week, this is going to have all the excitement of the jimmy carter versus gerald r.ford matchup in 1976. this is more like 1976 than say 1980 or 1932. both of these guys are reading from their scripts, they have their poll tested focus group messages and running with it. i think that it s yeah, these are two wings of an establishment party right now and until one or the other says we re really going to get serious about the debt and we re going to get serious about the tax code, then and we have a way of actually doing something, then it s not then you re talking about right now no one likes to admit this who s in politics because it makes what you do a little iffy but right now it s a difference in degree, not kind. yeah. this is not a lot of people going to be putting their hair on fire over the next five
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cheapest price for a premium. so it works fine without the individual mandate. we practiced that for 20 years. you don t need it. this was a concoction of academia and insurance companies. it makes sense when you make the argument but human behavior is not what economists predict which happens fairly often. if it gets struck down it s going to be a plus for the president in the long run, probably in the short run a lot of wringing of hands. governor, let s talk about the practical impact, though, on health care reform on the consumers. what happens if the individual mandate is pulled out? does humpty-dumpty fall off the wall and start all over or you can raise fees and taxes somewhere else? you don t have to. it s minimal. the insurance companies will raise their premiums 1% or 2%. there are not many people that cheat. there are a few free riders but not many. that s the way human behavior is. if you were 55 years old and you didn t have insurance because you lost your job, and sud