exchange with president obama and asked him a blunt question. good evening governor elect. hey greta, how are you? greta: well. what was the question about health care? first of all, he sent the press out of the room. he allowed a one-on-one conversation with all the new governors. i appreciate the fact he allowed us to ask any question we wanted. i told him south carolina could not afford obama care. south carolina businesses could not an for the mandate and i asked if he would repeal the law? he said as long as he was president he would not. i believe in not just saying no but giving options. i asked if south carolina gave options whether it be tort reform, whether it would be making sure we reformed medicaid or allowed insurance to cross state lines all those type things would they allow us to opt-out? he said yes if it met three parameters:
advice. jason, what s the difference in relationships? when you re in there, is it important that you are different from the guards, that you can develop your own rapport? absolutely. if we re there to investigate a crime, you know, we re the, as the inmates will say, we re the police. they know that we can affect them outside the prison, beyond the administrative elements. we can affect their freedom. you know, they re already incarcerated. but they may look at more time, additional sentences, those type things. so they know that. we don t have to tell them. they know where we re coming from. but bottom line is we want to obtain the truth. and oftentimes, you know, there is always two sides to every story. and so we re there to allow these people to tell their side, too. jerry, how often or how common is it for a prisoner to not talk simply because i can t the crime i m going to get if i talk to you guys is worse than the extra time you ll give to me?
absolutely. if we re there to investigate a crime, you know, we re the, as the inmates will say, we re the police. they know that we can affect them outside the prison, beyond the administrative elements. we can affect their freedom. you know, they re already incarcerated. but they may look at more time, additional sentences, those type things. so they know that. we don t have to tell them. they know where we re coming from. but bottom line is we want to obtain the truth. and oftentimes, you know, there is always two sides to every story. and so we re there to allow these people to tell their side, too. jerry, how often or how common is it for a prisoner to not talk simply because i can t the crime i m going to get if i talk to you guys is worse than the extra time you ll give to me? it s very common. they face so many difficulties in the prison system. there such a great chance of