it has everything to do with something i heard once from a local politician in maryland, you know, dan, government gets bigger and bigger, because there is no power in yes. what do you mean by that? what he meant that government officials derive their power about the ability to tell you and their con stitt with constituents, no. maybe you, the constituents lobby them and kiss their collective to get power. pete: interesting way to put it. the reason this matters new york city could be a precursor to what happens across the country. we don t want to be new york city centric. the new york city preemptively going after omicron that is far more mild. you have austria has universal vaccine mandates. you have 40,000, 50,000 people taking to the streets saying my government shouldn t compel every single person in the