they are able to offer a more customized experience, taking up fewer passengers, one trip per balloon a day, which limited waiting time. shirley quick is the manager of a high end hotel nearby. we feel confident when we recommend their company. they are going to get the same level of service they would get from us. all of these choices, the pricing, the limited rides limited their ability to grow their company. where we decide to get really big, we would have to change what we do. we are the size we are because we want to be the size we are. we think that s the best way to offer really excellent experience to our passengers. that said, care ann admits there are times they look across the sky and have a moment of wondering. sometimes you do look at someone else who maybe is flying
unaffordable [ beeping ] wrong. we are also learning more insurers are flocking to the law. in at least 10 states new insurers were offered plans on the marketplace next year. you think the law would help their business. so the talking point that is just a big socialist steam [ beeping ] that s bogus too. this is working and if republicans want to keep thrashing it, they will need to get a new set of talking points. joining me now, are ann, president of the group of enroll america, working to sign people up for health care. and ryan graham, washington bureau chief of the halvington post. thank you for being here. thank you for having me. thanks for having me,
duffy, just to respond to that. on this tax rate conversation you bring up the small businesses. if you raise the threshold to $500,000, is that something you are more comfortable with? let me tell you why. what you have us do here is negotiating with ourselves. i know. i m willing to talk about revenue. but we have to say where is the president, where are ann s colleague coming in to say we ll put ideas on the table, too? when we talk about medicare, we re all clear, everyone wants to preserve and protect for our seniors, those about to retire. the changes we talk about are for the next generation of retirees and we have to acknowledge medicare is going broke. it can t stay the same way that it is today or won t exist. so let s solve that problem now so we don t have to deal with it when it s a bigger problem five, ten, 20 years from now. and on the tax front, again, the small businesses are the ones who pay the higher rates. the wealthy americans have high-priced lawyers and ac