Actually I had thought about it for years and announced it in my state of the state addressed last year that we can get to this place. But I'm also going to tell you this. It is about 14, 15 billion dollars a year to do statewide universal [childcare]. Everybody covered statewide is about $15 billion. You know how much I have in my state reserves right now for a rainy day? $14 billion. I can't wipe that out. (08:23–08:30)
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