than ending up in our prisons. you all may end up being a big advertisement for state s rights and state decisions. one of the things i wanted to talk with you about, governor malloy, is post newtown, connecticut enacted even stricter gun regulations as a state, and they were already pretty strict so you are up there in terms of how your gun laws are seen as some of the strictest in the nation. these three gentlemen, democrat, two republicans, have states that really have a gun culture in what s seen as a positive way in how it s handed down from generation to generation, hunting, skeet shooting, that kind of thing. does anything or any of the looser laws on guns in these states hurt connecticut? i think we have a federal problem in the sense that we are rejecting the idea that we should have tighter controls on who has a gun. universal background checks would make everyone safer in their states and in mine.
it sounds like this is a one-size fits all thing. where the federal government is going to say to the insurance companies you to have to do this and it will cost you this and you will make this amount of profit on it. well, it is still let me say it again, a lot depends on if these are state-run exchanges or not. so there is not one story line that fits everything. but i want to underscore what nina said. there are a lot of ways to improve how health insurance is sold, but once you talk about moving it over state lines, a lot of states and some conservatives and democrats will say you are taking this away from state decisions as to regulate. insurance is one of the most highly regulated industries in america. and even with a private plan
improvements. is that what it s going to come down to, state by state decisions? to some degree till you have all three branches of government controlled by parties amenable to image waing it. it s going to be state level actions. states are important. you know if you can get increased wages in california that s millions of workers. jordan i mean how long would that take? let s face it if you have one blanket ruling coming from the federal government that s one thing. but if you ve got to piecemeal it state by state. the holy grail for a lot of minimum wage supporters is to get an increase on the federal level to $10.10 an hour or what not but also require that it rise with the cost of living. that s their long-term goal. the president has supported that. it s something that s never been done before and partly because you know democrats like to be able to vote to raise minimum wage. it s very politically effective for them to do that. they like not having it raised on its own so
will be, but if it case, this is the longest outstanding case on the calendar and deals with a challenge to the is it props that the university of texas has. the question will be whether that program is too strict in how it balances the braces, saying we need the same exact racial balance as a state on the whole. this goes beyond the case that the court decided several years ago with the university of michigan. so the question is whether they will say we ll keep what we want before, we really strictly scrutinize thinks opinions, these state decisions, or whether they ll say this is not too big of a deal, we ll let it slide. we think justice kennedy will come out with the case and will probably find the university of texas goes too far in the racial preferences on campus. to put it in personal terms, we are seeing a young woman, her name was abigail fisher, she
shelters. they were absolutely safe and their home was totally destroyed. so, you know, i don t think we ought to be about putting big government in the middle of what are obviously state decisions. and i will fight to have federal mandate not included in something like that. you would support, though, oklahoma having a law? as you said, smeen places in oklahoma may not need it. if, in fact, oklahoma looks at it and based on the risk patterns and damage in the past and the cost benefit analysis i would leave that up to the state legislature and the government in oklahoma. i guess i m just, you know, thinking on it from an emotional point of view, a human point of view. homeland security, erin. there is no way we spend enough