Our guest serves as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University where he teaches Program Evaluation and statistical methods to graduate students. Please join me in welcoming david more housing. Clocks good morning and welcome to Heritage Foundation auditorium. For those of you online, we are organizing the federal government that to be done and how to do it. Today we have panelists with extensive experience in the workings of the federal government. Rachel is a Research Fellow in economics. She is leading the Heritage Foundation reorganization project, that is the subject of todays events. She was a senior economist from the staff of the joint economic committee. Donald is the senior scholar at the fund for americans dollars. The served as Ronald Reagans civilservice direct your. During that time, the Washington Post labeled him reagans swift sword. He cut bureaucratic excesses and reduced billions in spending. His new book is a guide to reforming. You can purchase this online. I loo
Good morning. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation and r Lewis Lehrman auditorium. Of course what those are joining us on our heritage. Org website on all of these occasions. For those inhouse we ask the courtesy to check our various mobile devices have been silenced or turned off as we prepare to begin and, of course, for those watching online you are welcome to send questions or comments at any time simply emailing speaker heritage. Org. Leading our discussion this morning is david muhlhausen. Dr. Muhlhausen is Research Fellow in empirical policy analysis at Heritage Center for data analysis. He testifies frequently before congress on the efficiency and effectiveness of federal programs. His commentary and analyses have also been featured in numerous major publications and he frequently appears on National Television as well. His book review scientifically rigorous National Studies that almost unanimously fine that federal programs fai failed to e the social problems they were designed
Im telling you, it is not happening. I would love to be wrong on this, but the stars are not aligning. He cant hear me, can he . Stuart yes he can. Neil forget i just said. I agree with everything peter said. He is a genius. A look at all of this. This is not sorting out for the dow. As stuart told you, global tensions, tillerson, our secretary of state in russia being ignored. I think the biggest factor weighing on stocks, helping bond prices as the yield comes down, the price goes up, they envisioning less stimulus coming their way and perfect variety for bonds. Now all of a sudden we see a scenario where it is possible, possible, tax cuts dont materialize anytime soon if at all this year. This one i would love to be wrong. Im telling rarely am, america. Im just telling you. Well watch it closely, tax cuts get delayed, cant agree on valueadded tax or border tax or all the other measures pay for tax cut if youre in the camp that says you ve to do that. Not adding up for stocks for now
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Dont count. Alexis smith is watching traffic and mike is watching. Muffins. Barbara made them. I had one. Good. Thank you. I have eat an lot already. I have eat an lot already. Now, everyone, fog is forming but not at the golden gate bridge, with a dry looking deck. It is chilly this morning, handing out in the mid50s for better part of the day, 48 to 52 at 7 00. I have one chance of showers in the sevenday forecast. I made cranberry orange bars so hopefully you saved room. Through the bay bridge toll plaza we do not have blocking issues to speak of. Quiet start this morning. Check out the drive times, westbound 80 highway 4 to the maze at 16 minutes and another nine westbound across the bay bridge and heading to the airport, southbound 101 San Francisco to sfo is nine minutes. We have overnight road work and we will look at that next. Bart directors voting today on major responding in the case of a major. All the transbay tube needs upgrade to keep us safe. Amy . Yes, good morning. Wh