WILL COME BACK, WE CONTINUE NOW 3
WITH MY INTERVIEW WITH ANDREW 3
GILLIUM, DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR 3
GOVERNOR. 3
AMONG THE TOPICS WE COVER IN 3
THIS BLOCK, MARIJUANA AND 3
HEALTHCARE. 3
DO YOU BELIEVE RECREATIONAL 3
MARIJUANA SHOULD BE LEGALIZED? 3
I DO, I THINK WE HAVE BUILT 3
THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM OF 3
THE STATE LARGELY ON THE USE OF 3
MARIJUANA. 3
I THINK IT HAS PROPPED UP A 3
PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IN 3
THE STATE THAT IS COSTLY. 3
IT IS INEFFICIENT AND 3
INEFFECTIVE. 3
I AM THE MAYOR OF A CITY THAT 3
IS EXPERIENCING A FIVE-YEAR LOW 3
IN OUR CRIME RATE. 3
WE ACCOMPLISHED THAT BY HAVING 3
FEWER ARRESTS AT THE SAME TIME. 3
THE BEST WAY TO CONTROL CRIME 3
WEIGHT -- RATE AND THE 3
COMMUNITY IS TO REDUCE THE 3
NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO ARE 3
REOFFENDING. 3
ALBUM WITH A LOT OF THIS 3
CRIMINAL JUSTICE AS IT HAS BEEN 3
EXECUTED IN OUR STATE AS WE 3
PUNISH PEOPLE FOR A LIFETIME 3
FOR A MISTAKE. 3
IN MY OPINION WE HAVE FOLKS WHO 3
HAVE INTENDED OUR COMMUNITIES 3
HARM AND THEY OUGHT TO PAY THE 3
PELLET -- PENALTY. 3
WE ARE LARGELY TALKING ABOUT 3
NONVIOLENT, NONCRIMINAL 3
OFFENSES. 3
WE HAVE FOLKS WHOSE LIVES ARE 3
BEING RIPPED AWAY FROM THEM 3
FOREVER FOR ONE MISTAKE . 3
HOW DO YOU ENVISION THAT 3
WORKING, FROM 18 UP, 21 UP? 3
WHO WOULD BE ABLE, TO USE? 3
SIMILAR TO ALCOHOL LAWS, YOU 3
HAVE TO BE OF AGE. 3
OBVIOUSLY WE CAN TAKE THE 3
EXAMPLE FROM PLACES LIKE 3
COLORADO . WHERE I ACTUALLY 3
THINK THEY DID A REALLY GOOD 3
JOB INTEGRATING THE SYSTEM AND 3
BUILDING THE BUDGET AT THE 3
STATE AT THE SAME TIME. 3
YOU CAN GO TO A BAR IN COLORADO 3
AND SMOKE WEED. 3
IT MUST BE DONE IN THE CONFINES 3
OF YOUR OWN HOME. 3
YOUR OWN PERSONAL SPACE AND I 3
THINK IT HAS CREATED A REALLY 3
CLEAN ENVIRONMENT THERE . YOU 3
HAVE MOST FOLKS EXERCISING. 3
THEY HAVE A LOT OF TRAILS. 3
BUT IN OUR STATE, YOU KNOW THAT 3
WE BUILT A SYSTEM IN A SYSTEM 3
THAT IS EXTREMELY PUNITIVE AND 3
EXPENSIVE . IN THE STATE OF 3
FLORIDA YOU HAVE 60% OF PEOPLE 3
SITTING IN JAILS WHO HAVE NOT 3
BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF A CRIME 3
FROM NONVIOLENT OFFENSES, MANY 3
MARIJUANA RELATED . 3
ARE THERE OTHER DRUGS YOU 3
WOULD SEEK TO DECRIMINALIZE OR 3
LEGALIZE? 3
KNOW. 3
I DO THINK BY LEGALIZING 3
MARIJUANA WE CAN GET A BETTER 3
HANDLE ON THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC 3
WHICH IS WREAKING HAVOC ALL OF 3
-- OVER ALL PARTS OF THIS STATE 3
AND SOUTH FLORIDA. 3
I ALSO BELIEVE ONE OF THE 3
THINGS THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT 3
IS TO FOLLOW SOME OF THE 3
SCIENCE. 3
I THINK TO DISRUPT SOME OF 3
THESE ILLICIT DRUGS THAT ARE 3
COMING FROM LEGAL DRUG 3
COMPANIES THAT ARE RAVAGING OUR 3
COMMUNITIES. 3
IT IS COSTING OUR COMPANY A LOT 3
OF MONEY -- COSTING OUR 3
COMMUNITIES A LOT OF MONEY. 3
LET'S TALK ABOUT 3
HEALTHCARE, OPIOID CRISIS IN 3
GENERAL AND NOW HEALTHCARE . I 3
KNOW YOU'RE PLANNING ON ROLLING 3
THIS OUT I KNOW YOU ARE ROLLING 3
OUT SOME IDEAS. 3
TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT YOU 3
ENVISION? 3
WE WANT TO CLARIFY I 3
ENVISION HERE IN HEALTHCARE IS 3
MEDICATION AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.3
IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA IT 3
WOULD NOT BE ACHIEVABLE OR 3
CONCEIVABLE FOR FLORIDA TO GO 3
IT ALONE. 3
WE HAVE TO HAVE MOVEMENT ACROSS 3
THE WHOLE RANGE OF POPULATIONS 3
AND STATES WHERE WE COULD THEN 3
NEGOTIATE ON BEHALF OF EVERYDAY 3
FLORIDIANS. 3
BUT AS GOVERNOR, WHAT WE WILL 3
DO AND THIS STAND IN FOR AN -- 3
FIRM CONTRASTS WE CAN EXPAND 3
MEDICAID TO 800,000 MEDICALLY 3
NEEDED PEOPLE IN THE STATE OF 3
FLORIDA. 3
BY DOING SO WE WILL PULL DOWN 3
$6 BILLION FROM THE FEDERAL 3
GOVERNMENT THAT WOULD BE 3
DISTRIBUTED TO OTHER STATES 3
BECAUSE WE DON'T BELIEVE IN 3
OBAMACARE OR THE AFFORDABLE 3
CARE ACT. 3
WHERE MY OPPONENT AND I ALSO 3
DIFFER, HE HAS VOTED TO ALLOW 3
INSURANCE COMPANIES TO INSTILL 3
DISCRIMINATION OF HEALTH 3
INSURANCE BASED ON PRE-EXISTING 3
CONDITIONS. 3
WHETHER YOU HAVE ETHICAL CELLS 3
TRAIT OR CANCER OR A PREGNANT 3
WOMAN. 3
WHICH IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA 3
IS A PRE-EXISTING CONDITION. 3
MY OPPONENT WANTS INSURANCE 3
COMPANIES TO DISCRIMINATE 3
AGAINST THOSE INDIVIDUALS. 3
IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA WE HAVE 3
PEOPLE WHO ARE LITERALLY 3
TERRIFIED OF GETTING SICK. 3
WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO FEEL THEY 3
ARE ONE ILLNESS AWAY FROM 3
BANKRUPTCY. 3
MY OPPONENT IS GOING AROUND 3
FIGURING OUT WAYS TO INCREASE 3
THE COST AND ACCESS. 3
RIGHT NOW IN THE STATE, HE IS 3
CAMPAIGNING TODAY AROUND WITH A 3
GROUP THAT HAS COMMITTED 3
THEMSELVES TO REPEALING THE 3
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. 3
WHEN YOU'RE GOVERNOR OF THE 3
STATE OF FLORIDA YOU HAVE TO DO 3
WHAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF 3
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF 3
FLORIDA NOT PARTISANSHIP. 3
NOT HARD-LINE LEFT OR RIGHT, IT 3
IS MY OPINION THAT IT IS IN THE 3
BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF 3
THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO EXPAND 3
MEDICAID NOT ONLY FOR THOSE WHO 3
ARE UNINSURED BUT THOSE WHO OF 3
HIS HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE AND 3
ARE WATCHING OUR PREMIUMS 3
INCREASE OVER YEAR-OVER-YEAR 3
BECAUSE THOSE COSTS ARE BEING 3
PASSED DOWN THROUGH OUR 3
INSURANCE RATES FROM HOSPITALS 3
AND THE LIKE . 3
I WANT TO GO BACK THROUGH 3
ONE PART OF THIS, YOU TALKED 3
ABOUT MEDICARE FOR ALL. 3
DOES THAT MEAN, RIGHT NOW I 3
RECEIVED MY HEALTH INSURANCE 3
THROUGH CVS. 3
DO YOU WANT -- CBS. 3
DO YOU WANT EVERYONE WHO HAS 3
PRIVATE INSURANCE AS AN 3
EMPLOYER TO MOVE INTO A 3
GOVERNMENT PROGRAM? 3
NO I DON'T. 3
WE HAVE PRIVATE INSURANCE 3
COMPANIES THAT ARE GOOD 3
PLAYERS, FLORIDA BLUE MIGHT BE 3
ONE EXAMPLE OF A COMPANY THAT 3
IN SPITE OF A HORRIBLE OBSTACLE 3
WE SET UP FOR THEM IN THE STATE 3
HAVE FIGURED OUT A WAY TO 3
REGISTER MORE PEOPLE FOR ACCESS 3
TO THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. 3
WE WANT THEM TO ADD TO THAT. 3
50% OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS STATE 3
ONE OUT OF EVERY FIVE PEOPLE 3
WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO 3
HEALTHCARE EXCEPT THROUGH THE 3
EMERGENCY ROOMS AND EMERGENCY 3
CLINICS. 3
IT IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE AND 3
LEAST EFFICIENT FORM OF CARE. 3
IT COSTS ALL OF US MORE. 3
RIGHT NOW ON THIS STATE WE ARE 3
SPENDING ABOUT 90% OF THE COST 3
ONTO PERCENT OF THE POPULATION. 3
THIS HAPPENED TO BE THE FOLKS 3
WITH THE MOST ACUTE ILLNESSES, 3
FOR MANY REASONS, MANY OF THEM 3
BECAUSE OF AN INABILITY TO 3
MAINTAIN THEIR HEALTHCARE. 3
ALL WE WANT TO DO IS BRING DOWN 3
THE COST FOR EVERYBODY AND 3
ENSURE MORE PEOPLE. 3
I WANT TO TURN TO THE 3
ECONOMY FOR LITTLE BIT. 3
THE CURRENT GOVERNOR, THE MAN 3
WHO IS RUNNING AGAINST YOU, 3
BOTH REPUBLICAN PARTY IN 3
GENERAL, TOUT INCREDIBLE 3
ECONOMIC SUCCESS OF FLORIDA 3
CITING THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, 3
THE FACT THAT BUSINESSES DO 3
MOVE HERE. ISN'T THERE SOME 3
TRUTH TO THAT? 3
DO YOU GIVE GOVERNOR SCOTT 3
CREDIT FOR ANYTHING THAT IS 3
RELATED TO THE ECONOMY? 3
I GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR AN 3
ECONOMY THAT IS LARGELY PROPPED 3
UP ON LOW WAGE WORK. 3
OF COURSE YOU'VE GOT A LOW 3
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WOULD PEOPLE 3
HAVE TO WAIT -- WORK TWO OR 3
THREE JOBS TO MAKE ENDS MEET. 3
44% OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE 3
OF FLORIDA SAY THEY CANNOT PAY 3
THEIR BILLS AT THE END OF THE 3
MONTH. 3
I REMEMBER GROWING UP DOWN HERE 3
IN MIAMI WATCHING MY MOTHER AND 3
FATHER ARGUING ABOUT WHICH 3
PILLS THEY COULD PAY BEFORE 3
SOMETHING GOT CUT OFF. 3
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS TOO 3
MUCH OF A REALITY FOR PEOPLE IN 3
THIS STATE. 3
WE NEED TO CREATE THE ECONOMY 3
WHERE PEOPLE CAN WORK ONE JOB 3
INSTEAD OF DOUBLE JOBS INSTEAD 3
OF TAKING CARE OF THEMSELVES IN 3
THE FAMILY . IT DOESN'T 3
NECESSARILY REQUIRE YOU TO HAVE 3
A COLLEGE DEGREE THAT'S WHY WE 3
TALK ABOUT SKILLS TRAINING. 3
WE NOW HAVE A SKILL GAP IN THIS 3
COUNTRY . I KNOW IT WELL 3
BECAUSE I COMPETED FOR AND ONE 3
IS A MAYOR OF THE CITY OF 3
TALLAHASSEE WORK THAT WE ARE 3
DOING TO RETAIN -- RETRAIN 3
WORKERS IN THE TECH DEPARTMENT. 3
THE ENERGY FUTURE, STATE OF 3
FLORIDA SHOULD LEAD THE NATION. 3
WE ARE ALMOST FINISHED, 3
COUPLE QUICK THINGS. 3
ENTERPRISE FLORIDA IS A PROGRAM 3
THE GOVERNOR HAS USED TO TRY TO 3
FALL FOR FINANCIAL INCENTIVES, 3
TAX BREAKS. 3
IS THAT A FLORIDA SOMETHING YOU 3
WOULD MAINTAIN YOU THINK IT HAS 3
DONE WELL UNDER GOVERNOR STOTT? 3
-- SCOTT? 3
IS SOMETHING I WANT TO 3
MAINTAIN I WANT TO GET RID OF 3
ANY TOOLS IN THE ECONOMIC 3
DEVELOPMENT TOOLBOX. 3
I THINK IT IS A TOOL, IF WE 3
RECRUIT PEOPLE TO OUR STATE, 3
BURNHAM, SCRIPPS I THINK THERE 3
ON THEIR WAY OUT OF ORLANDO 3
BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET ACCESS 3
TO THE TALENT THEY NEED TO FIT 3
THAT JOB PIPELINE. 3
WHETHER WE GROW THEM FROM 3
WITHIN WE HAVE TO EQUIP THEM 3
FROM THE WORKFORCE FOR MANY OF 3
THOSE JOBS. 3
EARN GOOD WAGES AND KEEP THOSE 3
FOLKS HERE. 3
THAT HAS BEEN THE CHALLENGE. 3