this was a situationhere th governor, themayor, they all t involved and pointed the finger at them, saying alreadyut the door, andhe people six months later are still waiting. >> just. >> it seems to me, and your utah me what you think, that united way has are his estionn to answer your. >> well, i think youre totally correct. the problem th united wy is that they are conflicting. they had services that they wanted to provide thathey are giving to the community. that is the proper place and i is the same recommendation that i have made to the governor's office. but ssachusetts diis have everybodpointing to this with how many funds are there n connecticut. the are over 70 funds. rr 97 charities have ally got money ithe wake of that tragedy. in ohio, the uniteday they're being sued because they had distributed very little of the monethat was supposed to go to faliesho were caught up in another shooting there. we will talk about that in just a moment. michelle, thanyou for coming onhe show. thanyou for responding. >> thank youufor having me. >> as i just mentioned, in february of last year, i

. >> exactly, themayorments to band drinks andd cigarettes and all this, i mean, ayor bloomberg said. it's too much a nanny state. gerri: go ahead. >>that's okay. bloomberg was an employer in his own right and obviously, in that -- well, has bloomberg whatever before he was mayor, but the point is this s a critical aspect. when people are, you know, incentized to not get sick, they arepaid in this particul context, and workers actually get other opportunities to fill in and make more money, like, for example, restaurant workers, ect., benefit if they don't take any of the sick time. the point is this has been a successful program, and as i said, just to finish, there's regulation of labor throughout histy. this is no different. >> the economics, if yo don't take sick leave, you're paid in that. that's an increase in the sary. bottom line increase in the sally, which is fine, but the employers take that nto consideration in hiring more people. gerri: we uld go on and on and on, guys and, unfortunately, we have to leave it there. you guys did a great job. you know, looking a this from