Opting Out?

" Senate majority leader Harry Reid wants to try and pass a health care bill that includes a public option. What -- special escape hatch listen. The best way to move forward who group public auction with you opt out provision states. Under this concept states will be able to determine whether a popular option works well for them. Who have the ability DuPont down. If they so choose. It's very inspirational so what would an opt out provision means for individual states whether they choose the public option or not. Can give us his take his Republican governor of Minnesota Timbaland Pawlenty governor. He's giving states some control does that please you."

" Well I think if you read the fine print you're gonna find that the escape patch that you described a minute ago I was gonna be slammed down on mistakes had -- because. Reports coming out of Washington now why you're going to be able to maybe opt out. On the benefits but you're not going to be able to opt out of the taxes that you have to pay and so that's like dangling shiny object in the water that's filled with hooks. Didn't regret she wouldn't appreciate that scene from Minnesota like a fishing lure."

" Five being well I grew up near a pond so I can actually share and that that analogy. Whether the governor. But people are saying well if you -- Minnesota doesn't want it. Then they can get out of -- but you're saying they still got to pay into it it's almost as if you choose a private school puts you still have to pay your school taxes for public school correct."

" think about the choice than -- we will be put in front of -- by first of all these benefits that so called benefits are -- good start for forty years everybody's gonna pay that tax increases. Up until then and that when the benefits start if you do choose to opt out. It sounds like we ought to continue to pay our taxes even a state that Opsound mean that's like -- terrible feisty and bargain for any state that he would consider opting out so again it's not really opt out. It saves to bait and switch tactic I'd call at the other day salmon and that's what it is a very disingenuous. And we also know what I'm just unclear maybe you can help me this how do you opt out as the governor make that decision yet to put it to a vote does a legislator have to put it to a vote. And winter of two months the democratic legislator might have one mind. And the Republican another. Governor well as with all this until all the stuff we don't know because they do it behind closed doors and only presenting outlines of having herbalist you know press conferences. So we haven't seen blood but I doubt they'll just give it to the governor's they'll require either legislation or resolution I think by the legislature and the governor. Right and then we're required in states legislative act senator Snowe a Republican from Maine says I want to trigger. That if they don't if private insurance does not hit certain thresholds that. An income in the public option has governor Pawlenty feel about the trigger. Well first of all let's call what it is the public option is government run health insurance I don't care if it's an opt in opt out a trigger it's a bad idea Bryant was the whole thing should be removed from the bill. I want to thank senator Lieberman and -- potentially other courageous conservative Democrats are moderate Democrats who are saying get it out of there. So the focus should be get -- out -- the built completely right and they can get and incompletely so they can I desperately trying to figure out ways opt in opt out trigger. It's just a bad idea to get rid of them you are certainly act like a national candidate weighing in on the big issues of the day for the country beyond Minnesota. So we'll have to talk to you about that on another day but governor always great seeing you thanks for joining us. You're welcome Brian thanks for having me straight head talk about a week."