilmature in the coming year as they get experience

mark levin notwithstanding. >> well, let's go to new jersey governor chris christie. he's getting snubbed bycpac. he was invited to speak by this organization next month. but it doesn't seem to be worrying him too much. >> i didn't know i hadn't been invited to cpac until two days ago when i saw it in the news. i wish them the best. let them have a great conference. and as for the rest of it it doesn't bother me a whole heck of a lot. i can't sweat the small stuff. i've got a state to rebuild. i can't sweat the small stuff. >> michael steele, what do you think? >> ditto, period, exclamation point. >> is cpac the small stuff? >> you know, the invitation, or the lack thereof, is the small stuff. not the organization. and i think the governor is exactly right. okay, invite me or don't invite me. i'm running a government. i'm governing. imagine that. actually governing. so he's not wasting time, giving speeches and doing all of that. he's doing the important work of demonstrating leadership. so if people want to snub him, snub him. but do you think christie gave rat's you

. >> reporter: eric levine is the director of dallas barbecue which has ten restaurants.ce glasss? >> we will when the law says we have to. right now we're in a limbo and we're allowed by the city law to hold off until i think about june. >> reporter: the city says it will not enforce violations for three months as restaurants adjust. levine is waiting to see the result of a lawsuit filed by restaurants, beverage companies and others to try and stop the city from its ban on super sized drinks. he estimates all the changes will cost his business tens of thousands of dollars and plenty of headaches. >> a lot of aggravation, menu changes, sign changes, digital boards, facebook, websites, information training, computers, everything. >> reporter: mary snow, cnn, new york. >>> coming up, police are investigating a new death threat against justin bieber. just another moment in a very tough week for the pop star. >>> and disney is taking a gamble by coming out with a twist to a classic. "oz: the great and powerful ," a lo look at the movie next. they have magnesium. for effective

senators john mccain and carl levin firing off a letter to urge steps to stop the slaughter saying, "ve there are credible options at your disposal, included limited military options that would require neither putting u.s. troops on the ground nor acting unilaterally." the senators say it includes prevision airstrikes that could take out president assad's aircraft power and talk about more robust aid to the opposition. significant, of course, carl levi? a democrat. >> bret: ed henry traveling with the president in jerusalem. thank you. explosion at a mosque in damascus left 42 people dead. syrian t is calling at it terrorist suicide blast. among the dead, senior pro-government muslim cleric. let's get some insight now on the syria situation and other foreign policy challenges. joining me tonight is the chairman of the house intelligence committee, congressman mike rogers. mr. chairman, thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> bret: let's start in syria. what do we know about the possibility of chemical weapons being used there? >> if you take the whole body of work, fr

levine is waiting to see the result of a lawsuit filed by restaurants, beverage companies an others touper-sized drinks. he estimates all the changes will cost his business tens of thousands of dollars and plenty of headaches. >> a lot of aggravation, menu changes, sign changes, digital boards, facebook, websites, information, training, touch computers, everything. >> another company not making changes right away is starbucks. it says there are few gray areas it's sorting through and it will use the city's three-month evaluation period to take a look at what changes it needs to make to be in compliance. brianna. >> thanks, mary. >>> candy crowley has a live preview next. the delightful discovery. the sweet realization that you have a moment all to yourself. well, almost. splenda® no calorie sweetener. splenda® makes the moment yours™. you name it...i've hooked it. but there's one... one that's always eluded me. thought i had it in the blizzard of '93. ha! never even came close. sometimes, i actually think it's mocking me. [ engine revs ] what?! quattro!!!!! ♪ but i'm still stubbed up.

the law doesn't affect seven levine levins and-- >> well intended, but he didn't have the authority.'s not a dumb law. when you think about the drinks, 16 ounces and they're drinking this and all of that sugar that these kids are drinking and grown-ups and then they're obese and they're overweight and getting cancer and diabetic. come on, he has to do something. mr. mayor, continue to fight this fight. >> you're right about that, but there's a point about liberty, isn't there, in america, which is to say if you're going to do that why not make illegal double buttering your popcorn and-- >> smoking cigarettes and-- >> no, no, i don't, but we tax them. but there's a sense of liberty, make our own choices and we have to pay for the consequences and that's part of what america is, is choice. >> right, but you know, tax guns, tax cigarettes and tax big gulp, until you can't tax anymore. >> the bottom line, the taxpayers are waiting what's going on and we're talking about obamacare and all of the other things and let's take into consideration that the people in new york don't want to have